Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
King or prince | 48#2,683 | Down 611 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Possibly brown or armour | 351#740 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Variant of Braylen | 289#848 | Down 311 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Bright fame in the Robert family; foreign in the Barbara family | 5#12,294 | Down 4,131 rank positions in five years | 1931 | ||
Form of Brian | 334#768 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Short form of Bartholomew | —Unranked | — | 1959 | ||
Short form of Barnabas, Barnaby, or Bernard | 5#12,270 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
Possibly speckled | 42#2,945 | Down 1,198 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
English place-name surname; possibly Bryni’s settlement | 70#2,096 | Down 423 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
Plain, field, or battlefield | 70#2,094 | Up 494 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
Meaning varies: to live, wave, or handsome | 698#449 | Up 91 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Blessed | 226#1,002 | Up 600 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Brian; ultimate meaning uncertain | 17#5,424 | Down 1,388 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Variant of Braden; descendant of Bradán in the Irish surname tradition | 90#1,778 | Down 704 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Son of Ben; also an English place-name surname | 1,214#279 | Up 273 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Awakening or enlightenment | 1,301#265 | Up 30 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Bryson | 276#868 | Down 260 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Descendant of Bradán | 35#3,318 | Down 1,520 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Variant of Braylon | 366#725 | Down 224 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Son of Owain in Welsh surname use; Chinese names also occur | 1,292#266 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Royal or kingly (Greek); brave or valiant (Arabic) | 74#2,022 | Up 303 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Occupational surname for a scribe or bookbinder; also a cloth bleacher | 180#1,160 | Up 499 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
Scottish surname name; place-name meaning uncertain | 213#1,039 | Down 169 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Bear and brave | 140#1,347 | Up 143 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Possibly aid, assistance + wolf, through Botwulf | 451#620 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | 6#10,880 | new | 1921 | ||
Son of the brown one | 211#1,046 | Down 192 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Blessed | 305#814 | Up 255 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
English place-name surname; exact root unconfirmed | 104#1,623 | Down 498 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
English surname transferred into given-name use | 35#3,320 | Down 849 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
English word name: bud | 12#6,866 | Up 1,999 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
Bridge | 921#356 | Up 84 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Barley + enclosure | 8#9,014 | Up 668 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Broad + woodland, through Bradley | 10#7,747 | Down 2,010 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Short form of Bernard, Bernadette, or Bernice | 9#8,348 | Down 3,082 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded | 20#4,881 | Down 2,532 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Surname name; deeper derivation uncertain | 822#386 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Son, through ap | 51#2,573 | Down 964 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Possibly lisping, stammering | 213#1,038 | Down 102 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Variant of Bodhi | 1,249#275 | Up 337 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Blaise | 326#781 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Baker | 1,640#217 | Up 307 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Son of Brandr | 165#1,222 | Down 347 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
English word name: buster | 12#6,867 | Up 241 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Bright + raven | 9#8,349 | Down 190 rank positions in five years | 1923 | ||
Descendant of Bradán, through Braden | 44#2,841 | Down 1,494 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization, through baron | 135#1,370 | Up 135 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
English word name: bishop | 172#1,188 | Down 209 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Good | 762#423 | Up 158 rank positions in five years | 2025 |
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