Modern Names

Names that did not exist, or barely existed, before the twentieth century. Many are respellings, surnames or coinages, and their histories are shorter and better documented than anything older.

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38,600 names, most popular first in United States

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Adonis Adonis is a boy's name of Greek origin borrowed from a Semitic word for lord.
Boy Greek #241 in US
Collins Collins is a unisex name with two separate origins. In Ireland it anglicizes Ó Coileáin, from a word for a young hound; in England it is a patronymic meaning son of Colin, itself a medieval pet form of Nicholas.
Unisex Irish #241 in US
Milan Milan is a unisex name of Slavic origin meaning "gracious" or "dear," from the element mil.
Unisex Slavic #242 in US
Brynlee Brynlee is a girl's name of modern American coinage, combining the Welsh bryn, meaning hill, with the -lee ending from the Old English leah, a clearing.
Girl Modern coinage #243 in US
Kyrie Kyrie is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "lord".
Unisex Greek #244 in US
Shepherd Shepherd is a boy's name of English origin, the occupational surname for someone who tended sheep.
Boy English #246 in US
Ronan Ronan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little seal," from the Irish rón.
Boy Irish #247 in US
Amora Amora is a girl's name built from the Latin amor, love.
Girl Latin #247 in US
Cade Cade is a boy's name of English origin taken from a medieval surname.
Boy English #248 in US
Lane Lane means a narrow way between hedges, and it is one of only two names in this sweep our data marks as rising — it peaked in 2019 and stands at 250th in the United States on 1,495 births.
Boy English #250 in US
Zayn Zayn is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "beauty" or "grace."
Boy Arabic #252 in US
Kailani Kailani is a girl's name built from genuine Hawaiian words, kai meaning sea and lani meaning sky or heaven.
Girl Hawaiian #253 in US
Nash Nash is a boy's name of English origin meaning "at the ash tree".
Boy English #255 in US
Crew Crew is a boy's name taken from the English word for a group working together, which comes through French from a Latin verb meaning to grow.
Boy English #256 in US
Ayden Ayden is a boy's name, a respelling of the Irish Aidan meaning "little fire."
Boy Irish #257 in US
Journee Journee is a girl's name taken from the English word journey, respelled to look like the French journée.
Girl English #258 in US
Leila Leila means night, from Arabic, and it is one of the most evenly spread names on this site — France 211th, the United States 259th, England and Wales 269th, Scotland 282nd and Ireland 339th, a spread of just 128 places.
Girl Arabic #259 in US
Xander Xander is a boy's name, a short form of Alexander meaning defender of men.
Boy Greek #259 in US
Adalyn Adalyn is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble".
Girl Germanic #260 in US
Aliyah Aliyah is a girl's name of Hebrew and Arabic origin meaning "ascent" or "exalted," and the two languages arrived at it separately from cognate roots.
Girl Hebrew #263 in US
Kayson Kayson is a boy's name of modern American coinage.
Boy American #264 in US
Bodhi Bodhi is a boy's name of Sanskrit origin meaning "awakening" or "enlightenment."
Boy Sanskrit #265 in US
Aspen Aspen is a unisex name of English origin taken from the tree, whose leaves tremble in the slightest wind.
Unisex English #266 in US
Bowen Bowen is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "son of Owain".
Boy Welsh #266 in US
Elaina Elaina is a girl's name of Greek origin, a variant of Helen.
Girl Greek #267 in US
Saint Saint is a boy's name taken directly from the English word, which comes through French from the Latin sanctus, meaning holy or consecrated.
Boy Latin #267 in US
Koa Koa is a boy's name of Hawaiian origin meaning "warrior" or "brave."
Boy Hawaiian #269 in US
Arleth Arleth is a girl's name used almost exclusively in Mexico and among Mexican-American families.
Girl Norman French #269 in US
Karter Karter is a unisex name of English origin, a respelling of Carter, the occupational surname for someone who drove a cart.
Unisex English #270 in US
Nayeli Nayeli is a girl's name used widely in Mexico and among Mexican-American families, usually given as Zapotec for "I love you".
Girl Zapotec #270 in US
Evie Evie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "life."
Girl Hebrew #271 in US
Khloe Khloe means green shoot, and the K is doing no work etymologically — it respells Chloe, whose Greek khloe names the first growth of a crop rather than a color or a plant.
Girl American #272 in US
Bodie Bodie is a boy's name with no single agreed origin.
Boy Disputed #275 in US
Maximus Maximus was a Roman cognomen meaning the greatest, and it charts in all seven markets we track — England and Wales ranks it 219th, above the United States, which is not where a Latin superlative usually leads.
Boy Latin #276 in US
Lilith Lilith is a girl's name of Mesopotamian origin, from a class of night spirits called lilitu in Akkadian.
Girl Akkadian #277 in US
Shiloh Shiloh is a unisex name of Hebrew origin taken from a place rather than a word, the sanctuary town where the Israelites kept the Ark of the Covenant.
Unisex Hebrew #278 in US
Benson Benson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Ben", where Ben is a medieval short form of Benedict rather than of Benjamin.
Boy English #279 in US
Atticus Atticus is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "from Attica", the region of Greece around Athens.
Boy Latin #281 in US
Kash Kash is a boy's name with two unrelated sources.
Boy English #286 in US
Meadow Meadow is a girl's name from the English word for grassland, whose root means "to mow" — so a meadow is defined by being cut.
Girl English #286 in US
Gia Gia is a girl's name, the Italian short form of Gianna, meaning God is gracious.
Girl Italian #287 in US
Milani Milani is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Girl Modern coinage #288 in US
Lennox Lennox is a unisex name from a Scottish district whose name means "place of elm trees," and our data records it as unisex.
Unisex Scottish #289 in US
Ares Ares is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the god of war.
Boy Greek #290 in US
Poppy Poppy is a girl's name of Latin origin taken from the flower, whose name comes from the Latin papaver.
Girl English #292 in US
Reid Reid means red, and it is the Scots spelling of the color — a byname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, which is why it charts across six markets that all had Scots settlement.
Boy Scottish #293 in US
Aylani Aylani is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Girl Modern coinage #293 in US
Kohen Kohen is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "priest".
Boy Hebrew #295 in US

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