Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Possibly hill, high or might, power | 979#339 | Down 68 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
Son of the right hand or son of the south | 9,762#11 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Hill covered with broom | 1,326#261 | Down 96 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Meaning uncertain; Brian name family | 1,005#336 | Down 77 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Probably from Brix, through the Scottish surname | 558#536 | Down 38 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Will + helmet, through William | 203#1,068 | Down 69 rank positions in five years | 1934 | ||
Bright fame, through Robert | 195#1,097 | Down 247 rank positions in five years | 1937 | ||
Broad clearing | 794#403 | Down 130 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Brave bear | 137#1,362 | Down 112 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Black or pale, from Old English surname roots | 1,080#316 | Down 107 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Fair-haired | 114#1,520 | Down 195 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Will and protection; also a rare shortening of Bilal | 18#5,234 | Down 1,577 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
A Breton, a person from Brittany | 133#1,382 | Down 457 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Steep hill; possibly hill from a Celtic root | 116#1,509 | Down 244 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Descendant of Bradán, through Braden | 1,545#229 | Down 118 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Probably speckled, through Brice | 919#357 | Down 123 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Irish surname from Brádach, possibly “roguish, spirited”; also English surname origins | 1,071#321 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Bright fame, through Robert | 7#9,841 | Down 3,164 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
King or prince | 195#1,098 | Down 376 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Short form of Benjamin, Benedict, and other Ben names | 292#843 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Son of Brice | 2,416#152 | Down 37 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Broad clearing, through Bradley; broad ford, through Bradford | 24#4,266 | Down 1,378 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Place of the cowsheds | 233#981 | Down 191 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
Probably ditch or mire | 1,492#236 | Down 58 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Blessed | 6,268#40 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Bracca's settlement | 2,131#172 | Down 41 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Beautiful or handsome | 5,165#60 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Bentgrass clearing | 1,649#215 | Down 74 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Near a brook | 4,877#64 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Son of the right hand or south; alternatively blessed | 53#2,519 | Down 99 rank positions in five years | 1929 | ||
From Brian; deeper meaning uncertain | 146#1,323 | Down 666 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Son of the right hand; alternatively blessed | 293#841 | Up 303 rank positions in five years | 1948 | ||
Descendant of Bradán; also an English place surname | 183#1,152 | Down 343 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Badger | 306#810 | Down 123 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Bright | 6#10,862 | Down 2,704 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Probably quarrelsome; from a surname | 2,138#171 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Descendant of Braonán or Branán; drop or little raven | 226#1,003 | Down 239 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Yellow; little yellow one | 230#992 | Down 110 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Broad ford | 32#3,521 | Down 969 rank positions in five years | 1953 | ||
Will and helmet or protection, through William | 13#6,498 | Up 2,348 rank positions in five years | 1930 | ||
Fire, from a German surname | 606#499 | Down 266 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
A Breton, person from Brittany | 20#4,882 | Up 389 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Possibly beak or stream; origin uncertain | 2,518#141 | Up 69 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Scottish surname; several proposed origins | 78#1,959 | Down 431 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Hill covered with broom | 35#3,319 | Down 1,443 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
King; prince | 43#2,890 | Down 1,438 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Friend | 23#4,417 | Down 262 rank positions in five years | 1935 | ||
Fortified town | 23#4,418 | Up 303 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
Bailiff | 138#1,358 | Up 330 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Becca's homestead | 2,185#168 | Up 80 rank positions in five years | 2025 |
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