Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

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Dominance or widespread influence

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #604, 459 births); most recent 2025 (rank #769, 333 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #349, 891 births); most recent 2025 (rank #451, 682 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025333682
2024453712
2023450742
2022428866
2021459891
2020419870
2019308792
2018218593
2017215409
2016158345

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 2024 (rank #294, 153 births); most recent 2025 (rank #367, 114 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #586, 66 births); most recent 2025 (rank #733, 50 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202511450
202415352
202313561
202212066
202113851
202012347
20198942
20187636
20174921
20163916

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 Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #559, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20245
20234
2022–
20214
20203
20193
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

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #333, 10 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #476, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #632, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
2025104
2024106
202310–
202256
20214–
20204–
201933
2018––
20175–
2016––

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

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #314, 5 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20255
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

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

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #435, 8 births); most recent 2023 (rank #442, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #664, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
20237–
20227–
2021––
20208–
201955
2018––
2017––
2016––
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence