Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Possibly horn | 82#1,908 | Down 395 rank positions in five years | 1974 | ||
Possibly pointed or sharp | —Unranked | — | 1934 | ||
Surname name with several proposed origins | 1,392#248 | Up 128 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Short form of Clinton; place-name origins | 58#2,364 | Down 1,015 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Cross | 1,025#331 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Ancient Persian name; meaning uncertain | 1,284#268 | Up 101 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Young male horse | 1,188#285 | Down 64 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Box maker, from an occupational surname | 1,181#287 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Desiring hounds | 292#845 | Down 441 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Irish dark-name ancestry; also place-name surnames | 30#3,675 | Up 262 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
In the Charles family; probably man | 87#1,827 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Modern variant of Caden; deeper meaning uncertain | 475#602 | Down 219 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Priest | 1,590#225 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Courtenay place name, linked with short; alternatively short nose | 38#3,140 | Down 926 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Cliff land | 11#7,282 | Down 2,555 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Short form of Charles, usually linked with “man” | 9#8,377 | Up 4,017 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
Little dove in the Colmán tradition | 148#1,311 | Down 289 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Quiet, shy, coy | 123#1,451 | Down 72 rank positions in five years | 1926 | ||
Garden, through Carmel; associated with Latin song | 104#1,624 | Up 3,100 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Several surname origins, including the Irish dark-name family | 13#6,515 | Up 180 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Brave counsel; alternatively courteous | —Unranked | — | 1960 | ||
Several surname origins | 194#1,108 | Down 420 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Variant of Colton | 238#966 | Down 211 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Dove | 2,995#118 | Up 218 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Charles form; usually linked with man | 276#869 | Up 457 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Crooked nose, in the Cameron name family | 72#2,059 | Down 581 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Merciful; gentle | 62#2,262 | Up 328 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Variant of Carmelo | 214#1,035 | Up 313 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
English place-name surname; usually interpreted as Chad's settlement | 25#4,152 | Down 566 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
From Mount Carmel | 377#712 | Up 5 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
A group working together; weir in the surname branch | 1,352#256 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Life | 411#666 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Clear, bright, famous | —Unranked | — | 1923 | ||
Lordly | 38#3,142 | Down 251 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
Carrier of Christ, through Christopher | 126#1,426 | Down 167 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Glory, from longer Greek name forms | 18#5,243 | Up 253 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
English surname transferred into given-name use | 14#6,190 | Down 3,045 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
House | 291#846 | Down 179 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Descendant of Cathalán | 1,917#190 | Up 244 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Multiple surname and word origins; meaning partly unconfirmed | 374#722 | Down 180 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
| 101#1,655 | Down 255 rank positions in five years | 1990 | |||
Lame, through Claude | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
Maker or seller of cord | 77#1,977 | Down 259 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Keeper of horses | 2,354#157 | Up 815 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Short form of Casey | 359#733 | Down 157 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Diminutive of Charles | 22#4,567 | Down 2,643 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Possibly empty, vain | 504#583 | Down 95 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Possibly son of Col | 1,099#311 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Norman place-name surname; deeper meaning unconfirmed | 23#4,421 | Down 1,341 rank positions in five years | 1981 | ||
Descendant of Cathalán, through Callan | 579#516 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2023 |
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