Greek Names

Explore names documented in Greek naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.

Save nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

4,497#73
Down 21 rank positions in five years
1987

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

1,734#203
Down 11 rank positions in five years
1959

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

7#12,869
Down 6,846 rank positions in five years
1947

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

35#4,081
Down 528 rank positions in five years
1921

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1892.

125#1,665
Down 465 rank positions in five years
1971

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1915.

53#3,096
Down 320 rank positions in five years
1971

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1967.

3,427#69
Down 37 rank positions in five years
2012

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1882.

50#3,173
Down 667 rank positions in five years
1982

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1895.

613#493
Down 28 rank positions in five years
1996

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

77#2,362
Down 501 rank positions in five years
1921

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1925.

25#5,124
Down 2,096 rank positions in five years
1982

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1942.

46#3,372
Down 287 rank positions in five years
1985

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1947.

172#1,190
Down 361 rank positions in five years
1978

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

21#4,768
Down 1,162 rank positions in five years
1920

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1989.

1,149#272
Down 111 rank positions in five years
2010

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

5#15,630
Down 5,100 rank positions in five years
1919

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

102#1,650
Up 34 rank positions in five years
1930

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1900.

7#13,020
Down 5,835 rank positions in five years
1971

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

767#422
Down 20 rank positions in five years
2016

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

314#798
Down 12 rank positions in five years
2016

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

1,012#334
Down 9 rank positions in five years
2018

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

598#505
Down 1 rank positions in five years
2015

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1889.

23#4,441
Down 1,704 rank positions in five years
1949

Greek-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

74#2,022
Up 303 rank positions in five years
1924

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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.

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