Six name games · 146 years of official records
The baby name you both agree on.
Swipe the same deck, run a battle, let the family vote from one link — every finalist checked against the official records.Swipe the same deck with your partner, put two names to a battle, or let the whole family vote from one link — then check every finalist against the official birth records.
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Just checking one name? Look it up
Featured battleBattle 1 of 3
Which one would you pick?
Tap a name — then see how battle voters split, and what parents chose in 2025.
Collect, decide, check
Three steps, one shortlist, and everyone you invite plays from a link.
Collect
Save any name, anywhere — one tap. It lands on one shortlist, no account needed.
Decide together
Swipe the same deck, battle two names, run a bracket — or let the family vote from one link.
Check, then ask the family
Every finalist has a page — rank, peak, forecast, 146 years of records — and one link for the vote.
Free to start · no account needed · everyone you invite votes in one tap · It all ends in My names
The long version: How to choose a baby name
Six ways to decide together
A duel takes a minute, a bracket takes a coffee, a family vote waits for grandma.
Couple swipe
You and your partner swipe the same deck. See only the matches.
Swipe a deck →
Family vote
One link, one tap. Grandma votes from her phone — no account.
Send one link →
- Name battleSoloTap your winner, see the real numbers
- Name tournamentCouple8, 16 or 32 names down to one champion
- Full comparisonFamilyUp to 8 names, your last name, a verdict
- Reveal gameGuestsHide your pick, let guests guess
Free to start · no account needed · everyone you invite votes in one tap
Everyone you invite plays free
Anyone you send a link to — your partner, your mother, a group chat — votes or swipes in one tap, on their phone, with no account and no cost.
- Partner — swipes the same deck
- Family — votes from one link
- Friends — guess the hidden pick
Here from someone’s link? Everything in it is free — no account.
Every name, checked against the records
SSA, ONS, National Records of Scotland, INSEE, Statistics Canada — and how we count.
№1 girl name, 2025
OliviaOlivia was already in use when US records began in 1880, peaked at #1 in 2019, and ranks #1 in 2025.
Every one of the 117,820 names on record has a page like this.
Full story →- 117,820
- names on record
- 146
- years of records
- 5
- official sources
- 8.8M
- birth records
Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; ONS, National Records of Scotland, INSEE and Statistics Canada for current rankings · how we count
The top ten, 2025
Save a name from any page; rank and share the list from your dashboard.
Girls
Tap + to save — on this phone, no account; rank and share it from your list.
Social Security Administration — names given to five or more babies born in 2025, released May 2026.
Collections
- Top names by yearEvery year and decade since 1880
- Rising namesThe fastest climbers in the current charts
- Trending hereWhat players here are saving and voting for
- PredictionsWhere each name is heading, forecast from its curve
- Unisex namesGiven to girls and boys in real numbers
- Names by stateThe top 100 in all 50 states and DC
- Names between culturesNames that work in two languages
- Rise & fall of namesThe whole arc of a name, peak to fade
Browse by first letter
Biggest head-to-heads, 2025
Curated pairs of the names with the most babies between them in 2025; each opens a full head-to-head report.
Lists built from the records
Every list is a query over 146 years of US birth records, rebuilt when each year's figures land.
Classics hiding in plain sight · The sweet spot: familiar but not everywhere · Under the radar: quietly excellent picks · Ultra-rare but real: names given to a handful of babies · Short and sweet: names of four letters or fewer · Three-letter names: tiny and complete · Vowel names: soft starts from A to O · Names of the '80s and '90s, currently resting · Names that didn't exist a generation ago
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Everything above is free to start; anything shared is free for everyone to view and vote. Name Battle Unlimited is $9.99 once in October — regular price $14.99, never a subscription.
What Unlimited includes →No advertising trackers, no fingerprinting, and we never sell your data. · Independent and founder-run — about Name Battle.
Questions parents ask
- Is it free?
- Yes. Every game is free to start, every name page and guide is open, and anyone you invite votes or swipes without an account. Name Battle Unlimited adds unlimited comparisons, family votes, swipe decks and big brackets for a single $9.99 payment — never a subscription.
- Does my partner or family need an account?
- No. They tap the link you send and they are in — no app, no sign-up, no password. A free account only matters when you want your own shortlist and games to follow you across devices.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The US Social Security Administration's birth records — every name given to five or more babies since 1880, 146 years in total — plus current rankings from four more official sources. Ranks and counts are measured; anything estimated says so.
Start where you are
Collecting? Browse the guides. Deadlocked? Swipe a deck together. Down to two? Put them head to head.
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