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Baby name lists,
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Every list below is generated from 146 years of official US birth records and refreshed with each yearly release — no reader polls, no vibes. Inside any guide, tap + to keep a name, or deal the whole list into a swipe deck for two.
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How to choose a baby name
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Trends & data stories
What is actually moving on the charts right now.
Vintage names making a comeback
Names your great-grandparents wore proudly, gone quiet for decades — and now returning to birth certificates across the US.
Read the listNames that didn't exist a generation ago
Fresh inventions, imports and spelling twists — the names that appeared on US charts only in the last few years.
Read the listBeloved classics quietly disappearing
Once-everywhere names now leaving the playground — pick one if you want familiar but suddenly rare.
Read the listNames that never go out of style
The rare names that have stayed in the US top-100 every single decade since the 1950s.
Read the listEvery #1 name in American history
The complete list of names that have ever held the national #1 spot — and where each one stands today.
Read the listAmerica's top 100 names right now
The complete current top-100 for girls and boys, straight from the newest national records.
Read the listThe top-10 club: every name that made it
The complete roll call of names that ever cracked a national top-10 — and where each stands today.
Read the listThe steadiest names in America
Names whose rank has barely moved in five years — zero fashion risk, fully predictable.
Read the listGorgeous — and about to be everywhere
Top-50 names still climbing: love them knowing there may be three in the class.
Read the listClassics hiding in plain sight
Former top-50 giants now ranked #300–1500 — fully familiar, genuinely uncommon.
Read the listAbout to go mainstream: next year's top-100
Names ranked #101–150 and climbing — catch them just before everyone else does.
Read the listNames at their all-time peak, right now
Names that have never been more popular than they are this very year.
Read the listBorrowed from the boys: names girls are winning
Once-masculine names now given mostly to girls — with the real percentages.
Read the listThe sweet spot: familiar but not everywhere
Names ranked #101–300 — everyone can spell them, nobody shares them with three classmates.
Read the listUnder the radar: quietly excellent picks
Names ranked #301–600 — established, wearable, and genuinely uncommon.
Read the listUltra-rare but real: names given to a handful of babies
Names chosen by just 10–50 families last year — verified real, vanishingly rare.
Read the listNames ranked #601–1000: known, but barely shared
The band where a name is still recognized by most adults and met by almost no children.
Read the listNames ranked #1001–1500: outside the famous thousand
Real, current, and past the top-1000 line most name lists stop at.
Read the listNames ranked #1501–2000: the last of the charted
The final stretch of the national rankings — rare, current, and still officially counted.
Read the listNames predicted to enter the top 100 by 2030
A forecast, not a guess: names outside today's top 100 that the model puts inside it by 2030.
Read the listWhat the top ten will look like in 2030
The projected top ten for girls and boys five years out, modelled from each name's own trend.
Read the listThe biggest projected climbs to 2030
Names the model expects to gain the most ground over five years, ranked by the size of the jump.
Read the listThe most common names in America today
Not this year's babies — the names the most living Americans actually carry, all ages counted.
Read the listThe most-given names in American history
The all-time totals: every name ranked by how many Americans have ever received it since 1880.
Read the listQuiet perennials: a century old, never popular
In the records since before 1920, given to tens of thousands of Americans, and never once inside the top 300.
Read the listNames far more common than their rank admits
The spelling ranks #400 — the sound ranks top-100. Here is that gap, measured name by name.
Read the listNames that fell out of the top 100 this century
Top-100 names of the 2000s and 2010s that have since slid past #300 — the fastest exits in the data.
Read the listTop-100 names that are quietly falling
Still popular, no longer climbing — the current top-100 names whose five-year trend points down.
Read the listThe names that have fallen furthest from their peak
Still in use, a long way down — the widest gaps between a name's best year and today.
Read the listBorrowed from the girls: names boys are taking back
Shared names that now lean to the boys' side — with the real percentages from current records.
Read the listStyle & sound
Sound and feel — the lists people mean when they say “a vibe”.
