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Wander through over 2.6 million names.

Filter by meaning, origin, style, era and sound. Every card shows how the name divides between boys and girls, and how its popularity has moved since 1880. Or see the whole shape of it in the name graph.

3,000 names

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Noah

    “rest” · “to comfort”

    100Very commonSteady

    98% boys · 2% girls

  • Hebrew · Celtic

    James

    “supplanter” · “heel grabber”

    94Very commonEasing

    99% boys · 1% girls

  • Hebrew · Victorian era

    Elijah

    “yahweh is God” · “jehovah is my God”

    93Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Royal

    Isabella

    “my God is bountiful”

    92Very commonEasing

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Timeless

    Benjamin

    “son of the right hand” · “son of the south”

    91Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Victorian era

    Levi

    “associated”

    91Very commonRising

    99% boys · 1% girls

  • Hebrew · Timeless

    Samuel

    “God has heard” · “asked of God”

    90Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Elias

    “Jehovah is my God” · “yahweh is God”

    90Very commonRising

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Ezra

    “help” · “one who is helpful”

    90Very commonRising

    95% boys · 5% girls

  • Hebrew · Norse

    John

    “God is gracious”

    89Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Michael

    “who is like God?”

    89Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Daniel

    “God is my judge”

    89Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Ethan

    “firmness” · “long-lived”

    89Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Modern

    Eliana

    “The Lord answers our prayers”

    89Very commonRising fast

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Timeless

    Joseph

    “God shall add”

    88Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Timeless

    Matthew

    “gift of God” · “a gift from God”

    88Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew

    Asher

    “fortunate” · “happy”

    88Very commonRising

    99% boys · 1% girls

  • Hebrew · Royal

    David

    “Beloved” · “darling”

    87Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Timeless

    Elizabeth

    “God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”

    87Very commonEasing

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Gabriel

    “man of God” · “a hero of God”

    87Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Jacob

    “heel grabber” · “supplanter”

    86Very commonCooling

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Isaac

    “full of laughter”

    86Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Royal

    Josiah

    “God heals” · “God will help”

    85Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Royal

    Nathan

    “he has given” · “God has given”

    84CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Victorian era

    Abigail

    “father of exaltation” · “the source of a father”

    84CommonCooling

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Caleb

    “dog” · “resembling a dog”

    84CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Isaiah

    “God is salvation” · “God is my salvation”

    84CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Ezekiel

    “God strengthens” · “strengthened by God”

    84CommonRising

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Joshua

    “God . is salvation” · “God is salvation”

    83CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Japanese · Timeless

    Naomi

    “pleasantness” · “one who is pleasant”

    83CommonRising

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Axel

    “source of life; small oak” · “axe”

    82CommonSteady

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Delilah

    “􂀿she who􂁀 weakened”

    82CommonRising

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Nickname-names

    Jonathan

    “God has given” · “a gift of God”

    81CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Timeless

    Aaron

    “Exalted” · “mountain of strength”

    81CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Hannah

    Hannah is a Hebrew biblical name associated with divine favour and the story of Samuel’s mother.

    81CommonEasing

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Virtue

    Josephine

    “God will add” · “God shall add”

    81CommonRising

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Leah

    “languid”

    81CommonEasing

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Jeremiah

    “appointed by God” · “one who is exalted by the Lord”

    81CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Micah

    “who is like (Yahweh)?”

    81CommonSteady

    93% boys · 7% girls

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Eden

    “place of pleasure”

    81CommonRising

    21% boys · 79% girls

  • Hebrew

    Adriel

    “from God's flock”

    81CommonRising fast

    98% boys · 2% girls

  • Hebrew · Presidential

    Adam

    “man” · “of the earth”

    80CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew · Mythological

    Maya

    “an illusion; a dream” · “woman of the water”

    80CommonSteady

    >99% girls

  • Hebrew · Modern

    Genesis

    “of the beginning; the first book of the Bible” · “of the beginning”

    80CommonEasing

    5% boys · 95% girls

  • Hebrew · Place names

    Jordan

    “flowing down”

    79CommonEasing

    85% boys · 15% girls

  • Hebrew · Biblical

    Eli

    “one who has ascended; my God on high”

    79CommonEasing

    99% boys · 1% girls

  • Hebrew · Royal

    Amir

    “a prince” · “from the treetop”

    79CommonRising

    >99% boys

  • Hebrew

    Madeline

    “woman from Magdala”

    78CommonSteady

    >99% girls

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