Botanical Names
Botanical names reach beyond the familiar bouquet of Rose and Lily. This collection brings together garden flowers, aromatic herbs, flowering shrubs, and trees, with the plant connection identified for every choice.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The evergreen shrub gives this traditional name a botanical connection. | 8#11,607 | new | 1918 | ||
The evergreen tree used in classical wreaths. | 372#734 | Down 48 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
The woodland plant supplies the botanical image. | 186#1,220 | Up 345 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
The flowering tree gives this a botanical association. | 2,233#124 | Up 52 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The evergreen shrub or small tree supplies the name. | 2,618#100 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A flowering plant named for botanist Anders Dahl. | 1,420#215 | Up 139 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The culinary herb provides a botanical association beside the older personal name. | 74#2,022 | Up 303 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
A spring-flowering shrub. | 1,109#278 | Up 205 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The familiar meadow plant gives this name its connection. | 578#517 | Up 550 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The tree supplies this botanical connection. | 129#1,415 | Up 134 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A flowering shrub with glossy evergreen leaves. | 123#1,676 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The garden flower supplies the name. | 498#590 | Up 507 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The water flower supplies the connection. | 110#1,826 | Up 302 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Sweet cicely gives this older personal name a herb connection. | 13#7,973 | new | 1974 | ||
The fragrant herb supplies this botanical name. | 220#1,095 | Up 335 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A botanical name associated with flowering plants and cinnamon-bearing trees. | 94#2,022 | Up 643 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A flowering bulb name used in pastoral poetry as well as gardens. | 73#2,439 | Up 194 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
The fragrant flowering shrub gives this a garden connection. | 7#12,333 | new | 1992 | ||
The spring bulb gives this a floral connection. | 33#4,293 | Up 11,732 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A jasmine-related English plant word used as a name. | 10#9,745 | Up 893 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
A flowering shrub with fragrant clusters of blossoms. | 35#4,130 | Up 1,123 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The climbing plant supplies the name. | 6#13,502 | Down 4,451 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
A flowering tree and hedgerow plant. | 10#7,862 | Up 1,151 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
A flowering herb gives this name its botanical connection. | —Unranked | — | 1978 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.