Short and sweet: names of four letters or fewer
Ava, Leo, Mia, Kai — tiny names with nothing to trim, nothing to misspell, and plenty of room on a nametag.
Read the listLong and elegant: names with room to breathe
Alexandra, Sebastian, Evangeline — full-length names that carry a built-in wardrobe of nicknames.
Read the listThree-letter names: tiny and complete
Ava, Leo, Mia, Kai, Eli — the full inventory of three-letter names in real use.
Read the listVowel names: soft starts from A to O
Ava, Ethan, Isla, Owen — names that open on a vowel, ranked by today's use.
Read the listPalindrome names: the same in the mirror
Ava, Hannah, Otto, Elle — names that read identically backwards, all in real use.
Read the listOne-syllable names: said in a single beat
Jack, Grace, Cole, June — the names that land in one beat, ranked by real current use.
Read the listTwo-syllable names, the American default
Liam, Ava, Jackson, Ruby — two beats, the most crowded shape in the whole name pool.
Read the listThree-syllable names with room to move
Olivia, Sebastian, Amelia, Julian — the longer rhythm that currently owns the girls' top ten.
Read the listFour-syllable names that carry
Evangeline, Maximiliano, Anastasia — full-length names with the longest rhythm parents still choose.
Read the listFive-syllable names: the longest in real use
The rarest rhythm in the records — five-beat names that American parents still genuinely choose.
Read the listTwo-letter names: the shortest in the records
Bo, Jo, Ty, Al — the complete set of two-letter names American parents still use.
Read the listFive-letter names, the comfortable middle
James, Grace, Chloe, Micah — five letters, ranked by where they stand in the newest records.
Read the listSix-letter names in current use
Oliver, Harper, Amelia, Elijah — six letters, straight from the latest national rankings.
Read the listSeven-letter names, ranked by real use
Charlie, Camilla, Everett, Natalie — the seven-letter names in genuine current use.
Read the listEight-letter names with presence
Benjamin, Isabella, Theodore, Penelope — eight letters, and every one of them in real use.
Read the listNine-letter names, the long end of the chart
Josephine, Sebastian, Charlotte, Katherine — nine letters, and every one in real use.
Read the listNames with an X in them
Alexander, Max, Phoenix, Felix — every charting name carrying the alphabet's sharpest letter.
Read the listNames with a Z in them
Zoe, Ezra, Hazel, Enzo — the buzz letter, and every current name that carries it.
Read the listNames with a Q in them
Quinn, Quincy, Raquel — the rarest letter in American naming, and where it actually appears.
Read the listThe names with the most spellings
Eliana charts twenty-one different ways. These are the sounds American parents write most variously.
Read the listNames with only one spelling
Common enough to be known, singular enough that there is no wrong way to write them.
Read the listNames with a double letter
Emma, Elliott, Bella, Aaron — the doubled consonants and vowels that shape how a name looks.
Read the listNames that begin and end with the same letter
Anna, Aria, Elle, Hannah — the small closed circle of names that return to where they started.
Read the listOld-money names with quiet polish
Theodore, Eleanor, Frederick, Josephine — names that sound like a trust fund and a library card.
Read the listVintage nicknames standing on their own
Millie, Hattie, Gus, Teddy — grandparent-era pet names now going straight on the birth certificate.
Read the listDark academia names with candlelit gravitas
Ambrose, Cassius, Ophelia, Blythe — tweed, libraries and Latin homework, in name form.
Read the listGrandpa names ready for the playground
Walter, Hank, Otis, Stanley — the flat-cap names coming back two generations later, right on schedule.
Read the listMiddle names that go with everything
Rose, Mae, James, Cole — the proven one-syllable-and-classic middle names, with their real first-name ranks too.
Read the listSurname names used up front
Bennett, Sloane, Emerson, Hayes — last names doing first-name work, ranked by real use.
Read the listStrong-sounding names with a hard edge
Jack, Knox, Rhett, Cole — short names built on hard consonants, ranked by current use.
Read the listSoft-sounding names built on liquid letters
Lila, Elowen, Milo, Aurelia — names made of l, m, n and open vowels.
