Name Explorer

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

English surname transferred into given-name use

53#3,086
Down 1,258 rank positions in five years
2011

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

10#9,762
Down 4,204 rank positions in five years
1989

Christian (woman), through Christina

12#8,619
Down 1,838 rank positions in five years
1993

Alternate transcription of Khadija

151#1,432
Up 260 rank positions in five years
1994

Action, deed, fate

120#1,706
Down 522 rank positions in five years
2009

Variant of Kayla

136#1,551
Up 385 rank positions in five years
2006

Variant of Kaylyn

19#6,216
Down 1,399 rank positions in five years
1993

Short form of McKenley

127#1,638
Down 350 rank positions in five years
2012

Song, poem, through Carmen

105#1,875
Down 562 rank positions in five years
2008

Variant of Caelan

61#2,796
Down 921 rank positions in five years
2009
43#3,547
Down 935 rank positions in five years
2003

Possibly to shine; excel over, through Kassandra

55#3,010
Up 240 rank positions in five years
1987

Literal meaning not recorded

—Unranked
—
1985

Christian; follower of Christ

8#11,460
Down 6,965 rank positions in five years
1990

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

94#2,030
Down 584 rank positions in five years
2012

Descendant of Caollaidhe

135#1,567
Up 1,955 rank positions in five years
2007

Variant of Keisha

—Unranked
—
1975

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

—Unranked
—
1993
38#3,866
Down 1,255 rank positions in five years
1999

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

94#2,029
Down 1,202 rank positions in five years
2019

Spring + valley, through Kendall

99#1,951
Down 732 rank positions in five years
2011

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

182#1,237
Up 144 rank positions in five years
2004

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

19#6,214
Down 28 rank positions in five years
1996

Form of Katya

93#2,042
Down 268 rank positions in five years
1996

Variant of Candace

7#12,518
Down 6,039 rank positions in five years
1988

Narrows, through Kyla

126#1,645
Down 356 rank positions in five years
2009

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

239#1,041
Down 215 rank positions in five years
2019

Variant of Kinley

156#1,401
Down 587 rank positions in five years
2017

Literal meaning not recorded

—Unranked
—
1948

Ship + victory, through Kelsey

38#3,868
Down 1,461 rank positions in five years
1992

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

—Unranked
—
1990

Variant of Caroline

18#6,435
Up 333 rank positions in five years
1946

Waited for

229#1,064
Up 153 rank positions in five years
2008

Literal meaning not recorded

203#1,142
Down 192 rank positions in five years
2023

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

121#1,697
Down 525 rank positions in five years
2011

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

7#12,528
new
1924

Variant of Candy

—Unranked
—
1981

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

—Unranked
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1985
410#690
Up 44 rank positions in five years
2018

Variant of Keisha

—Unranked
—
1986

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

257#985
Down 296 rank positions in five years
2020

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

7#12,523
Down 2,631 rank positions in five years
1975

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

194#1,191
Down 337 rank positions in five years
2018

Royal, through Kinsley

269#956
Down 233 rank positions in five years
2017

Handsome through Coinneach; also a form of Cináed

—Unranked
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1964

Beloved birth

—Unranked
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1977
—Unranked
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1993

Diminutive of Karl

56#2,974
Down 388 rank positions in five years
2007

Variant of Courtney

—Unranked
—
1990

Variant of Callie

21#5,817
Down 1,509 rank positions in five years
1998

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