Meanings & themes
Biblical place names in American use
14 names · 7 girls · 7 boys · records through 2025
The site's biblical-names guide covers the people. This one covers the geography, which is a separate and surprisingly active naming tradition in the US.
This guide has 14 names: 7 girl names and 7 boy names. A curated set of place names from scripture matched against the latest US records; only names in real use appear. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
Several are in strong current use — Zion, Bethany, Jordan and Shiloh among them — and unlike the character names, these carry no story about a particular person.
Each entry below is verified in the latest records with a live rank.
Girl names
7 names
Boy names
7 names
- Jordan#131 today
- Zion#142 today
- Shiloh#278 today
- Israel#315 today
- Jericho#883 today
- Ephraim#988 today
- Canaan#1044 today
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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