Collections
Names grouped by theme, era, trend, sound and state. Each collection says exactly how names get in, and they’re rebuilt from the birth record every year. Every one holds names still being given.
Word names
Names spelled exactly like an everyday word. We list the spelling match only, never a claimed meaning.
Flower namesViolet · Lily · Ivy · Iris48 namesTree and plant namesHazel · Rowan · Ivy · Willow63 namesGemstone namesRuby · Jasper · Jade · Onyx38 namesColor namesViolet · Hazel · Scarlett · Ruby64 namesMonth, day and season namesAugust · Autumn · June · Summer30 namesSky and weather namesAurora · Nova · Ember · Sunny54 namesVirtue namesGrace · Genesis · Serenity · Haven86 namesPlace namesCharlotte · Jackson · Madison · Lincoln134 namesJob-word namesCooper · Mason · Carter · Walker91 namesBird and animal namesMaverick · Wren · Colt · Phoenix46 namesLand and water namesRiver · Haven · Meadow70 namesMusic namesAria · Melody · Piper · Harmony32 names
What's moving
Where names are heading right now.
Coming back after a centuryFlorence · Nellie · Louise · Joan14 namesRising fastestEithan · Colter · Lainey · Banks200 namesBrand-new peaksLiam · Noah · Oliver · Charlotte200 namesGreat-grandma energyHenry · Leo · Eleanor · Nora118 namesSteady classicsNoah · James · Elijah · Evelyn53 namesCooling offAlexis · Aubree · Brantley · Gavin178 namesBrand-new namesWrenlee · Wrenleigh · Dutton · Naiari91 names
By decade
Names grouped by their best year ever.
1880s favouritesJohn · William · Mary · Charles200 names1890s favouritesWalter · Florence · Marie · Grace91 names1900s favouritesRose · Louis · Joe · Charlie84 names1910s favouritesHelen · Joseph · Margaret · Ruth107 names1920s favouritesDorothy · Virginia · Doris · Harold56 names1930s favouritesRobert · Shirley · Barbara · Betty78 names1940s favouritesLinda · James · Richard · Carol61 names1950s favouritesDavid · Patricia · Deborah · Thomas63 names1960s favouritesMichael · Lisa · Mark · Michelle111 names1970s favouritesJennifer · Jason · Brian · Amy148 names1980s favouritesChristopher · Jessica · Ashley · Matthew145 names1990s favouritesJacob · Tyler · Nicholas · Emily200 names2000s favouritesHannah · Madison · Ethan · Ava200 names2010s favouritesIsabella · Sophia · Olivia · Mason200 namesPeaking right nowLiam · Noah · Oliver · Charlotte200 names
How common
From every-classroom to one-of-a-kind.
Sound and shape
Short, long, one beat or many.
Loved in a state
Names each state gives at least twice as often as the country does.
- Alabama 200
- Alaska 77
- Arizona 200
- Arkansas 134
- California 200
- Colorado 86
- Connecticut 117
- Delaware 83
- Florida 200
- Georgia 200
- Hawaii 103
- Idaho 128
- Illinois 145
- Indiana 101
- Iowa 161
- Kansas 77
- Kentucky 194
- Louisiana 200
- Maine 138
- Maryland 147
- Massachusetts 190
- Michigan 186
- Minnesota 200
- Mississippi 200
- Missouri 127
- Montana 107
- Nebraska 106
- Nevada 159
- New Hampshire 146
- New Jersey 200
- New Mexico 162
- New York 200
- North Carolina 99
- North Dakota 111
- Ohio 130
- Oklahoma 155
- Oregon 111
- Pennsylvania 152
- Rhode Island 100
- South Carolina 180
- South Dakota 106
- Tennessee 152
- Texas 200
- Utah 200
- Vermont 77
- Virginia 93
- Washington 153
- Washington, DC 103
- West Virginia 191
- Wisconsin 134
- Wyoming 68