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Food names from the kitchen garden
12 names · 10 girls · 2 boys · records through 2025
Half of this list has been hiding in plain sight for a century: Olive, Hazel, Cherry and Ginger were all ordinary American names long before anyone called them food names.
This guide has 12 names: 10 girl names and 2 boy names. A curated set of food, fruit and kitchen words 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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The other half is newer and much rarer — the fruit and spice words that entered the records only recently, several of them still given a few dozen times a year.
Only names in genuine current use appear, which is what separates this from the usual list of everything in a pantry.
Girl names
10 names
Boy names
2 names
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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