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.
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Kingston Kingston is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "the king's settlement."Boy English #204 in US
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Zayden Zayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed by attaching the -ayden ending to a Z.Boy Modern coinage #214 in US
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Lennon Lennon is a unisex name of Irish origin, an anglicized form of the surname Ó Leannáin.Unisex Irish #214 in US
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Selah Selah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is genuinely unknown.Girl Hebrew #216 in US
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Elianna Elianna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God has answered".Girl Hebrew #218 in US
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Kairo Kairo is a boy's name taken from Cairo, the Egyptian capital, respelled with a K.Boy Arabic #226 in US
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Callahan Callahan is a unisex name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Ceallacháin.Unisex Irish #227 in US
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Wren Wren is a name of Old English origin taken from the bird, from wrenna.Unisex English #231 in US
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Cataleya Cataleya is a girl's name taken from the cattleya orchid, and its use is traceable to a single film.Girl Modern coinage #239 in US
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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
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Milan Milan is a unisex name of Slavic origin meaning "gracious" or "dear," from the element mil.Unisex Slavic #242 in US
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Xander Xander is a boy's name, a short form of Alexander meaning defender of men.Boy Greek #259 in US
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A style is our reading of a name. A decade is the register — the names children were actually given, in order, with the counts.