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Regency names, Bridgerton included

43 names · 30 girls · 13 boys · records through 2025

The Regency revival arrived on television and went straight into the name pool: the ballroom register is early-1800s English, which is exactly the vintage the hundred-year cycle is currently returning.

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This guide has 43 names: 30 girl names and 13 boy names. A curated set of Regency-era and Bridgerton 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.

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That timing is why so many of these names are climbing rather than curiosities. Eloise, Penelope, Violet and Benedict are all in confident current use, and several stand at their highest American ranks on record.

Every name below is verified in the latest data — the ones that never made it out of the novels are not here.

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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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