Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greatest | 1,209#280 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Gift of God | 29#3,817 | Down 707 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Mountain; also a short form of Montgomery | 121#1,473 | Up 21 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Praised; commendable | 1,473#239 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
From Moray; also descendant of Muireadhach | 50#2,633 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Council spear; also the English word major | 407#670 | Down 321 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Possibly a form of Merlin | 90#1,788 | Up 298 rank positions in five years | 1935 | ||
Form of Marcellus; probably connected with Mars | 364#731 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Praised, through Muhammad | 568#527 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Greatest | 497#590 | Down 97 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Gracious or dear in Slavic; meeting or union in Sanskrit-derived use | 1,418#242 | Up 189 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Probably related to Egyptian “son”; biblical association with drawing out | 728#436 | Up 82 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
My messenger or my angel | 1,657#213 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Praised, commendable | 529#562 | Up 102 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
From the mouth of the Roe | 157#1,262 | Up 222 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Guardian of the mill | 10#8,031 | Up 5,373 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Praised, commendable | 486#595 | Up 48 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Gift of Yahweh | 1,087#312 | Up 117 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Familiar form of Montgomery or Montague | 112#1,543 | Up 866 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
Meaning uncertain; part of the Mary/Miriam family | —Unranked | — | 1930 | ||
Possibly sea fort; Welsh place-name connection | 59#2,343 | Up 149 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
Form of Marcus; possibly connected with Mars | 144#1,336 | Down 124 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
Might and strength | 7#10,321 | Down 4,934 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Gift of Yahweh | 854#372 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Who is like God?; a form of Michael | 10#8,033 | Down 1,849 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
Form of Marcellus; deeper meaning uncertain | 798#399 | Up 243 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Muriel name family or an English place-name surname | 14#6,329 | Up 5,190 rank positions in five years | 1926 | ||
Meaning uncertain | 176#1,174 | Down 392 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Settlement by a moor or marsh | —Unranked | — | 1923 | ||
Variant of Mervyn; deeper meaning uncertain | 58#2,377 | Down 37 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Who is like God? | 81#1,930 | Down 483 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Variant of Mack | 390#696 | Up 238 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
One who operates a mill | 864#369 | Up 330 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Marquis | 60#2,324 | Down 736 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Who is like God? | 22#4,641 | Down 653 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Who is what God is? | 359#734 | Up 82 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Enduring beauty | 437#640 | Down 185 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Form of Marianus; deeper meaning unconfirmed | 198#1,087 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Son of Fionnlagh | 30#3,720 | Down 1,518 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Diminutive of Marcus | 208#1,054 | Down 313 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Variant of Mekhi | 626#481 | Up 69 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
From Spanish Máximo; literal meaning unconfirmed | 506#580 | Up 174 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Descendant of Murchadh, a name formed from sea and battle | 341#754 | Up 213 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Ford by a mill | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
Variant of Marquis | 23#4,486 | Down 945 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
Form of Moses | 25#4,212 | Up 1,401 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
Son of Matthew or son of Maud | 18#5,326 | Down 1,552 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Son of Coinneach, meaning handsome or beautiful | 99#1,671 | Up 1,009 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
Dog, hound | 402#676 | Up 135 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Form of Marcellinus | 102#1,649 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2006 |
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