Meanings & themes
Celebrity baby names that caught on
50 names · 29 girls · 21 boys · records through 2025
Famous parents get written about; the interesting question is which of their choices the country actually copied. The records answer it plainly.
This guide has 50 names: 29 girl names and 21 boy names. A curated set of celebrity children's names 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
Some traveled a long way — Stormi, Reign, Saint, Legend and Onyx all charted after their namesakes arrived. Others stayed famous and unused, which is why this page is much shorter than any tabloid list.
Every name below is in genuine current American use, with its live rank alongside.
Girl names
29 names
- Harper#16 today
- Hazel#21 today
- Ivy#39 today
- Willow#44 today
- Genesis#66 today
- Summer#151 today
- Sage#160 today
- Vivienne#172 today
- Haven#190 today
- Kaia#193 today
- Faith#254 today
- Journey#411 today
- Winter#426 today
- Dream#432 today
- Reign#451 today
- Marlowe#523 today
- Halo#612 today
- Lyric#640 today
- Stormi#908 today
- Tallulah#939 today
- Sunday#946 today
- Scout#995 today
- Sailor#1132 today
- Egypt#1211 today
- Rumi#1279 today
- Zahara#1285 today
- Rosalind#1518 today
- Story#1818 today
- Suri#1927 today
Boy names
21 names
- Levi#12 today
- Wyatt#38 today
- Rowan#59 today
- Ryder#132 today
- Legend#193 today
- Knox#196 today
- Maddox#209 today
- Saint#267 today
- Shiloh#278 today
- Sonny#298 today
- Archie#301 today
- Banks#310 today
- Onyx#365 today
- Wilder#429 today
- Otis#652 today
- Ocean#717 today
- Bear#853 today
- True#1046 today
- Psalm#1108 today
- Bronx#1132 today
- Wolf#1886 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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