Rising Names

Measured from the birth records, not asserted. A name is rising here because its recent years are ahead of its earlier ones in the register — not because anyone declared it a name to watch.

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

18,177 names, most popular first in United States

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Liam Liam is a boy's name of Irish origin, a short form of Uilliam, the Irish version of William.
Boy Irish #1 in US
Charlotte Charlotte is a girl's name of French origin meaning "free man," the feminine form of Charles, itself from the Germanic name Karl.
Girl French #2 in US
Oliver Oliver is a boy's name that entered England with the Normans and has a genuinely disputed origin.
Boy Norman French #3 in US
Amelia Amelia is a girl's name most often explained as a blend of two older names: the Germanic Amalia, meaning "work" or "industrious," and the Latin Emilia, from the Roman family name Aemilius.
Girl Germanic #4 in US
Theodore Theodore is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God," formed from theos, meaning god, and doron, meaning gift.
Boy Greek #4 in US
Henry Henry is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler," from heim, meaning home or estate, and ric, meaning ruler or power.
Boy Germanic #5 in US
Mateo Mateo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," the Spanish form of Matthew.
Boy Hebrew #8 in US
Eliana Eliana is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has answered" or "my God has answered."
Girl Hebrew #10 in US
Levi Levi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "joined" or "attached."
Boy Hebrew #12 in US
Violet Violet is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "purple," taken from viola, the Latin word for the purple flower.
Girl Latin #13 in US
Elias Elias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God is Yahweh."
Boy Hebrew #13 in US
Luca Luca is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Italian form of Luke.
Boy Latin #14 in US
Ailany Ailany is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Girl Modern coinage #14 in US
Aurora Aurora is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "dawn."
Girl Latin #15 in US
Sebastian Sebastian is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "from Sebaste," a city whose name derives from sebastos, meaning venerable or august.
Boy Greek #16 in US
Harper Harper is a name of English origin meaning "harp player."
Girl English #16 in US
Hudson Hudson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Hudde," a medieval pet form of Hugh.
Boy English #17 in US
Leo Leo is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "lion."
Boy Latin #19 in US
Camila Camila is a girl's name of Latin origin, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla.
Girl Latin #19 in US
Nora Nora is a girl's name that developed as a short form of longer names, chiefly Honora and Eleanor, and is now used independently.
Girl Latin #20 in US
Ezra Ezra is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "help."
Boy Hebrew #20 in US
Penelope Penelope is a girl's name of Greek origin, borne in Homer's Odyssey by the wife of Odysseus, who held off suitors for twenty years by weaving a shroud she unpicked each night.
Girl Greek #22 in US
Ellie Ellie is a girl's name that began as a short form of Eleanor, Ellen, and Elizabeth, and is now widely given as a name in its own right.
Girl English #24 in US
Lucy Lucy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," from lux.
Girl Latin #25 in US
Aria Aria is a girl's name with two separate origins. In Italian it means "air" and names the solo vocal piece at the heart of an opera.
Girl Italian #26 in US
Santiago Santiago is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "Saint James."
Boy Spanish #26 in US
Luna Luna is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "moon."
Girl Latin #27 in US
Isla Isla is a girl's name of Scottish origin, taken from Islay, an island in the Inner Hebrides, and from the River Isla in the Scottish mainland.
Girl Scottish #28 in US
Asher Asher is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "happy" or "blessed."
Boy Hebrew #28 in US
Lainey Lainey is a girl's name that developed as a pet form of Elaine, itself an Old French version of Helen.
Girl French #30 in US
Scarlett Scarlett is a girl's name of English origin, taken from an occupational surname for someone who sold or dyed scarlet cloth.
Girl English #32 in US
Gianna Gianna is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "God is gracious."
Girl Italian #33 in US
Valentina Valentina is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," the feminine form of Valentinus, from the verb valere, meaning to be strong or to be well.
Girl Latin #35 in US
Ivy Ivy is a girl's name of English origin naming the climbing evergreen plant, from the Old English ifig.
Girl English #39 in US
Bennett Bennett is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "blessed," the medieval English form of Benedict, from benedictus.
Boy Latin #40 in US
Elena Elena is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Italian, Spanish, and Russian form of Helen.
Girl Greek #42 in US
Roman Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome," from Romanus.
Boy Latin #42 in US
Mila Mila is a girl's name with two independent origins.
Girl Slavic #43 in US
Miles Miles is a boy's name of disputed origin, usually connected to the Latin miles, meaning soldier.
Boy Latin #44 in US
Willow Willow is a girl's name of English origin naming the tree, from the Old English welig.
Girl English #44 in US
Emilia Emilia is a girl's name of Latin origin, from the Roman family name Aemilius.
Girl Latin #45 in US
Nova Nova is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "new," from novus.
Girl Latin #46 in US
Naomi Naomi is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "pleasantness," from No'omi.
Girl Hebrew #47 in US
Eloise Eloise is a girl's name of French origin, from the medieval Héloïse.
Girl French #49 in US
Maverick Maverick is a boy's name taken from an English surname, and it is one of the few names to become an ordinary English word within living memory of its source.
Boy English #49 in US
Thiago Thiago is a boy's name of Portuguese and Spanish origin, a form of James arrived at by splitting Santiago.
Boy Portuguese #50 in US
Grayson Grayson is a boy's name of English origin usually explained as "son of the grieve," a grieve being a steward or bailiff who managed an estate.
Boy English #51 in US
Delilah Delilah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, usually translated as "delicate" or connected to a root meaning to weaken.
Girl Hebrew #51 in US

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