Read the listCute and cozy names that stay small
Poppy, Winnie, Ollie, Birdie — the warm, short names that never quite grow formal.
Read the listNames with an edge
Axel, Onyx, Ryder, Rogue — the loudest register in modern American naming, and what actually charts.
Read the listNames with nowhere to shorten
Kai, June, Reid, Wren — one-piece names that arrive already at their final length.
Read the listNames ending in -a
The strongest current names sharing the -a ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ah
The strongest current names sharing the -ah ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -er
The strongest current names sharing the -er ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -son
The strongest current names sharing the -son ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ley / -lee / -leigh
The strongest current names sharing the -ley / -lee / -leigh ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -lyn
The strongest current names sharing the -lyn ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ella / -elle
The strongest current names sharing the -ella / -elle ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -o
The strongest current names sharing the -o ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -en / -an / -on
The strongest current names sharing the -en / -an / -on ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ie
The strongest current names sharing the -ie ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -s
The strongest current names sharing the -s ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -x
The strongest current names sharing the -x ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -y
The strongest current names sharing the -y ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ton
The strongest current names sharing the -ton ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -i
The strongest current names sharing the -i ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ana
The strongest current names sharing the -ana ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ina
The strongest current names sharing the -ina ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ia
The strongest current names sharing the -ia ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -na
The strongest current names sharing the -na ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ra
The strongest current names sharing the -ra ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -la
The strongest current names sharing the -la ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ine / -een
The strongest current names sharing the -ine / -een ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -us
The strongest current names sharing the -us ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -is
The strongest current names sharing the -is ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ell / -el
The strongest current names sharing the -ell / -el ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -den / -don
The strongest current names sharing the -den / -don ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -tt
The strongest current names sharing the -tt ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ce
The strongest current names sharing the -ce ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -th
The strongest current names sharing the -th ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ar
The strongest current names sharing the -ar ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -or
The strongest current names sharing the -or ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ck
The strongest current names sharing the -ck ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -in
The strongest current names sharing the -in ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -eo
The strongest current names sharing the -eo ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -io
The strongest current names sharing the -io ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ea
The strongest current names sharing the -ea ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -ay
The strongest current names sharing the -ay ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listNames ending in -et
The strongest current names sharing the -et ending — a sound family in real use.
Read the listEras & decades
Decade by decade, the names each generation actually wore.
One-decade wonders
Names that burned bright in a single decade and never charted again — instant time capsules.
Read the listGrandmother-chic: 1920s names ready to return
Pearl, Mabel, Florence — names that peaked a century ago and are due for their second act.
Read the listForgotten treasures from the old records
Once-top-100 names that vanished completely — beautiful, historical, and yours alone.
Read the listNames of the '80s and '90s, currently resting
Jessica, Brittany, Justin, Tyler — the names of today's parents, now at their least fashionable.
Read the listVictorian names ready for a second century
Names that peaked before 1900 and are back on real birth certificates today.
Read the listMidcentury modern: tomorrow's comeback bets
Names that peaked in 1945–1969 — the next cohort the hundred-year cycle will revive.
Read the listGreatest Generation names (born 1901–1927)
The names carried by the Americans born before 1928 — counted from the top-100 list of every year in that span.
Read the listSilent Generation names (born 1928–1945)
What Americans born between 1928 and 1945 were actually named, summed from the top-100 list of every year in that span.
Read the listBaby Boomer names (born 1946–1964)
The names of the largest American generation, ranked across the whole 1946–1964 birth boom.
Read the listGeneration X names (born 1965–1980)
The names given across the Gen X birth years, totalled from the top-100 lists of 1965 to 1980.
Read the listMillennial names (born 1981–1996)
The names Millennials actually carry — summed from the top-100 lists of 1981 through 1996.
Read the listGeneration Z names (born 1997–2012)
What Gen Z is named, counted from the 1997–2012 top-100 lists rather than guessed.
Read the listGeneration Alpha names (born 2013 onward)
The names of the children born from 2013 to today, straight from the newest top-100 lists.
Read the listNames in use since the records began
Present in 1880, present today — the names that have never left American birth records.
