European names
934 names across 17 traditions. Every name links to its own page: meaning, origin and, where the records allow it, a century of popularity.
From the Basque Country to Ukraine, each European tradition on this page keeps its own collection, and four of them come with official records of what parents choose today: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Spain. Every name links to its page with meaning, origin and, for names in US records, a century of popularity.
On the records today
The official lists from this region, each with its own page. The names shown lead the latest list.
Most given in the United States, 2020 to 2025
- 1Liam125,025 births
- 2Noah118,698 births
- 3Oliver89,447 births
- 4Emma85,748 births
- 5Charlotte78,120 births
- 6Amelia76,157 births
- 7Sophia74,811 births
- 8James72,948 births
- 9Mia68,231 births
- 10William68,131 births
- 11Isabella67,693 births
- 12Lucas65,851 births
- 13Theodore65,647 births
- 14Mateo62,327 births
- 15Sebastian53,522 births
- 16Jack53,448 births
- 17Alexander51,221 births
- 18Leo47,645 births
- 19Luna46,225 births
- 20Camila46,044 births
The names on this page that appear in Social Security records, ranked by births in 2020 to 2025. Names the records do not publish (spellings given to fewer than five babies a year) cannot appear here.
The collections
Every collection below is one tradition, with the meaning and origin of each name.
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