Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Probably connected with the Hebrew word for sun | 639#477 | Up 89 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Crown or wreath | 49#2,674 | Up 880 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Settlement on a shelf or ledge | 21#4,836 | Down 1,359 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
Short form of Scott | 262#909 | Up 3,763 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
Evening companion; or wind, in separate traditions | 434#643 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Serious, grave | 665#464 | Up 45 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
God is gracious | 32#3,573 | Down 242 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Defender of people, through Alexander; also a color name | 12#7,108 | Up 1,497 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded | 445#631 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Bright clearing | —Unranked | — | 1935 | ||
Hearkening, listening | 197#1,094 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Possibly tranquil | 1,220#278 | Up 337 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Wide island | 20#5,020 | Down 1,463 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
Variant of Silas | 717#440 | Up 147 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Crown, wreath, through Stephen | 46#2,789 | Down 844 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Probably fine or good | 111#1,552 | Down 42 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Stone + meadow, through Stanley | 7#10,530 | Down 2,558 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Sun; also a short form of Solomon | 184#1,151 | Up 718 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Supplanter, heel-grabber, through Séamas | 154#1,280 | Down 85 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Sheep herder, shepherd | 1,408#246 | Up 349 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Saint Anne | 285#855 | Down 311 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Stone + ford | 12#7,127 | Down 558 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
Modern coinage; no established literal translation | 217#1,027 | Up 125 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
South town | 1,018#332 | Up 248 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Holy, saintly | 1,286#267 | Up 304 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation | 29#3,835 | Up 682 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
English word name: stone | 258#916 | Up 147 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded | 16#5,809 | Down 3,746 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Valley | 208#1,055 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | 166#1,221 | Up 118 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
God, through שְׁמוּאֵל | 256#923 | Up 106 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Handsome | 43#2,926 | Down 432 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Peace | 211#1,049 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Bright forest | —Unranked | — | 1938 | ||
| 12#7,106 | Down 3,703 rank positions in five years | 1997 | |||
To hear, listen, through שמעון | 241#963 | Up 58 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Smith | 120#1,483 | Down 71 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 193#1,114 | Up 205 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Shawn | 9#8,810 | Down 3,616 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
Gift in Hebrew; separate Irish origins also occur | 77#1,989 | Down 226 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | 95#1,724 | Down 149 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Saint | 31#3,642 | Up 751 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 9#8,795 | Down 1,383 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
Safe, sound; or a biblical place name associated with peace | 400#679 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Sunny or cheerful | 200#1,078 | Up 391 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Sky | 101#1,661 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Scholar, student | 6#11,765 | Down 4,797 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Form of Stephen | 12#7,128 | Down 1,469 rank positions in five years | 1953 | ||
Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference | 55#2,473 | Down 157 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Possibly sun, through Samson | 34#3,434 | Down 1,072 rank positions in five years | 2017 |
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