Read the listY2K names: the class of the 2000s
The names that peaked in the first decade of the 2000s — the era's own signature, measured.
Read the listNames that peaked exactly a century ago
The hundred-year rule, tested precisely: the names whose best year was the mid-1920s.
Read the listThe longest comebacks in the records
Names that waited the most decades between their peak and their return — the full distance, measured.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1880s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1880s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1890s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1890s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1900s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1900s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1910s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1910s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1920s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1920s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1930s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1930s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1940s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1940s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1950s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1950s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1960s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1960s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1970s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1970s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1980s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1980s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 1990s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 1990s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 2000s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 2000s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listNames that belong entirely to the 2010s
Names that hit their all-time peak in the 2010s and have since left the spotlight — pure bottled era.
Read the listRegions & the world
Where a name is loved: states, regions, both sides of a border.
Hometown favorites: names only one state loves
Names that crack a state's top-100 while staying rare everywhere else in the country.
Read the listTransatlantic hits: loved on both sides of the ocean
Names in the current top-100 in the US, England & Wales AND Scotland at once — truly international classics.
Read the listDistinctly American names
US top-100 favorites that don't chart in Britain at all — names with a homegrown accent.
Read the listSouthern charm: names the South loves best
Names sitting in the top-100 across several Southern states while staying uncommon nationwide.
Read the listFrance's favorites still rare in America
The current French top-100 names that US charts haven't discovered yet.
Read the listCanadian favorites the US overlooks
Names in Canada's current top-100 that stay surprisingly rare south of the border.
Read the listBritish invasion: UK favorites still rare in the US
England & Wales top-100 names that the American charts haven't caught up with.
Read the listScottish gems the US hasn't discovered
Scotland's current top-100 names still flying under the American radar.
Read the listThe names every state agrees on
The shortlist of names ranking in the top 100 of almost every US state at once.
Read the listMap names: states and countries as first names
Dakota, Georgia, India, Jordan — the places that also appear on American birth certificates.
Read the listNames the Northeast loves best
Names ranking top-100 across several states of the Northeast while staying uncommon nationwide.
Read the listNames the Midwest loves best
Names ranking top-100 across several states of the Midwest while staying uncommon nationwide.
Read the listNames the Mountain West loves best
Names ranking top-100 across several states of the Mountain West while staying uncommon nationwide.
Read the listNames the Pacific states loves best
Names ranking top-100 across several states of the Pacific states while staying uncommon nationwide.
Read the listMeanings & themes
Nature, light, virtue — names grouped by what they mean.
Nature names in real use
Willow, River, Ivy, Wren — names borrowed from the outdoors, filtered to the ones parents actually choose.
Read the listVirtue names, from Grace to Justice
Names that wear their meaning openly — the classic virtues parents still put on birth certificates.
Read the listPlace names on the map and the birth certificate
Savannah, Brooklyn, Milan — names borrowed from cities and places parents actually use.
Read the listCelestial names: written in the stars
Luna, Nova, Orion, Atlas — sky and space names that are genuinely rising.
Read the listGoddess and muse names
Athena, Freya, Penelope — names from myth that modern parents are actually choosing.
Read the listHero and god names for boys
Apollo, Atlas, Magnus, Achilles — mythological strength that charts today.
Read the listBiblical names, from Noah to Naomi
The scripture names still filling classrooms — timeless, familiar, and quietly varied.
Read the listSaint names in modern use
Xavier, Lucia, Genevieve — canonized classics that still feel current.
Read the listRoyal names with real thrones behind them
William, Charlotte, Arthur — names that have actually worn crowns, ranked as of today.
Read the listPresidential surnames as first names
Madison, Lincoln, Carter — the White House names that migrated to the nursery.
Read the listOccupation names: little masons and archers
Mason, Sawyer, Piper — trade names that became first names, ranked by today's use.
Read the listMusical names, from Aria to Lennon
Melody, Cadence, Presley, Bowie — names that carry a tune or honor one.
Read the listColor names beyond Scarlett
Violet, Hazel, Indigo, Gray — the palette parents actually paint with.
