Meanings & themes
Literary names for future bookworms
24 names · 15 girls · 9 boys · records through 2025
A literary name is a lifetime conversation starter and a built-in bedtime story: the day your child meets their namesake on a shelf.
This guide has 24 names: 15 girl names and 9 boy names. A curated set of author and character names matched against the latest 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
Authors and characters both count here — every name below is in genuine current use, with its live rank.
Girl names
15 names
Boy names
9 names
- Sawyer#122 today
- Rhett#188 today
- Finn#206 today
- Atticus#281 today
- Holden#297 today
- Wilder#429 today
- Dorian#539 today
- Langston#999 today
- Auden#1793 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.
Two of these will end up on your shortlist
Reading a list is the easy part. Put these names in front of the person you have to agree with.
Free · everyone you invite plays in one tap, no account
Keep reading
Lists built the same way