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Country music names
17 names · 8 girls · 9 boys · records through 2025
Country music has been quietly supplying American baby names for fifty years — Waylon and Cash both climbed this way.
This guide has 17 names: 8 girl names and 9 boy names. A curated set of country music 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.
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Each name below is in genuine current use.
Girl names
8 names
Boy names
9 names
- Carter#45 today
- Waylon#56 today
- Cash#287 today
- Hank#413 today
- Johnny#457 today
- Chris#646 today
- Nelson#824 today
- Conway#1287 today
- Willie#1315 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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