Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Tally

Gender

Male

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Surname.

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1975 (rank #2642, 15 births); most recent 1977 (rank #4583, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1958 (rank #2659, 19 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7885, 13 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–13
2024–9
2023–9
2022–12
2021–9
2020–6
2019–9
2018–9
2017––
2016––

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

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #1208, 19 births); most recent 2006 (rank #3112, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

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 2021 (rank #3337, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
20225
20217
20206
2019–
20184
2017–
20163
2015–
2014–

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