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91 collections, every name with its honest meaning, its real origin, and a century of popularity history.
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For a baby's name, a confirmation name, or the story behind your own, this list crosses twenty centuries and several diasporas.
Peter · Paul · Agnes · Lucy
US popularity since 1890, from Social Security records
Jump to: Names people made famous · Names by style and feeling · Heritage & communities
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The house specialties: names that live in two languages at once, and the English names Brazil made its own.
Dual-language names 59 names
Maya · Mina · Hana · Erika
English Brazilian 49 names
Jeferson · Robson · Adilson · Everton
Names that work in English and Spanish 336 names on both sides
Names that work in English and Portuguese 73 names on both sides
Names that work in Spanish and Portuguese 178 names on both sides
Names by the numbers
Six lists computed from a century of US birth records: which names crossed from one sex to the other, which came back, which vanished, which are moving now.
Names that switched sides 14 names, each with the decade its majority changed
Truly unisex names 34 names given almost equally to girls and boys in the 2025 US record
The hundred-year rule 16 names already back, 28 that have not come back
Extinct names 48 names thousands once carried, absent from the 2025 US record
Familiar but never popular 487 names between 300 and 8,000 US births every decade since the 1950s
Climbers and fallers 75 names rising and 363 falling between the 2015 and 2025 US records
Names people made famous
The founders, the artists, the riders, the explorers, and the writers who chose their own names.
Saint names 48 names
Peter · Paul · Agnes · Lucy
Founders and builders 54 names
Elon · Jensen · Sundar · Satya
Action sports 64 names
Rachel · Kate · Vali · Tahnée
Artists 63 names
Frida · Georgia · Yayoi · Artemisia
Pen names 41 names
Mark · George · Toni · Maya
Explorers 46 names
Meriwether · York · Ernest · Roald
Revolutionaries 49 names
Rosa · Harriet · Sojourner · Ida
Generals and commanders 39 names
Leonidas · Pericles · Cyrus · Aetius
Poets and writers 55 names
Maya · Langston · Pablo · Gabriela
Geniuses and inventors 56 names
Albert · Marie · Nikola · Ada
Music legends 54 names
Elvis · Aretha · Stevie · Marvin
Movie icons 60 names
Harry · Susan · Ellen · Sarah
Sports stars 60 names
Serena · Venus · Naomi · Coco
Soccer legends 86 names
Leo · Lionel · Diego · Cristiano
Kings and queens 60 names
Victoria · Eleanor · Isabella · Alexandra
Real princesses 53 names
Diana · Camilla · Adelaide · Zita
Warriors 57 names
Sven · Harold · Walter · Hildegard
Global crossover names 60 names
Liam · Noah · Kevin · Jack
World Cup names: the stories behind the greats 17 names
Name Stories: the cultural biographies behind names 2,149 names with stories
Baby names: the name tree, a century of trends, and names with roots the name tree, the river, and names with roots
The Tiebreaker: when you can't agree on a name two lists in, one shortlist out
The most popular baby names around the world the official records of 19 countries and regions, compared side by side
The name map: the top baby name in every Spanish-speaking country the top name in every Spanish-speaking country
Names by style and feeling
Short, vintage, celestial, floral, or simply strong.
Romantic names 56 names
Amara · Esmé · Juliet · Isolde
Strong names 59 names
Matilda · Athena · Freya · Brynhild
Gentle names 55 names
Selah · Eirlys · Mireille · Amity
Short names (4 letters or fewer) 1791 names
Three-letter names 377 names
Vintage names making a comeback 730 names
Nature names 1103 names
Royal names 405 names
Celestial and sky names 266 names
Mythological names 500 names
Literary names 408 names
Virtue names 752 names
Gender-neutral names 570 names
Biblical names 1044 names
Musical names 105 names
Place-name names 491 names
Floral and botanical names 276 names
Surname-style first names 1065 names
Timeless classic names 3289 names
Tree-inspired names 40 names
Nickname-proof names 100 names
Names with the most nicknames 35 names
Heritage & communities
Find your own tradition, or borrow someone else’s.
