Classic Names

Names that have never really left. They rise and fall within a band rather than disappearing, which makes them the safest choice on the site and the hardest to say anything surprising about.

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530 names, most popular first in United States

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Katherine Katherine is a girl's name whose meaning is not settled.
Girl Greek #187 in US
Peter Peter is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "rock."
Boy Greek #187 in US
Maxwell Maxwell is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "Mack's pool."
Boy Scottish #189 in US
Alan Alan is a boy's name of Breton origin whose meaning has never been established.
Boy Breton #191 in US
Alejandro Alejandro is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of mankind."
Boy Greek #195 in US
Andres Andres is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave."
Boy Greek #200 in US
Mabel Mabel is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lovable."
Girl Latin #201 in US
Timothy Timothy is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "honoring God."
Boy Greek #203 in US
Victor Victor is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "conqueror."
Boy Latin #209 in US
Abraham Abraham is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of many."
Boy Hebrew #210 in US
Miguel Miguel is a boy's name meaning who is like God, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael.
Boy Spanish #212 in US
Rafael Rafael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God heals."
Boy Hebrew #218 in US
Joel Joel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin that joins two names for God, and the prophet's book supplied the line quoted at Pentecost.
Boy Hebrew #219 in US
Kevin Kevin is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "gentle birth," and its saint founded Glendalough and by tradition lived to 120.
Boy Irish #221 in US
Jane Jane is a girl's name from the Hebrew for God is gracious, the English feminine of John.
Girl English #221 in US
Oscar Oscar is a boy's name with two competing origins: the Irish os, deer, plus cara, friend, giving "deer lover," or the Old Norse Ásgeirr, meaning "god's spear."
Boy Irish #223 in US
Elise Elise is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath," a short form of Elizabeth.
Girl French #223 in US
Edward Edward is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "wealthy guardian."
Boy English #224 in US
Grant Grant means tall or large, from a Norman French nickname — and it has nothing to do with granting or giving, which is a different word that arrived in English by a separate route.
Boy Scottish #228 in US
Simon Simon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he has heard," borne by the apostle Peter before his renaming.
Boy Hebrew #230 in US
Abel Abel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "breath" or "vapour."
Boy Hebrew #231 in US
Alex Alex is a name of Greek origin meaning "defender of mankind."
Boy Greek #232 in US
Justin Justin is a boy's name from the Latin for just or righteous.
Boy Latin #233 in US
Richard Richard is a boy's name from Germanic roots meaning strong or brave ruler.
Boy Germanic #234 in US
Patrick Patrick is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "nobleman."
Boy Latin #235 in US
Andrea Andrea is a name meaning "manly" or "brave," from the Greek aner.
Girl Greek #235 in US
Alexandra Alexandra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," and it appears as a title of the goddess Hera before it was ever a personal name.
Girl Greek #238 in US
Camille Camille is a unisex name of Latin origin, from a Roman word for a young attendant at religious ceremonies.
Unisex French #240 in US
Diana Diana is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "divine" or "heavenly," the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon.
Girl Latin #244 in US
Mark Mark is a boy's name of Latin origin, most likely meaning "of Mars," borne by the evangelist who wrote the earliest gospel.
Boy Latin #245 in US
Miriam Miriam is the origin of Mary, Maria, Marie, Maureen, Marion and Molly — the largest name family in Europe — and it still charts in all seven markets we track, with its top four inside 46 places of each other.
Girl Hebrew #246 in US
Louis Louis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."
Boy Germanic #249 in US
Rachel Rachel is a girl's name from Hebrew meaning ewe, borne by Jacob's wife in Genesis.
Girl Hebrew #250 in US
Faith Faith is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "trust" or "belief," one of the virtue names the Puritans put into use in the sixteenth century.
Girl English #254 in US
Juliana Juliana means youthful, from the Roman family that claimed descent from Venus — and it is the name of a Dutch queen who abdicated in favor of her daughter, as her mother and daughter both did in turn.
Girl Latin #256 in US
Amy Amy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "beloved," and unusually the name is a past participle — someone who has been loved rather than someone lovable.
Girl English #257 in US
Marcus Marcus is a boy's name of Latin origin most likely meaning "of Mars," and it was one of only about eighteen first names Roman men used.
Boy Latin #258 in US
Paul Paul is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "small" or "humble," borne by the apostle whose letters shaped Christian doctrine.
Boy Latin #262 in US
Elaina Elaina is a girl's name of Greek origin, a variant of Helen.
Girl Greek #267 in US
Cyrus Cyrus is a boy's name of Persian origin whose meaning is not settled.
Boy Persian #268 in US
Steven Steven is a boy's name from the Greek for crown or garland, and the phonetic respelling of Stephen.
Boy Greek #271 in US
Eric Eric is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "eternal ruler" or "sole ruler."
Boy Norse #273 in US
Luciana Luciana is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light".
Girl Latin #273 in US
Javier Javier means the new house, and it is Basque rather than Spanish — Saint Francis Xavier was named for his family's castle at Xabier, so the name is a place that became a surname and then a first name.
Boy Spanish #274 in US
Juliet Juliet is thirteen in the play, and Shakespeare says so twice — the Nurse gives her age precisely, which most productions quietly ignore and most readers never notice.
Girl English #274 in US
Alanna Alanna is a girl's name usually given as the feminine of Alan, a Breton name whose own meaning is not established.
Girl Breton #280 in US
Maximiliano Maximiliano is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximilian.
Boy Latin #280 in US
Tobias Tobias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is good."
Boy Hebrew #283 in US

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