Rising Unisex 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.

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1,894 names, most popular first in the United States

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Rowan Rowan is a name with two origins. The Irish line comes from Ó Ruadháin, from ruadh meaning red, giving "little red-haired one."
Irish #59 in US
Eden Eden is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "delight" or "pleasure," from the garden of Genesis.
Hebrew #70 in US
Quinn Quinn is a name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Cuinn, meaning "descendant of Conn."
Irish #97 in US
River River is a name taken from the English word, which comes through Anglo-Norman from the Latin riparius, meaning "of the riverbank."
English #111 in US
Sawyer Sawyer is a name of English origin meaning "one who saws wood."
English #122 in US
Emerson Emerson is a name of English origin meaning "son of Emery."
English #122 in US
Scottie Scottie is a name meaning "a Scot," a pet form of Scott.
Latin #126 in US
Charlie Charlie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man."
Germanic #133 in US
Remi Remi is a name of Latin origin meaning "oarsman."
Latin #145 in US
Elliot Elliot is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God."
Hebrew #151 in US
Oakley Oakley is a name of Old English origin meaning "oak clearing" or "oak meadow."
English #156 in US
Elliott Elliott is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God."
Hebrew #160 in US
Sage Sage is a name of Latin origin meaning "wise."
Latin #160 in US
Sutton Sutton is a name of Old English origin meaning "southern settlement."
English #181 in US
Amari Amari is a name with several competing origins: the Yoruba for "strength," the Arabic ʿāmir meaning "prosperous," and the Hebrew amar, "to say" — and reference works disagree because all three are genuine.
Disputed #185 in US
Tatum Tatum is a name of Old English origin meaning "Tata's homestead."
English #189 in US
Rory Rory is a name of Irish and Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "red king."
Irish #199 in US
Lennon Lennon is a unisex name of Irish origin, an anglicized form of the surname Ó Leannáin.
Irish #214 in US
Callahan Callahan is a unisex name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Ceallacháin.
Irish #227 in US
Wren Wren is a name of Old English origin taken from the bird, from wrenna.
English #231 in US
Palmer Palmer is a unisex name of English origin meaning a pilgrim, specifically one who had returned from the Holy Land carrying a palm frond as proof of the journey.
English #232 in US
Dallas Dallas is the only rising name in this group — it peaked in 2015 and is still climbing, at 238th in the United States.
Scottish #238 in US
Milan Milan is a unisex name of Slavic origin meaning "gracious" or "dear," from the element mil.
Slavic #242 in US
Ellis Ellis is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God."
Hebrew #243 in US
Aspen Aspen is a unisex name of English origin taken from the tree, whose leaves tremble in the slightest wind.
English #266 in US
Karter Karter is a unisex name of English origin, a respelling of Carter, the occupational surname for someone who drove a cart.
English #270 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.
Hebrew #278 in US
Lennox Lennox is a unisex name from a Scottish district whose name means "place of elm trees," and it is recorded as unisex.
Scottish #289 in US
Remington Remington is a unisex name of English origin, a place name meaning the settlement by the boundary stream.
English #307 in US
Navy Navy is a unisex name taken from the English word for a fleet, which comes through French from the Latin navis, a ship.
English #327 in US
Phoenix Phoenix meant several things at once in Greek — the bird, the color purple-red, the date palm and a Phoenician — and the word cannot be reduced to any one of them without discarding the others.
Greek #329 in US
Emory Emory is a unisex name of Germanic origin, a variant of Emery.
English #339 in US
Leighton Leighton is a unisex name of English origin meaning "herb garden settlement".
English #342 in US
Sterling Sterling is a unit of money that became a name, and the coin was probably named for a bird — the little star on early Norman pennies gives one account, and a starling stamped on them gives the other.
English #345 in US
Onyx Onyx is a unisex name taken from the banded black stone, whose Greek name onyx means "fingernail" or "claw".
Greek #365 in US
Miller Miller is a unisex name of English origin, the occupational surname for someone who ground grain into flour.
English #369 in US
Kayce Kayce is a unisex name of modern American coinage, a respelling of Casey or of the initials K.
Irish #375 in US
Baylor Baylor is a unisex name of English origin whose meaning is unsettled.
English #386 in US
Sunny Sunny is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Old English sunne.
English #389 in US
Kamari Kamari is a unisex name usually connected to the Arabic qamar, the moon, and also used as a Swahili name and as a modern American coinage.
Arabic #391 in US
Ari Ari is a unisex name with several unrelated origins.
Hebrew #393 in US
Murphy Murphy is a unisex name of Irish origin meaning "sea warrior".
Irish #397 in US
Briar Briar is a unisex name taken from the English word for a thorny shrub, especially wild rose or bramble.
English #400 in US
Remy Remy is a name of Latin origin meaning "oarsman" or "rower."
Latin #408 in US
Salem Salem is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "complete" or "at peace".
Hebrew #436 in US
Reign Reign is a unisex name taken from the English word for rule or sovereignty, from the Latin regnum.
English #452 in US
Monroe Monroe is a unisex name of Scottish origin meaning "mouth of the Roe" — a river in Ireland, not Scotland.
Scottish #467 in US
Azariah Azariah is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has helped".
Hebrew #472 in US

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