Read the listGemstone names: small treasures
Ruby, Pearl, Opal, Jasper — jewel-box names polished by a century of use.
Read the listBird names taking flight
Wren, Robin, Lark, Phoenix — the aviary of names parents are choosing now.
Read the listWinter names for cold-month babies
Winter, Holly, Noelle, North — names with frost on the window and warmth inside.
Read the listSummer names full of light
Summer, June, Kai, Isla — warm-weather names for sunshine babies.
Read the listWestern names with dust on their boots
Wyatt, Colt, Clementine, Waylon — frontier names riding high in the charts.
Read the listPreppy names with a monogrammed feel
Sloane, Bennett, Blair, Brooks — country-club polish in current use.
Read the listFlower names in full bloom
Lily, Violet, Dahlia, Magnolia — the bouquet of names parents are actually picking, ranked by real use.
Read the listCottagecore names from a storybook garden
Clementine, Marigold, Mabel, Otis — names that smell of fresh bread and wildflowers.
Read the listBoho names for free spirits
Wilder, Indigo, Bodhi, Meadow — free-spirited names that wandered onto the charts.
Read the listAngel and heaven names
Gabriel, Seraphina, Nevaeh, Celeste — names borrowed from the sky's better neighborhoods.
Read the listLiterary names for future bookworms
Atticus, Harper, Eloise, Darcy — names lifted from beloved pages and real bestseller lists.
Read the listShakespeare names still stealing scenes
Juliet, Viola, Imogen, Sebastian — four centuries later, the Bard is still naming babies.
Read the listWater names that flow
River, Kai, Marina, Bay — names from oceans, rivers and shorelines, ranked by real use.
Read the listMonth names, from January to December
June, August, April, November — which calendar pages actually work as names, with the real numbers.
Read the listChristmas names for December babies
Noelle, Holly, Nicholas, Emmanuel — names with sleigh bells somewhere in the background.
Read the listSpring names, fresh from the thaw
April, Flora, Clover, Wren — names full of blossoms and first warm days.
Read the listAutumn names in amber and gold
Autumn, Maple, Ember, Rowan — harvest-season names with a sweater-weather glow.
Read the listGolden-age Hollywood names
Ava, Audrey, Clark, Greta — names in black-and-white glamour, ranked in full color today.
Read the listAnimal names with teeth (and paws)
Fox, Bear, Wolf, Leo — the wilder end of the nature-name movement, verified in real records.
Read the listTree names with deep roots
Rowan, Aspen, Cedar, Magnolia — names that grow tall, ranked by real current use.
Read the listNorse mythology names
Thor, Freya, Odin — names from the sagas, in real American use.
Read the listEgyptian mythology names
Isis, Osiris, Cleo — names from the Nile pantheon in US records.
Read the listCeltic mythology names
Brigid, Rhiannon, Finn — names from the Irish and Welsh myth cycles.
Read the listArthurian names
Arthur, Guinevere, Gawain — Camelot on the birth certificate.
Read the listTolkien names in American records
Arwen, Eowyn, Samwise — Middle-earth names parents actually use.
Read the listJane Austen names
Emma, Darcy, Elinor — the Austen cast, checked against real records.
Read the listBronte names
Heathcliff, Jane, Cathy — the moors on a birth certificate.
Read the listDickens names
Pip, Estella, Oliver — Victorian London's cast in US records.
Read the listFairy-tale names
Aurora, Briar, Ella — names straight from the old stories.
Read the listMythical creature names
Phoenix, Griffin, Sylvie — names borrowed from beasts that never were.
Read the listNames borrowed from poets
Byron, Sylvia, Langston — poets' names in American use.
Read the listNames borrowed from painters
Frida, Matisse, Vincent — the gallery on a birth certificate.
Read the listNames borrowed from composers
Amadeus, Cecilia, Sebastian — the concert hall in the records.
Read the listNames borrowed from scientists
Ada, Darwin, Tesla — the laboratory on a birth certificate.
Read the listNames borrowed from astronauts
Neil, Sally, Yuri — the space program in the records.
