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Names that begin and end with the same letter

74 names · 24 girls · 50 boys · records through 2025

A name that ends on the letter it began with reads as finished in a way that is hard to explain and easy to hear. Anna, Ada, Aria, Elle, Hannah — the shape closes.

This guide has 74 names: 24 girl names and 50 boy names. Names of four letters or more whose first and last letter match, inside the current top-2000. 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

The pattern is heavily front-loaded onto A, for the simple reason that so many American girls' names both begin and end in that vowel. The boys' side of this list is much shorter and much more surprising.

Every name below is verified in current records, with today's rank alongside.

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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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