Meanings & themes
Science-fiction names in real use
38 names · 22 girls · 16 boys · records through 2025
Science fiction invents names for a living, and a small share of that invention lands in the records — usually the entries that sound like something already familiar.
This guide has 38 names: 22 girl names and 16 boy names. A curated set of science-fiction character 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
The strongest performers here are surnames pressed into service as first names (Ripley, Marlowe, Clarke) and the short, vowel-led coinages that read as plausible in any language.
Everything below is verified in the latest national data; the unpronounceable half of the genre is not.
Girl names
22 names
- Aurora#15 today
- Zoe#31 today
- Nova#46 today
- Sarah#90 today
- Ada#219 today
- Kaylee#255 today
- Leia#297 today
- Octavia#308 today
- Kira#385 today
- Murphy#397 today
- Raven#404 today
- Trinity#428 today
- Marlowe#523 today
- Alia#587 today
- Jessica#665 today
- Kathryn#729 today
- Zora#968 today
- Dana#1027 today
- Ripley#1029 today
- Inara#1047 today
- Ellen#1062 today
- Clarke#1518 today
Boy names
16 names
- John#23 today
- Atlas#75 today
- Arthur#87 today
- River#111 today
- Simon#230 today
- Paul#262 today
- Malcolm#272 today
- Orion#334 today
- Kyle#508 today
- Dax#692 today
- Bellamy#721 today
- Rey#906 today
- Neo#1064 today
- Duncan#1123 today
- Fox#1409 today
- Ender#1743 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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