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.

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18,177 names, most popular first in the United States

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Charlee Charlee is a girl's name of Germanic origin, a respelling of Charlie.
Girl English #417 in US
Conrad Conrad set its American peak in the most recent year on record, 2025, on 770 births — a name birth records carry from 1880 reaching its high point a hundred and forty-five years later.
Boy German #419 in US
Solomon Solomon means peace, and it charts in all seven markets — the same Hebrew shalom behind the Arabic Suleiman, so one name covers the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions at once.
Boy Hebrew #422 in US
Willa Willa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute" or "will".
Girl Germanic #422 in US
Boone Boone is a boy's name of Norman French origin.
Boy English #423 in US
Lucca Lucca is a boy's name taken from the walled Tuscan city, and used as a variant spelling of Luca, the Italian form of Luke.
Boy Italian #425 in US
Winter Winter is a girl's name taken from the season, from the Old English winter.
Girl English #426 in US
Isaias Isaias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation".
Boy Hebrew #426 in US
Tadeo Tadeo is a boy's name, the Spanish form of Thaddeus.
Boy Aramaic #427 in US
Lian Lian is a unisex name with several unrelated sources.
Unisex Chinese #428 in US
Wilder Wilder is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "untamed" or "hunter".
Boy Germanic #430 in US
Katalina Katalina is a girl's name meaning "pure," following Catherine.
Girl Greek, Spanish #430 in US
Raiden Raiden is a boy's name of Japanese origin naming the god of thunder and lightning.
Boy Japanese #432 in US
Dream Dream is a girl's name taken from the English word, whose history is unusually strange: the Old English dream meant joy, music and revelry, and the sleeping sense appears to have arrived from Old Norse.
Girl English #432 in US
Maia Maia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "mother" or "nurse."
Girl Greek #433 in US
Vienna Vienna is a girl's name taken from the Austrian capital, whose own name is Celtic and unresolved.
Girl Celtic #434 in US
Moshe Moshe is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, the original form of Moses.
Boy Hebrew #435 in US
Lyra Lyra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "lyre," the stringed instrument of classical antiquity.
Girl Greek #435 in US
Salem Salem is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "complete" or "at peace".
Unisex Hebrew #436 in US
Jasai Jasai is a boy's name of modern American coinage.
Boy American #439 in US
Sylas Sylas is a boy's name, a respelling of Silas.
Boy Latin #440 in US
Lorelei Lorelei is a girl's name from a rock on the Rhine River near Koblenz, Germany.
Girl German #441 in US
Gracelynn Gracelynn is a modern girl's name that combines Grace, from the Latin gratia, with the suffix -lynn.
Girl Latin, English #442 in US
Valentino Valentino is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy".
Boy Latin #444 in US
Apollo Apollo is a boy's name of Greek origin naming the god of light, music, prophecy and healing.
Boy Greek #446 in US
Prince Prince is a boy's name taken from the title, from the Latin princeps — literally "the one who takes first place".
Boy Latin #447 in US
Adelynn Adelynn is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble."
Girl Germanic, English #447 in US
Yusuf Yusuf is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will increase."
Boy Hebrew #449 in US
Zariah Zariah is a girl's name of modern American coinage, built on the pattern of Zaria, Azariah and Mariah.
Girl American #449 in US
Bo Bo is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning "to live" or "to dwell".
Boy Scandinavian #450 in US
Kane Kane is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle", from Ó Catháin.
Boy Irish #451 in US
Calliope Calliope is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "beautiful-voiced".
Girl Greek #451 in US
Reign Reign is a unisex name taken from the English word for rule or sovereignty, from the Latin regnum.
Unisex English #452 in US
Rome Rome is a boy's name taken from the city, whose own name has no agreed derivation.
Boy Latin #452 in US
Karson Karson is a boy's name of Scottish and Irish origin, a respelling of Carson.
Boy Scottish #453 in US
Wynter Wynter is a girl's name, a respelling of Winter, from the Old English winter.
Girl English #456 in US
Clementine Clementine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "merciful."
Girl Latin #457 in US
Kataleya Kataleya is a girl's name, a phonetic spelling of Cataleya, from the Cattleya orchid.
Girl English, Spanish #459 in US
Lucian Lucian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "light".
Boy Latin #462 in US
Xiomara Xiomara is a Spanish girl's name whose origin is debated.
Girl Spanish, Germanic #463 in US
Soren Soren is a boy's name of Danish origin, from the Latin Severinus meaning "stern" or "serious".
Boy Danish #464 in US
Ayaan Ayaan is a name with two distinct origins. In Arabic it means "time" or "era," from ayn; in Somali it is a well-established girl's name meaning "bright" or "lucky" — and both are in current use.
Boy Arabic #465 in US
Gracelyn Peaked in 2018 · 16,718 births since 1924
Girl #466 in US
Monroe Monroe is a unisex name of Scottish origin meaning "mouth of the Roe" — a river in Ireland, not Scotland.
Unisex Scottish #467 in US
Alijah Alijah is a boy's name and a modern spelling of Elijah, the Hebrew name meaning "my God is Yahweh."
Boy Hebrew #469 in US
Musa Musa is a boy's name of Hebrew or Egyptian origin, the Arabic form of Moses.
Boy Hebrew #470 in US
Maren Maren is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea."
Girl Latin, Scandinavian #471 in US
Kyson Kyson is a modern American boy's name that follows the pattern of Tyson and Bryson.
Boy American coinage #471 in US

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