Meanings & themes
Names borrowed from explorers
16 names · 5 girls · 11 boys · records through 2025
Explorers' names sound like distance, which is a lot to give a child and apparently very tempting.
This guide has 16 names: 5 girl names and 11 boy names. A curated set of explorer 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 American use.
Boy names
11 names
- Hudson#17 today
- Marco#370 today
- Clark#377 today
- Lewis#433 today
- Scott#534 today
- Drake#827 today
- Stanley#863 today
- Ernest#1038 today
- Edmund#1081 today
- Cortez#1654 today
- Jacques#1932 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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