Meanings & themes
Place names on the map and the birth certificate
35 names · 20 girls · 15 boys · records through 2025
A place name carries a postcard inside it: somewhere loved, visited, or dreamed about.
This guide has 35 names: 20 girl names and 15 boy names. A curated set of place words 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
These are the map-inspired names in genuine current use, each with its live national rank.
Girl names
20 names
- Charlotte#2 today
- Georgia#99 today
- Brooklyn#118 today
- Savannah#135 today
- Aspen#266 today
- Adelaide#289 today
- Dakota#295 today
- Sydney#348 today
- Florence#391 today
- London#431 today
- Vienna#434 today
- Salem#435 today
- Alexandria#474 today
- Holland#549 today
- Paris#592 today
- Chelsea#851 today
- Cheyenne#920 today
- Odessa#1192 today
- Geneva#1652 today
- India#1721 today
Boy names
15 names
- Austin#113 today
- Jordan#131 today
- Zion#142 today
- Kingston#204 today
- Camden#205 today
- Dallas#238 today
- Milan#242 today
- Israel#315 today
- Phoenix#329 today
- Cairo#341 today
- Denver#518 today
- Memphis#639 today
- Houston#675 today
- Everest#796 today
- Devon#1028 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.
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