Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work typically consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often three or four, with the first movement in sonata form.
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Meaning & Origin of Symphony
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work typically consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often three or four, with the first movement in sonata form.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Symphony
Symphony first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 172 births, good for #1,355 nationwide. About 38% of every Symphony on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Symphony ranks #1,494 for baby girls with 146 births, gradually rising (+5%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Symphony
Symphony is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Symphony's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,303. Use the chart and map above to compare Symphony's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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