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Place names

Names spelled exactly like a US state or a well-known city or country.

A spelling match only. Where a name comes from is a separate question, and its own page says what we can verify.

Most given last year first.

The figures

55 names. Most given last year first.
NameBirths in 2025RankBest year
Jackson (boy)6,582#362013
Lincoln (boy)4,703#692017
Austin (boy)3,103#1131995
Jordan (boy)2,732#1311991
Camden (boy)1,722#2052013
Dallas (boy)1,475#2382025
Milan (boy)1,418#2422024
Israel (boy)1,081#3152006
Dakota (boy)1,074#3191995
Phoenix (boy)1,027#3292020
Cairo (boy)965#3412022
Rome (boy)694#4522025
Denver (boy)578#5182022
Boston (boy)451#6202020
Memphis (boy)437#6392021
Quincy (boy)422#6521977
Houston (boy)402#6751901
Salem (boy)400#6792023
Everest (boy)315#7962025
Orlando (boy)275#8711975
Aspen (boy)256#9202025
Harlem (boy)236#9702023
Devon (boy)216#1,0281997
Trenton (boy)213#1,0382007
Bronx (boy)187#1,1322025
London (boy)144#1,3332010
Holland (boy)136#1,3661893
Montana (boy)114#1,5201995
Kent (boy)101#1,6541962
Nile (boy)86#1,8372021
Raleigh (boy)64#2,2071891
Indiana (boy)60#2,3042019
Paris (boy)60#2,3041991
Kerry (boy)55#2,4511960
Shannon (boy)41#2,9911972
Egypt (boy)40#3,0362022
Brooklyn (boy)37#3,1812009
Reno (boy)23#4,3961915
Essex (boy)21#4,7071894
Sydney (boy)20#4,8571913
Texas (boy)19#5,0452024
Madison (boy)18#5,2081881
Laramie (boy)17#5,3991985
Richmond (boy)17#5,3991899
Nevada (boy)13#6,4461997
Chicago (boy)11#7,1942023
Cleveland (boy)11#7,1941884
Tennessee (boy)11#7,1942017
Berkeley (boy)10#7,6791934
Utah (boy)9#8,2431921
Bristol (boy)8#8,9102009
Charlotte (boy)8#8,9101907
Alaska (boy)5#12,0082022
Hollywood (boy)5#12,0082025
Kansas (boy)5#12,0081994

Rebuilt from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.