Short and sweet: names of four letters or fewer
Some names never need a nickname because there's nothing left to shorten. Four letters or fewer, one or two syllables, done.
Short names travel well: easy for grandparents, easy for teachers, easy to shout across a playground. Here is every one currently in serious use, straight from the latest records.
Girls
- Emma#3 today
- Mia#6 today
- Ava#11 today
- Lily#18 today
- Nora#20 today
- Lucy#24 today
- Aria#26 today
- Luna#27 today
- Isla#28 today
- Ella#29 today
- Zoe#31 today
- Ivy#39 today
- Mila#43 today
- Nova#46 today
- Leah#58 today
- Iris#61 today
- Maya#62 today
- Ruby#64 today
- Zoey#69 today
- Eden#70 today
- Ayla#77 today
- Lyla#80 today
- Jade#95 today
- Anna#107 today
Boys
- Liam#1 today
- Noah#2 today
- Levi#12 today
- Luca#14 today
- Jack#15 today
- Leo#19 today
- Ezra#20 today
- John#23 today
- Owen#31 today
- Luke#33 today
- Beau#60 today
- Enzo#72 today
- Axel#79 today
- Theo#82 today
- Ian#83 today
- Luka#85 today
- Gael#86 today
- Kai#93 today
- Jose#95 today
- Ryan#99 today
- Adam#101 today
- Eli#104 today
- Amir#105 today
- Jace#114 today
How this list is built: Names of four letters or fewer inside the current national top-400, ordered by today's rank. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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