Read the listNames borrowed from explorers
Amelia, Hudson, Drake — the map-makers on a birth certificate.
Read the listNames borrowed from aviators
Amelia, Wilbur, Bessie — the first fliers in the records.
Read the listJazz age names
Duke, Ella, Billie — the 1920s bandstand on a birth certificate.
Read the listCountry music names
Waylon, Dolly, Cash — Nashville in the birth records.
Read the listRock and roll names
Presley, Hendrix, Lennon — the amplifier on a birth certificate.
Read the listDisney names on real birth certificates
Ariel, Luca, Mirabel, Elsa — the animated cast members whose names American parents actually use.
Read the listWizarding world names from the Potter books
Luna, Ginny, Cedric, Minerva — the spellbook of names the novels sent into real use.
Read the listStar Wars names in the American record
Leia, Rey, Anakin, Kylo — the saga names that show up on real US birth certificates.
Read the listSuperhero names, secret identities included
Bruce, Diana, Wanda, Shuri — the comic-book cast, filtered to the names really in use.
Read the listVideo game names in real use
Link, Zelda, Ellie, Aloy — the game characters whose names reach American birth records.
Read the listRegency names, Bridgerton included
Daphne, Benedict, Eloise, Penelope — the drawing-room register, checked against real records.
Read the listPop star names on birth certificates
Ariana, Billie, Adele, Elton — the stage names and given names that entered the record.
Read the listSports legend names in the records
Kobe, Serena, Simone, Messi — the athletes whose names reached American birth certificates.
Read the listGame of Thrones names in American use
Arya, Khaleesi, Sansa, Lyanna — the Westeros cast, filtered to real birth records.
Read the listScience-fiction names in real use
Ripley, Trinity, Chani, Zora — names from the genre that thinks hardest about names.
Read the listPercy Jackson names on the charts
Percy, Thalia, Nico, Hazel — the demigod cast, checked against real US records.
Read the listBroadway names from the stage door
Eliza, Angelica, Cosette, Elphaba — the musical-theatre cast in real American use.
Read the listDownton Abbey names, upstairs and down
Violet, Sybil, Cora, Elsie — the Edwardian house register, verified in US records.
Read the listCelebrity baby names that caught on
Stormi, Saint, Blue, Wilder — the famous-family picks that reached ordinary birth records.
Read the listAncient Roman names in modern use
Marcus, Livia, Cassius, Aurelia — two thousand years old and back on the charts.
Read the listViking names from the sagas
Ragnar, Astrid, Bjorn, Freydis — Norse names with real people behind them, in US records.
Read the listMedieval names still in use
Matilda, Edmund, Rowena, Cecily — the names of charters and chronicles, checked against today.
Read the listFounding-era American names
Abigail, Ezra, Silas, Tabitha — the first names of the Revolutionary generation, in modern records.
Read the listFirst Lady names through the centuries
Abigail, Eleanor, Jacqueline, Michelle — every era of the role, measured against today's records.
Read the listTrailblazer names worth carrying
Rosa, Harriet, Ada, Frida — names carried by people who moved something, in real use.
Read the listPresidential first names, not surnames
George, Abraham, Theodore, Calvin — the given names of the presidents, ranked by real use.
Read the listRenaissance names from the Italian courts
Leonardo, Lucrezia, Cosimo, Bianca — the workshop and palazzo register, in current US use.
Read the listFood names from the kitchen garden
Olive, Clementine, Sage, Hazel — the edible names that turn out to be real ones.
Read the listWeather names for every forecast
Storm, Rain, Sunny, Gale — sky and season words that appear on real birth certificates.
Read the listHerb and spice names in real use
Sage, Rosemary, Juniper, Laurel — the botanical shelf beyond the flower bed.
Read the listGothic names with candlelit edges
Raven, Lilith, Vesper, Damien — the darker register, filtered to names really in use.
Read the listCar names that became baby names
Bentley, Lincoln, Shelby, Tesla — the marques and models in real American use.
Read the listFashion house names in the records
Armani, Chanel, Tiffany, Valentino — the luxury labels that appear on birth certificates.
