Meanings & themes
Names from legendary places
15 names · 10 girls · 5 boys · records through 2025
Places that may never have existed have produced some genuinely popular American names. Troy is a long-established boys' name; Eden and Zion are both in confident current use.
This guide has 15 names: 10 girl names and 5 boy names. A curated set of mythical and legendary place 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
The appeal is structural rather than sentimental: a legendary place name carries an atmosphere without carrying a person, so nothing is inherited along with it.
Everything below is verified in the current national records.
Girl names
10 names
Boy names
5 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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