Heritage & languages
Greek names with ancient roots
30 names · 17 girls · 13 boys · records through 2025
Greek names are the bedrock of the Western name pool — Alexander, Sophia and Katherine have never really left the charts in two millennia.
This guide has 30 names: 17 girl names and 13 boy names. A curated set of Greek-origin 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
From marble-solid classics to freshly revived mythology, every Greek-rooted name below is in genuine US use.
Girl names
17 names
Boy names
13 names
- Theodore#4 today
- Elias#13 today
- Alexander#30 today
- Atlas#75 today
- Damian#109 today
- Nicholas#112 today
- George#126 today
- Leon#138 today
- Peter#187 today
- Apollo#445 today
- Alexis#513 today
- Nikolas#717 today
- Andreas#1276 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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