Read the listNursery rhyme names
Jack, Jill, Molly, Georgie — the oldest character names most children meet.
Read the listBallet names from the great roles
Odette, Giselle, Aurora, Clara — the stage's own register, checked against real records.
Read the listNames from legendary places
Avalon, Eden, Zion, Troy — cities of myth that ended up on birth certificates.
Read the listBiblical place names in American use
Zion, Bethany, Shiloh, Carmel — the scripture map, as distinct from the scripture cast.
Read the listRoyal title names: King, Reign, Royal
The titles Americans give as names — measured against the records rather than assumed.
Read the listHalloween names for an October baby
Salem, Raven, Autumn, Hazel — the season's names, checked against real birth records.
Read the listValentine names with love in them
Valentina, Amora, Romeo, Esme — the affectionate register, verified in real records.
Read the listHeritage & languages
Origins and traditions, measured in American records.
Italian names Americans adore
Luca, Matteo, Gianna, Valentina — la dolce vita on the US charts.
Read the listIrish names beyond St. Patrick's Day
Liam, Maeve, Declan, Saoirse — the Emerald Isle's gifts to American nurseries.
Read the listSpanish and Latin names with warmth
Mateo, Camila, Santiago, Ximena — names thriving across American communities.
Read the listFrench names with effortless chic
Genevieve, Margot, Remy, Beau — Parisian polish in American use.
Read the listScandinavian names, cool by design
Freya, Astrid, Soren, Magnus — Nordic minimalism for the nursery.
Read the listArabic names in American use
Muhammad, Layla, Amir, Zara — melodic classics with deep roots and strong charts.
Read the listGreek names with ancient roots
Alexander, Penelope, Chloe, Atlas — three thousand years of history, still charting.
Read the listModern Hebrew names beyond the Bible
Noa, Ari, Talia, Eitan — the contemporary Israeli favorites gaining ground in America.
Read the listJapanese names in American use
Akira, Sakura, Ren, Hana — melodic Japanese names appearing on US birth certificates.
Read the listHawaiian names full of ocean light
Leilani, Kai, Koa, Nalani — island names riding one of the strongest waves in US naming.
Read the listIndian names rising in America
Aarav, Anaya, Arjun, Diya — South Asian favorites now firmly on the US charts.
Read the listGerman names, sturdy and storied
Otto, Greta, Emil, Lorelei — Old World names finding new American life.
Read the listSlavic names with soft power
Mila, Nadia, Nikolai, Vera — Eastern European warmth in current American use.
Read the listWelsh names beyond Dylan
Rhys, Carys, Emrys, Seren — Wales' lyrical names quietly entering American use.
Read the listScottish heritage names with highland spirit
Callum, Isla, Lachlan, Bonnie — names from the Highlands thriving in American records.
Read the listAfrican names with radiant meanings
Amara, Zuri, Imani, Jabari — names from across the continent, thriving in US records.
Read the listPersian names with royal pedigree
Cyrus, Darius, Arya, Soraya — names from ancient empires, plus two surprises hiding in plain sight.
Read the listPortuguese names in the American record
Duarte, Ines, Rui — names from Portugal and the Azores, still given in the States.
Read the listDutch names in the American record
Sanne, Bram, Willem — names from the Netherlands in US use.
Read the listEastern European names in American use
Vera, Alina, Milan, Roman — names from Poland to Romania, verified in US birth records.
Read the listEast and Southeast Asian names in American use
Mei, Yuna, Reyna, Kai — names from Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines in real US use.
Read the listLatin American and Caribbean names
Itzel, Thiago, Dayana, Denzel — names from Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and the islands in US records.
Read the listTurkish and Armenian names in American use
Aylin, Leyla, Emir, Aram — names from Anatolia and the Caucasus, verified in US records.
Read the listNames that work in Spanish and English
Sofia, Daniel, Elena, Mateo — names pronounced comfortably in both languages, from real records.
Read the listNames that work in English and French
Claire, Julien, Simone, Noel — names that cross the Channel without changing shape.
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