Reviving Names

Names with a clear peak long ago and a clear climb now — the shape that proves the hundred-year rule rather than merely illustrating it.

Every name here is placed by how its recent years in the birth records compare with its earlier ones — so the list moves as the records do.

Rankings for

764 names, most popular first in United States

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Regina Regina is the Latin word for a queen, taken unchanged, and it is still the legal abbreviation in British courts — every criminal case against a defendant is formally Regina versus the accused.
Girl Latin #395 in US
Bonnie Bonnie is a girl's name of Scots origin meaning "pretty" or "fine."
Girl Scottish #396 in US
Joy Joy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning exactly what it says, taken from the English word.
Girl English #419 in US
Conrad Conrad set its American peak in the most recent year we hold, 2025, on 770 births — a name our records carry from 1880 reaching its high point a hundred and forty-five years later.
Boy German #419 in US
Francis Francis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "Frenchman" or "free man."
Boy Germanic #420 in US
Dorothy Dorothy is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God."
Girl Greek #421 in US
Opal Opal means the gem, and it is the only major stone whose name may come from Sanskrit — upala, a precious stone, reaching Greek and Latin through the trade routes rather than from a European root.
Girl English #423 in US
Marceline Marceline is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of Mars".
Girl Latin #425 in US
Leona Leona means lioness, and our data marks it reviving across six markets — the United States 429th, France 556th, Scotland 631st, Ireland 705th and England and Wales 716th, all within 290 places.
Girl Latin #429 in US
Lewis Lewis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the English form of Louis.
Boy English #433 in US
Frederick Frederick is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "peaceful ruler."
Boy Germanic #436 in US
Alma Alma is a girl's name with several competing origins: "nourishing" in Latin, "soul" in Spanish, and "young woman" in Hebrew.
Girl Latin #450 in US
Madeleine Madeleine is a girl's name meaning "of Magdala," a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, and it is a place name rather than a description.
Girl French #454 in US
Mack Mack means son of, and on its own it is only half a name — the Gaelic mac is a prefix, so using it alone is like naming a child Junior with nothing in front of it.
Boy Scottish #463 in US
Winnie Winnie is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "blessed reconciliation."
Girl Welsh #475 in US
Maxine Maxine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," a feminine form of Maximus.
Girl French #496 in US
Edith Edith is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "prosperous in war."
Girl English #499 in US
Mae Mae is a girl's name in France, generally read as a form of Mae or as a feminine of the Breton Mahé.
Girl French #500 in US
Beatrice Beatrice is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "she who brings happiness."
Girl Latin #508 in US
Estella Estella means star, and Dickens chose the name deliberately — Great Expectations gives it to a girl raised to be beautiful and unreachable, which is what a star is.
Girl Spanish #510 in US
Faye Faye is a girl's name of Old French origin meaning "fairy," from a word that traces back to the Fates of Roman religion.
Girl English #514 in US
Louise Louise is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the French feminine form of Louis.
Girl French #515 in US
Lottie Lottie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man."
Girl Germanic #527 in US
Cecelia Cecelia means blind, and the saint who carries it became the patron of music through what looks like a misreading — a line in her acta about music playing at her wedding was later taken to mean she made it.
Girl Latin #530 in US
Nellie Nellie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "shining light."
Girl Greek #533 in US
Lenora Peaked in 1924 · 37,719 births since 1880
Girl #540 in US
Augustine Augustine means venerable, and it began as a title rather than a name — the Senate voted Octavian the style Augustus in 27 BC, and everything since descends from that vote.
Unisex Latin #547 in US
Frankie Frankie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frenchman."
Unisex Germanic #551 in US
Margo Peaked in 1954 · 30,892 births since 1905
Girl #559 in US
Mavis Peaked in 1927 · 24,213 births since 1893
Girl #560 in US
Della Della has no single parent — it shortens Adela, Delia and Adelaide alike, and our data marks it reviving, at 563rd in the United States and 1010th in Scotland.
Girl English #563 in US
Rocky Peaked in 1957 · 31,008 births since 1913
Boy #568 in US
Cleo Cleo is a name of Greek origin meaning "glory" or "fame."
Unisex Greek #577 in US
Louie Louie is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."
Boy Germanic #596 in US
Loretta Loretta comes from an Italian shrine, not from the laurel — Loreto is the town where the Holy House of Nazareth was said to have been carried by angels.
Girl Italian #606 in US
Flora Flora is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "flower," the Roman goddess whose festival was among the least decorous in the calendar.
Girl Latin #607 in US
Harlan Peaked in 1924 · 28,478 births since 1880
Boy #617 in US
Goldie Peaked in 1915 · 39,631 births since 1880
Girl #623 in US
Winona Peaked in 2025 · 13,643 births since 1880
Girl #627 in US
Leonard Leonard is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "lion-strong," and its saint is the patron of prisoners and of women in labor.
Boy Germanic #637 in US
Otis Otis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "wealth" or "fortune."
Boy Germanic #655 in US
Eileen Eileen is a girl's name anglicizing the Irish Eibhlín, and its meaning is genuinely unsettled — it may render Helen, or Evelyn, or a native Irish name.
Girl Irish #656 in US
Myra Myra was invented by a poet — Fulke Greville coined it around 1580, probably by rearranging Mary, and every later meaning attached to it was supplied after the fact.
Girl English #662 in US
Jolene Peaked in 1974 · 38,579 births since 1918
Girl #668 in US
Birdie Peaked in 2025 · 15,219 births since 1880
Girl English #671 in US
Georgina Peaked in 2024 · 40,619 births since 1880
Girl Dutch #689 in US
Lara Lara is a girl's name of Russian origin, a short form of Larisa, and its meaning is unresolved — most often given as "citadel," after the Greek city of Larissa.
Girl Russian #691 in US
Billie Billie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."
Unisex Germanic #693 in US

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