Name Explorer

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

Clear, bright, famous

212#1,114
Down 203 rank positions in five years
1995

Man; possibly army, through Charles

2,160#133
Down 11 rank positions in five years
2022

Darling

6#13,551
new
1960

Charity; love and generosity

97#1,981
Down 502 rank positions in five years
1975

Black (Irish); mountain range (Sierra variant)

155#1,408
Down 192 rank positions in five years
2005

Glory, from longer Greek name forms

516#577
Up 305 rank positions in five years
1920

Traditionally associated with pure; origin uncertain

2,456#111
Up 68 rank positions in five years
2025

Christian woman

17#6,597
Down 1,686 rank positions in five years
1986

Crooked nose, through a Scottish surname

614#487
Up 3 rank positions in five years
1999

Landing place for chalk or limestone

18#6,369
Down 2,963 rank positions in five years
1992

Clear; bright; famous

283#924
Down 93 rank positions in five years
1998

Crooked nose

644#477
Down 70 rank positions in five years
1999

Roman name; deeper meaning uncertain

847#361
Down 98 rank positions in five years
2019

Darling

12#8,468
Up 31 rank positions in five years
1970

Associated with pure; deeper origin disputed

10#9,578
Down 521 rank positions in five years
1958

A familiar form of Candace, also influenced by candy

30#4,575
Down 637 rank positions in five years
1970

Grace or kindness

46#3,348
Down 1,295 rank positions in five years
1992

Victory of the people

962#316
Up 216 rank positions in five years
2025

Mountain range

63#2,727
Up 173 rank positions in five years
1998

Clear; bright

52#3,111
Up 913 rank positions in five years
1921

Garden

186#1,219
Up 318 rank positions in five years
1923

Purity; chastity

30#4,578
Down 1,912 rank positions in five years
1976

English form of Callie; Somali form of Ali

518#574
Down 280 rank positions in five years
2014

Bearing Christ or follower of Christ

—Unranked
—
1961

Rhythm; flow

245#1,022
Down 342 rank positions in five years
2007

Feminine form of Cornelius; possibly connected with horn

51#3,138
Up 888 rank positions in five years
1921

Christian; follower of Christ

—Unranked
—
1974

Maiden

38#3,844
Up 99 rank positions in five years
1926

Garden

174#1,285
Up 90 rank positions in five years
1922

Blind

22#5,591
Down 551 rank positions in five years
1918

A Christian; follower of Christ

27#4,900
Down 1,666 rank positions in five years
1992

Variant of Charlie

750#417
Down 142 rank positions in five years
2019

Channel, or jug and jar

170#1,311
Down 596 rank positions in five years
1991

Possibly lame, from the Claudius family name

9#10,262
Down 1,191 rank positions in five years
1935

Heaven, or a short form of Marceline

1,466#207
Up 252 rank positions in five years
2025

Moon or luminous

—Unranked
—
1975

Consolation

13#7,975
Down 1,591 rank positions in five years
1928

Variant of Courtney

—Unranked
—
1990

Variant of Carly

63#2,725
Down 903 rank positions in five years
1998

Dear, beloved; also a Katherine form

134#1,572
Down 229 rank positions in five years
1995

Possibly each of the two, through Catherine

8#11,131
Down 5,233 rank positions in five years
1956

Heaven; also a short form of Marcelina

329#829
Up 331 rank positions in five years
1994

Maiden

37#3,920
Down 571 rank positions in five years
1992

Crystal

37#3,921
Down 855 rank positions in five years
1991

Cassandra form; deeper meaning uncertain

9#10,257
Down 2,973 rank positions in five years
1990

Crystal

8#11,147
Down 2,643 rank positions in five years
1982

Living in Hebrew; shadow in a separate Sanskrit tradition

499#588
Up 74 rank positions in five years
2024

Variant of Cheyenne

46#3,349
Down 1,063 rank positions in five years
1999

Charmian variant or modern formation from charm

—Unranked
—
1952

Feminine form of Carl, in the free-man name family

5#15,369
Down 6,875 rank positions in five years
1955

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