Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Peace

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
English
Peace, tranquility, contentment
Latin

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Nature
  • Virtue
  • Word

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #2972, 41 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3583, 31 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #2933, 57 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4067, 35 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20253135
20242931
20232957
20224053
20214147
20203856
20193249
20181533
2017825
20162019

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 2009 (rank #3226, 5 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5115, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #1343, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3704, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–6
202437
2023–9
202234
2021–9
2020–3
2019–10
2018311
2017–6
2016–8

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

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #4084, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
20225
20214
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164
2015–
20143

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

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #511, 5 births); most recent 2012 (rank #907, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

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