Latin American names 14 traditions
Asian names 27 traditions
BrazilArgentinaAmerican communitiesEuropeEast AsiaSouth AsiaSoutheast AsiaMiddle East and Central AsiaAfrica and the CaribbeanThe Pacific
Brazil →
German Brazilian names 54 names
Ingrid · Helga · Gertrudes · Roswitha
Italian Brazilian names 54 names
Giovana · Valentina · Isabela · Camila
Japanese Brazilian names 57 names
Sakura · Hana · Aiko · Keiko
Argentina →
Italian Argentine names 31 names
Enzo · Franco · Dante · Bruno
Welsh Patagonian names 26 names
Eluned · Luned · Tegai · Myfanwy
American communities →
Mexican American names 110 names
Guadalupe · Jose · Maria · Juan
African American names 102 names
Aaliyah · Jalen · Imani · Zaire
Arab American names 59 names
Layla · Sara · Maryam · Yasmin
Chinese American names 104 names
Vivian · Grace · Doris · Mabel
Filipino American names 93 names
Maria · Grace · Faith · Joy
Indian American names 100 names
Maya · Priya · Anika · Diya
Irish American names 60 names
Patrick · Sean · Bridget · Kathleen
Italian American names 60 names
Anthony · Antonio · Frank · Francesco
Jewish American names 72 names
Sarah · Rebecca · David · Daniel
Korean American names 80 names
Grace · Esther · Hannah · Sarah
Vietnamese American names 93 names
Mai · Linh · Vy · Kim
Europe →
Basque names 31 names
Oihan · Markel · Julen · Aimar
Catalan names 25 names
Martí · Biel · Nil · Jan
Galician names 20 names
Brais · Iago · Xoán · Anxo
Portuguese and Brazilian names 72 names
Isabela · Beatriz · Camila · Larissa
Spanish names 63 names
José · Diego · Santiago · Mateo
Spanish names from Spain 43 names
Lucía · Martina · Nuria · Sofía
British and London names 60 names
Rupert · Imogen · Clementine · Ottilie
Irish names 58 names
Niamh · Aoife · Ciara · Clodagh
Finnish names 57 names
Vaino · Ilmari · Eino · Onni
French names 54 names
Louis · Henri · Antoine · Étienne
German names 56 names
Greta · Frieda · Heidi · Liesel
Greek names 54 names
Alexander · Nicholas · Theodore · Leon
Italian names 59 names
Marco · Luca · Matteo · Lorenzo
Polish names 185 names
Zosia · Marcin · Zofia · Wojciech
Russian names 57 names
Anastasia · Ekaterina · Natalia · Natasha
Scandinavian names 55 names
Søren · Astrid · Erik · Freja
Ukrainian names 82 names
Yaroslav · Taras · Bohdan · Mykola
East Asia →
Cantonese and Hong Kong names 154 names
Wing · Hei · Chun · Tsz-Ching
Chinese names 84 names
Meilin · Jianguo · Guoqiang · Lei
Japanese names 175 names
Sora · Sakura · Hiroshi · Yumi
Korean names 121 names
Seo-yeon · Ha-eun · Ji-woo · Soo-ah
South Asia →
Bengali names 53 names
Nandini · Padma · Ichamati · Mayurakshi
Indian names 93 names
Arjun · Sita · Aarav · Lakshmi
Malayalam and Kerala names 49 names
Cherian · Kurian · Varghese · Chacko
Nepali names 44 names
Aarav · Aayush · Bibek · Bikash
Punjabi and Sikh names 60 names
Singh · Kaur · Harpreet · Gurpreet
Sinhala and Sri Lankan names 42 names
Nimal · Sunil · Gamini · Mahinda
Tamil names 84 names
Meenakshi · Valli · Kannagi · Mullai
Telugu names 48 names
Sahasra · Hasini · Lasya · Akshara
Urdu and Pakistani names 49 names
Muhammad · Ahmed · Ali · Abdullah
Southeast Asia →
Burmese names 45 names
Aung · Kyaw · Zaw · Tun
Filipino names 88 names
Maria · Angel · Grace · Faith
Hmong names 55 names
Pao · Chai · Kou · Yeng
Indonesian names 56 names
Dewi · Putri · Sari · Wulan
Khmer and Cambodian names 47 names
Bopha · Champey · Romduol · Kolab
Lao names 40 names
Bounmy · Bounkham · Khamsing · Khamphone
Malay and Malaysian names 42 names
Nur · Nurul · Siti · Aisyah
Thai names 89 names
Ploy · Mali · Kanya · Siriporn
Vietnamese names 119 names
Linh · Mai · Lan · Hương
Middle East and Central Asia →
Arabic names 86 names
Omar · Yusuf · Ibrahim · Ali
Armenian names 78 names
Armen · Vahan · Vartan · Hovhannes
Hebrew names 81 names
Noah · Ethan · Elijah · Levi
Persian names 84 names
Yasmin · Roxana · Shirin · Mitra
Turkish names 57 names
Ayse · Fatma · Emine · Hatice
Africa and the Caribbean →
Haitian names 55 names
Jean · Pierre · Emmanuel · Frantz
Akan and Ghanaian names 52 names
Kwasi · Akosua · Kwadwo · Adwoa
Amharic and Ethiopian names 80 names
Selam · Hana · Sara · Ruth
Igbo names 67 names
Chidinma · Chiamaka · Ngozi · Nkechi
Somali names 55 names
Abdi · Abdirahman · Abdullahi · Mohamed
Yoruba names 72 names
Folake · Yetunde · Bisi · Bukola
The Pacific →
Hawaiian names 53 names
Kai · Koa · Kainoa · Kekoa
Samoan names 54 names
Sione · Simi · Iosefa · Aisea
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