Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Blessing

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
English
Consecration

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Nature
  • Virtue
  • Word

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #2362, 59 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2798, 45 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #909, 291 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1225, 184 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202545184
202459219
202346273
202239200
202127237
202027241
201934291
201827216
201732217
201625192

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #1251, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2266, 10 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #556, 69 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1315, 24 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20251024
2024835
2023822
2022524
2021522
2020327
2019343
2018730
2017322
2016745

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #2329, 10 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4157, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #1220, 33 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1452, 22 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023422
2022322
2021–23
2020325
2019422
2018523
2017328
2016633
2015323
2014523

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #698, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2001 (rank #266, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
2025–3
2024–3
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018–5
2017–4
2016–4

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence