Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditionally pure, through Katherine; deeper origin disputed | 175#1,281 | Down 460 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
From Kimberley; field of Cyneburga, Cynebald, or Cynemær | 1,009#303 | Down 117 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Traditionally pure, through Katherine; deeper origin disputed | 201#1,156 | Down 151 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Traditionally pure; deeper origin disputed | 1,670#186 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Meaning uncertain; from Irish Ceallach and its surname family | 319#852 | Down 106 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Form of Katherine; traditionally associated with pure, deeper origin uncertain | 381#729 | Down 204 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Combination of the name sounds kay and la | 838#364 | Down 148 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Traditionally pure, through Katherine; deeper origin disputed | 48#3,274 | Down 1,091 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
Traditionally pure; Kate familiar form, with deeper origin disputed | 447#646 | Down 166 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Christian; feminine Kristin variant and Scandinavian masculine form | 96#1,999 | Down 451 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Gold or metal (Vietnamese); Kimberly, Kimball, and Joachim familiar forms | 34#4,227 | Down 478 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Christian woman, through Christina | 29#4,705 | Down 1,584 rank positions in five years | 1981 | ||
Associated with pure, through Katherine | 340#802 | Down 314 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Possibly Cenel’s island or ship island | 335#814 | Down 288 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Combination of Kay and Lee | 1,205#255 | Down 138 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Christian (woman), through Christina | 118#1,724 | Down 424 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Traditionally pure, through Katherine; earliest origin disputed | 225#1,077 | Down 400 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Possibly boomerang; also a Kyle form or ky–lee combination | 1,491#204 | Down 72 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Beloved or friend, through Cara; independently Turkish “black, dark” | 226#1,075 | Down 403 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Traditionally “pure,” in the Katherine family; earliest origin disputed | 83#2,226 | Down 642 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
English K-name shortening; also Arthurian Cai and northern European Kai | 37#3,945 | Down 368 rank positions in five years | 1942 | ||
Feminine form of Ken or Kendrick; also a proposed Kenneth–Sandra blend | 320#849 | Down 298 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Armoured head or misshapen head, from the Irish name Cennétig | 2,933#85 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Feminine form of Karl, usually traced to “man” | 340#803 | Down 127 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
Short form of Katherine, traditionally associated with “pure” | 576#522 | Down 110 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Christian; follower of Christ | 49#3,228 | Up 295 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Christian woman, through Christina | 14#7,697 | Up 1,558 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
Crystal, ultimately from Greek ice | 88#2,135 | Down 374 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
Variant of Kelly; deeper meaning uncertain | 17#6,689 | Down 2,376 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Christian woman | 41#3,678 | Down 978 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Christian woman | 25#5,165 | Down 1,912 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Valley on the River Kent | 932#328 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Form of Katherine; deeper meaning uncertain | 363#750 | Down 140 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Katarina short form, meaning uncertain; blessed or happy in Finnish | 90#2,087 | Down 616 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
Traditionally associated with pure; original meaning uncertain | 35#4,113 | Down 804 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Dark in its Irish tradition; bright or clear in its Italian tradition | 1,335#229 | Up 78 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Christian | 60#2,841 | Down 357 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
From Ceallach; deeper meaning uncertain | 19#6,221 | Down 1,615 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
Associated with boomerang; also a Kyle form | 306#876 | Down 343 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Clearing belonging to Cyne | 2,671#93 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Green shoot | 1,149#272 | Down 111 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Ciar’s people, from the county; also an Irish surname | 22#5,641 | Down 249 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
From Ceallach; deeper meaning uncertain | 15#7,320 | Down 2,715 rank positions in five years | 1968 | ||
Possibly narrows or channel; also a modern coinage | 512#580 | Down 88 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Traditionally associated with pure; origin uncertain | 27#4,934 | Down 1,507 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Dark, in the Irish-derived form; Russian origin uncertain | 801#385 | Steady | 2005 | ||
A Christian | 8#11,461 | Down 733 rank positions in five years | 1974 | ||
Dark in the Irish derivation; other origin uncertain | 329#830 | Down 152 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
From Kimberley, a place name | 21#5,827 | Down 583 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
From Kerry, meaning Ciar's people | 10#9,784 | Down 2,387 rank positions in five years | 1975 |
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