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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Wesley Wesley is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western meadow," from the Old English west and leah.
Boy English #52 in US
Stella Stella is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "star."
Girl Latin #52 in US
Josiah Josiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh supports" or "Yahweh heals," from Yoshiyahu.
Boy Hebrew #54 in US
Weston Weston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western settlement," from the Old English west and tun, meaning an enclosure, farmstead, or village.
Boy English #55 in US
Waylon Waylon is a boy's name of English origin, generally traced to Wayland, the legendary smith of Germanic myth, whose name means something close to "battle land."
Boy English #56 in US
Adeline Adeline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.
Girl Germanic #59 in US
Rowan Rowan is a name with two origins. The Irish line comes from Ó Ruadháin, from ruadh meaning red, giving "little red-haired one."
Unisex Irish #59 in US
Beau Beau is a boy's name from the French beau, meaning handsome or beautiful.
Boy French #60 in US
Leilani Leilani is a girl's name of Hawaiian origin meaning "heavenly flowers" or "royal child," from lei, a garland or wreath of flowers, and lani, meaning sky, heaven, or royalty.
Girl Hawaiian #60 in US
Iris Iris is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rainbow."
Girl Greek #61 in US
Ezekiel Ezekiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens," from Yechezkel.
Boy Hebrew #61 in US
Brooks Brooks is a boy's name of English origin meaning "of the brook" or "dweller by the stream," from the Old English broc. It began as a surname identifying a family by the water they lived beside.
Boy English #64 in US
Nolan Nolan is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Nualláin.
Boy Irish #65 in US
Paisley Paisley is a girl's name taken from the Scottish town, whose weavers gave their name to the swirling teardrop pattern.
Girl Scottish #67 in US
Lincoln Lincoln is a boy's name from the English city, whose name combines the Brittonic lindo, meaning pool, with the Latin colonia, a Roman settlement for retired soldiers.
Boy English #69 in US
Eden Eden is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "delight" or "pleasure," from the garden of Genesis.
Unisex Hebrew #70 in US
Silas Silas is a boy's name generally understood as a Greek form of the Aramaic Seila, itself corresponding to the Hebrew Saul, meaning "asked for" or "prayed for."
Boy Aramaic #71 in US
Millie Millie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of longer names — chiefly Millicent, Mildred, Amelia and Camilla — and is now given in its own right.
Girl English #73 in US
Emery Emery is a name of Germanic origin, from Emmerich, generally analyzed as combining elements meaning work or power with ric, meaning ruler.
Unisex Germanic #74 in US
Daisy Daisy is a girl's name of English origin naming the flower, and its meaning is unusually literal: daisy comes from the Old English dægesege, "day's eye," because the flower opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk.
Girl English #75 in US
Atlas Atlas is a boy's name from Greek myth, where Atlas is the Titan condemned to hold up the sky.
Boy Greek #75 in US
Maeve Maeve is a girl's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Medb, usually translated as "she who intoxicates" or "intoxicating."
Girl Irish #76 in US
Everett Everett is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a wild boar," from eber, boar, and hard, brave or hardy.
Boy Germanic #77 in US
Ayla Ayla is a girl's name with several unrelated origins.
Girl Turkish #77 in US
Walker Walker is a boy's name of English origin meaning "a fuller of cloth."
Boy English #78 in US
Melody Melody is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "song" or "singing," from melodia.
Girl Greek #79 in US
Lyla Lyla is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Girl Modern coinage #80 in US
August August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from augustus.
Boy Latin #81 in US
Theo Theo is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "god," from theos.
Boy Greek #82 in US
Josie Josie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of Josephine, and so means "he will add," inherited from the Hebrew Yosef.
Girl Hebrew #82 in US
Lucia Lucia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the feminine of Lucius from lux.
Girl Latin #83 in US
Adriel Adriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin usually translated as "flock of God," from eder, a flock or herd, and El, God.
Boy Hebrew #84 in US
Luka Luka is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Slavic and Balkan form of Luke.
Boy Latin #85 in US
Gael Gael is a boy's name meaning a Gaelic person — a speaker of Irish, Scottish Gaelic or Manx.
Boy Irish #86 in US
Leonardo Leonardo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a lion," from leo, lion, and hard, brave or hardy.
Boy Germanic #91 in US
Everly Everly is a girl's name of English origin, from a place name meaning "boar meadow" — the Old English eofor, a wild boar, and leah, a clearing.
Girl English #91 in US
Kai Kai is a name that exists independently in many unrelated languages.
Boy multiple unrelated #93 in US
Kinsley Kinsley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "king's meadow," from the Old English cyning, king, and leah, a clearing.
Girl English #93 in US
Sienna Sienna is a girl's name from the Italian city of Siena, and by way of it from the reddish-brown earth pigment mined nearby.
Girl Italian #94 in US
Emiliano Emiliano is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Spanish and Italian form of Aemilianus, from the Roman family name Aemilius.
Boy Latin #94 in US
Quinn Quinn is a name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Cuinn, meaning "descendant of Conn."
Unisex Irish #97 in US
Eithan Eithan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "firm" or "enduring," a variant spelling of Ethan closer to the Hebrew Eitan.
Boy Hebrew #97 in US
Amara Amara is a girl's name that exists independently in several languages.
Girl multiple unrelated #98 in US
Archer Archer is a boy's name of English origin meaning "bowman."
Boy English #98 in US
Georgia Georgia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," the feminine of George, from ge, earth, and ergon, work.
Girl Greek #99 in US
Myles Myles is a boy's name and a variant spelling of Miles, whose origin is disputed.
Boy Latin #100 in US
Juniper Juniper is a girl's name naming the evergreen shrub, from the Latin juniperus.
Girl Latin #100 in US
Amir Amir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "prince" or "commander," from amara, to command.
Boy Arabic #105 in US

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