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Choose what matters to you. We search real US birth records and show the names that match, with how popular each one is and where it is heading.

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Data. US Social Security baby name files through 2025; names given to at least 50 babies that year.
Trend. Rising = up 25% or more in ten years. Cooling = down 25% or more. Established = within 25% and 1,000+ babies.
Popularity. Rank among all names, boys and girls added together. Rare means outside the top 1,000.
Style. Nature is our own list. Classic names were in the top 300 in 1960 and still have 500+ babies. Modern names first reached 1,000 babies in 2000 or later.
Length. The number of syllables is estimated and can be off for some names.
Gender. Unisex means neither gender is above 90%.
Siblings, nicknames, sounds-like, initials. Rule-based ideas from the letters, length, style and popularity of names. They are suggestions, not facts about a name’s meaning or origin.