The best baby names starting with M
Some families need a name that starts with M — an initial passed down, a pattern with the siblings, or simply a sound you love.
Here are today's strongest M-names, straight from the latest records, girls and boys side by side.
Girls
- Mia#6 today
- Madison#40 today
- Mila#43 today
- Maya#62 today
- Madelyn#70 today
- Millie#73 today
- Maeve#76 today
- Melody#79 today
- Madeline#81 today
- Maria#87 today
- Margot#102 today
- Margaret#112 today
- Magnolia#124 today
- Mary#125 today
- Melanie#142 today
- Molly#196 today
- Mabel#201 today
- Myla#210 today
- Mackenzie#228 today
- Maisie#233 today
- Miriam#246 today
- Mariana#260 today
- Meadow#286 today
- Milani#288 today
Boys
- Mateo#8 today
- Michael#21 today
- Matthew#32 today
- Mason#39 today
- Miles#44 today
- Maverick#49 today
- Micah#90 today
- Myles#100 today
- Milo#119 today
- Malachi#134 today
- Matteo#146 today
- Matias#170 today
- Max#180 today
- Maxwell#189 today
- Messiah#207 today
- Maddox#209 today
- Miguel#212 today
- Malakai#213 today
- Muhammad#239 today
- Milan#242 today
- Mark#244 today
- Marcus#258 today
- Malcolm#272 today
- Maximus#275 today
How this list is built: Names beginning with M inside the current national top-1500, ordered by today's rank. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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