English Names
Explore names documented in English naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 63#2,236 | Down 161 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1896. | 108#1,847 | Down 51 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1956. | 458#635 | Down 288 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1942. | 53#3,072 | Up 221 rank positions in five years | 1981 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1949. | 28#4,784 | Down 1,849 rank positions in five years | 1981 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 47#2,759 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1946. | 88#2,135 | Down 374 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1883. | 711#442 | Down 163 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1924. | 275#941 | Up 473 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1948. | 269#890 | Down 197 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1960. | 2,659#94 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1893. | 7#12,732 | Up 3,966 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 556#543 | Down 121 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 29#3,843 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1893. | 23#4,417 | Down 262 rank positions in five years | 1935 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | 245#1,022 | Down 342 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981. | 757#411 | Down 119 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 640#476 | Down 71 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1886. | 60#2,834 | Down 506 rank positions in five years | 1983 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 479#598 | Up 74 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975. | 175#1,181 | Down 392 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 390#695 | Down 62 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 529#561 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
English-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 108#1,575 | Up 325 rank positions in five years | 1919 |
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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.