Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmer; earth-worker | 2,848#126 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Spear | 201#1,073 | Down 266 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Watchful; alert | 493#593 | Down 158 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Spear + power or authority | 168#1,206 | Down 251 rank positions in five years | 1942 | ||
God is my strong man | 6,569#37 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Valley | 124#1,443 | Down 42 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Meaning uncertain; medieval form of Gawain | 1,125#303 | Down 161 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Spacious fort | 209#1,052 | Down 87 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Big, large | 1,555#228 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Power of the spear or brave spear | 526#564 | Down 200 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Bright pledge | 145#1,330 | Down 155 rank positions in five years | 1930 | ||
Son of the steward | 5,805#51 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Well born, through Eugene | 63#2,238 | Down 578 rank positions in five years | 1937 | ||
Valley | 74#2,026 | Up 397 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Wood in the French/Germanic tradition; valley or ravine in Hebrew | 103#1,637 | Down 275 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through John | 2,939#123 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Watchful or alert, through Gregory | 21#4,760 | Down 574 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
Probably gravelly homestead | 2,967#120 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Measure or pledge | 235#973 | Down 498 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Son of the steward | 2,439#149 | Down 68 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Spear and strength | 95#1,713 | Down 257 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Spear and strength | 401#678 | Down 123 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Peace element; first element uncertain | 31#3,598 | Down 897 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
Noble, illustrious | 851#373 | Up 26 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Welsh name with uncertain first element; also mythical creature | 1,627#222 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Probably a Gaelic speaker | 3,860#86 | Up 26 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Spear | 15#5,946 | Down 1,194 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
Possibly staff of the Geats; origin disputed | 447#625 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Watchful or alert | 5#12,678 | Down 1,604 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Will and protection | 264#902 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Bright pledge | 114#1,521 | Down 332 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Grove of trees | 24#4,297 | Up 616 rank positions in five years | 1884 | ||
Marian name from Guadalupe; possibly “river of the wolf” | 24#4,298 | Down 1,072 rank positions in five years | 1948 | ||
Several surname origins, including triangular land or wreath | 12#6,924 | Down 1,394 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Warrior; also an English word for an artillery operator | 597#506 | Down 198 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Feller; hewer | 993#337 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Short form of Augustus, Angus, or Konstantinos | 145#1,331 | Down 155 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
War and warrior | 462#612 | Down 85 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Calm | 23#4,441 | Down 1,704 rank positions in five years | 1949 | ||
God is gracious | 571#524 | Down 170 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Short form of Gerald, Gerard, or Geraldine | 8#9,182 | Down 3,860 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
Form of Gerard or Gerald | 11#7,337 | Down 3,486 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Short form of names ending in -gino | 166#1,218 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Gail variant; independently jovial surname origin | 13#6,577 | Up 3,321 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Germanic name with a war element; full meaning unconfirmed | 127#1,423 | Up 120 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Watchful; vigilant | 59#2,336 | Down 185 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Brother in the Latin tradition; also army man | 112#1,541 | Down 112 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Possibly old man, through Gareth | 8#9,179 | Down 4,426 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
My father is joy, through Abigail | —Unranked | — | 1942 | ||
Combination of Giovanni and Carlo | 125#1,438 | Down 228 rank positions in five years | 2008 |
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