The best baby names starting with A
Some families need a name that starts with A — an initial passed down, a pattern with the siblings, or simply a sound you love.
Here are today's strongest A-names, straight from the latest records, girls and boys side by side.
Girls
- Amelia#4 today
- Ava#11 today
- Ailany#14 today
- Aurora#15 today
- Aria#26 today
- Avery#37 today
- Abigail#41 today
- Adeline#59 today
- Alice#65 today
- Ayla#77 today
- Addison#84 today
- Audrey#86 today
- Autumn#88 today
- Amara#98 today
- Aaliyah#101 today
- Allison#103 today
- Anna#107 today
- Athena#109 today
- Alaia#117 today
- Ariana#128 today
- Alina#130 today
- Amira#132 today
- Alana#140 today
- Aubrey#146 today
Boys
- Asher#28 today
- Alexander#30 today
- Anthony#46 today
- Aiden#62 today
- Angel#67 today
- Andrew#73 today
- Adrian#74 today
- Atlas#75 today
- Axel#79 today
- Aaron#80 today
- August#81 today
- Adriel#84 today
- Arthur#87 today
- Archer#98 today
- Adam#101 today
- Amir#105 today
- Austin#113 today
- Arlo#148 today
- Ace#164 today
- Antonio#176 today
- Amari#185 today
- Aziel#186 today
- Alan#191 today
- Alejandro#195 today
How this list is built: Names beginning with A inside the current national top-1500, ordered by today's rank. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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