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Nine-letter names, the long end of the chart

100 names · 50 girls · 50 boys · records through 2025

Nine letters is where American names stop getting longer: past this length the pool thins quickly, and almost everything in it is a full-dress classic.

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This guide has 100 names: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Names of exactly 9 letters inside the current national rankings, ordered by today's rank. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.

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The shape is doing well right now. Charlotte and Sebastian both sit inside the current top 20, and the Victorian revival has brought Josephine, Genevieve and Magdalena back up with them.

A name this long is written in full on documents and shortened almost everywhere else — most entries here carry two or three established short forms.

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Girl names

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Boy 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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