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Wizarding world names from the Potter books
29 names · 11 girls · 18 boys · records through 2025
Few book series have moved the charts like this one. Luna was a rare name in the US before the novels and now sits inside the top 30; several others followed the films across the ocean.
This guide has 29 names: 11 girl names and 18 boy names. A curated set of names from the Potter novels 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 cast list was built out of Latin, Arthurian legend and English village records, which is why so much of it works as a real name at all — the invented ones are the exception here.
Every entry below appears in current American birth records, with its live rank alongside.
Girl names
11 names
Boy names
18 names
- Oliver#3 today
- James#6 today
- Jacob#43 today
- Arthur#87 today
- Dean#125 today
- George#126 today
- Justin#233 today
- Colin#343 today
- Hugo#377 today
- Dennis#707 today
- Amos#730 today
- Harry#775 today
- Teddy#819 today
- Cedric#1051 today
- Seamus#1276 today
- Percy#1276 today
- Draco#1728 today
- Fred#1932 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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