Meanings & themes
Pop star names on birth certificates
41 names · 25 girls · 16 boys · records through 2025
A single performer can move a name, and the records catch it: Billie, Adele and Ariana all charted differently after their namesakes arrived.
This guide has 41 names: 25 girl names and 16 boy names. A curated set of musician and pop-star names matched against the latest US 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
Most of this list is old material with new carriers. Aretha, Etta, Nina and Ella were nineteenth-century American names long before they were voices — the star gave them a second life rather than inventing them.
Each name below is in genuine current use, with its live national rank.
Girl names
25 names
- Olivia#1 today
- Camila#19 today
- Ella#29 today
- Aaliyah#101 today
- Ariana#128 today
- Stevie#203 today
- Diana#244 today
- Selena#268 today
- Nina#324 today
- Miley#338 today
- Demi#380 today
- Taylor#403 today
- Mariah#447 today
- Alicia#460 today
- Billie#691 today
- Gwen#725 today
- Adele#751 today
- Christina#770 today
- Etta#928 today
- Whitney#1043 today
- Dua#1060 today
- Sia#1107 today
- Lauryn#1452 today
- Britney#1570 today
- Avril#1844 today
Boy names
16 names
- Liam#1 today
- Noah#2 today
- Michael#21 today
- Kevin#221 today
- Justin#233 today
- Louis#249 today
- Zayn#251 today
- Prince#447 today
- Jonas#599 today
- Shawn#681 today
- Bruno#740 today
- Harry#775 today
- Joe#991 today
- Nick#1443 today
- Freddie#1509 today
- Niall#1699 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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