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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Derek Derek is a boy's name from the Germanic Theodoric, meaning ruler of the people — and it is the same name as Terry and Thierry, three forms of one original that no longer resemble each other.
Boy Germanic #284 in US
Antonella Antonella is a girl's name of Italian origin, a diminutive of Antonia.
Girl Latin #284 in US
Julieta Julieta is a girl's name of Latin origin, the Spanish form of Juliet and a diminutive of Julia.
Girl Latin #285 in US
Aurelia Aurelia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "golden."
Girl Latin #291 in US
Kenneth Kenneth is a boy's name anglicizing two separate Gaelic names, one meaning born of fire and one meaning handsome.
Boy Scottish Gaelic #294 in US
Angelo Angelo means messenger, and it charts in all seven markets we track within a 365-place spread — the United States 304th, France 343rd, Northern Ireland 397th, Scotland 522nd, England and Wales 569th and Ireland 669th.
Boy Italian #304 in US
Luciano Luciano is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "light".
Boy Latin #305 in US
Joanna Joanna means God is gracious, and it charts in all seven markets we track — the United States 306th, Ireland 367th, Scotland 395th, Northern Ireland 432nd, England and Wales 514th and France 721st.
Girl Hebrew #306 in US
Francesca Francesca is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "free one" or "Frenchwoman."
Girl Italian #307 in US
Tessa Tessa is a girl's name that grew out of Theresa and is now used independently.
Girl Greek #311 in US
Mathias Mathias is a boy's name, the French and Scandinavian form of Matthias, from a Hebrew name meaning gift of God.
Boy Hebrew #312 in US
Catherine Catherine is a girl's name of Greek origin whose meaning is genuinely unknown — the familiar reading of pure is a later reshaping, not the original sense.
Girl Greek #314 in US
Israel Israel means he wrestles with God, and it is a name given after a fight — Jacob receives it in Genesis having wrestled a stranger until dawn and refused to let go without a blessing.
Boy Hebrew #315 in US
Gabriela Gabriela means God is my strength, and the archangel behind it is the one who announces rather than fights — Gabriel delivers the message in both Daniel and Luke, and in Islamic tradition brings the Qur'an.
Girl Spanish #317 in US
Jorge Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of George, meaning farmer.
Boy Spanish #322 in US
Francisco Francisco means Frenchman, and Saint Francis was given it as a nickname — his father traded in France and called him the little Frenchman.
Boy Spanish #323 in US
Nina Nina is a girl's name with several unrelated origins.
Girl Disputed #324 in US
Serena Serena has the most evenly spread ranking on this site — Scotland 298th, Ireland 310th, the United States 325th, France 330th and England and Wales 381st, five markets inside 83 places of each other.
Girl Latin #325 in US
Niko Niko is a boy's name of Greek origin, a short form of Nikolaos meaning "victory of the people".
Boy Greek #325 in US
Aidan Aidan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," from Aodh, the name of a fire god.
Boy Irish #326 in US
Alessia Alessia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender".
Girl Greek #326 in US
Viviana Viviana is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "alive".
Girl Italian #331 in US
Martin Martin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of Mars," borne by Saint Martin of Tours, whose cloak gave Europe the word chapel.
Boy Latin #335 in US
Brian Brian is a boy's name of Irish origin whose meaning is unsettled — noble and high are both proposed, and neither is secure.
Boy Irish #339 in US
Colin Colin has two entirely separate origins — a French pet form of Nicolas, and the Scottish Gaelic Cailean.
Boy Scottish #343 in US
Annabelle Annabelle is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Girl Latin #344 in US
Angelina Angelina means little angel, and the Greek root behind it means a messenger — the winged being is a later idea layered onto a word for someone carrying news.
Girl Italian #347 in US
Rebecca Rebecca is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is unsettled, and the standard gloss involves a rope for tying cattle.
Girl Hebrew #349 in US
Leonel Leonel is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "little lion".
Boy Latin #350 in US
Hope Hope is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the virtue, from hopian.
Girl English #352 in US
Santino Santino is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning "little saint".
Boy Italian #353 in US
Joaquin Joaquin is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "established by God".
Boy Hebrew #355 in US
Kamila Kamila is a girl's name with two separate sources. It is the Czech, Polish and Slovak form of Camilla, from the Latin; and independently an Arabic name from kamil, meaning complete or perfect.
Girl Latin #356 in US
Spencer Spencer is a name of Middle English origin meaning "steward" or "dispenser of provisions."
Boy English #360 in US
Helena Helena is a girl's name of Greek origin whose meaning is unresolved, and its saint is credited with finding the True Cross.
Girl Greek #363 in US
Anderson Anderson is a boy's name of Scottish and Scandinavian origin meaning "son of Andrew".
Boy Scottish #363 in US
Matilda Matilda is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."
Girl Germanic #364 in US
Adriana Adriana means from Hadria, a small town in northern Italy that also named the Adriatic Sea — so both the name and the sea are called after a settlement most people have never heard of.
Girl Italian #366 in US
Andre Andre is a boy's name, the French form of Andrew, from the Greek for manly.
Boy French #368 in US
Marco Marco means dedicated to Mars, and it has the tightest seven-market spread on this site — the United States 370th, Ireland and England both 467th, Scotland 477th, Northern Ireland 501st and France 502nd, all inside 132 places.
Boy Italian #370 in US
Manuel Manuel is a boy's name meaning God is with us, the Spanish short form of Emmanuel.
Boy Spanish #371 in US
Matthias Matthias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God".
Boy Hebrew #372 in US
Anya Anya is a girl's name of Russian origin, a diminutive of Anna.
Girl Russian #375 in US
Desmond Desmond means south Munster, and it is a territory rather than a person — Deas-Mhumhain named the earldom the Fitzgeralds held, and the name reaches modern use through the land.
Boy Irish #376 in US
Astrid Astrid is a girl's name of Old Norse origin meaning "divinely beautiful".
Girl Old Norse #376 in US
Hugo Hugo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "mind" or "spirit."
Boy Germanic #377 in US
Laura Laura is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "laurel," the tree whose leaves crowned Roman victors and poets.
Girl Latin #379 in US
Ricardo Ricardo is a boy's name meaning brave ruler, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Richard.
Boy Spanish #380 in US

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