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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.

64 names

  • English · Saints

    Jackson

    “the son of Jack or John”

    87Very commonEasing

    >99% boys

  • English · Surname-style

    Carter

    “a transporter of merchandise” · “one who transports goods; one who drives a cart”

    87Very commonEasing

    93% boys · 7% girls

  • Gaelic · Celtic

    Logan

    “from the hollow” · “from the little hollow”

    86Very commonCooling

    91% boys · 9% girls

  • English · Nature

    Wesley

    “from the western meadow”

    85Very commonRising

    98% boys · 2% girls

  • English · Place names

    Madison

    “daughter'of a mighty warrior” · “son of a mighty warrior”

    84CommonEasing

    1% boys · 99% girls

  • Scottish · Celtic

    Cameron

    “crooked nose”

    84CommonEasing

    90% boys · 10% girls

  • English · Surname-style

    Lincoln

    “lake” · “from the village near the lake”

    83CommonEasing

    98% boys · 2% girls

  • English · Surname-style

    Walker

    “walker of the forests” · “one who trods the cloth”

    82CommonRising fast

    97% boys · 3% girls

  • Gaelic · Royal

    Ryan

    “the little ruler; little king”

    81CommonCooling

    90% boys · 10% girls

  • English · Shared

    Sawyer

    “a woodcutter” · “one who works with wood”

    81CommonEasing

    73% boys · 27% girls

  • English · Surname-style

    Hunter

    “a great huntress and provider” · “a great huntsman and provider”

    78CommonCooling

    93% boys · 7% girls

  • English · Biblical

    Addison

    “daughter of Adam” · “the son of Adam”

    78CommonEasing

    2% boys · 98% girls

  • Gaelic · Surname-style

    Kennedy

    “a helmeted chief”

    78CommonEasing

    3% boys · 97% girls

  • English · Celtic

    Graham

    “from the gravelled area; from the gray home”

    78CommonRising

    >99% boys

  • English · Nature

    Hadley

    “from the field of heather” · “from the heather meadow”

    75CommonEasing

    1% boys · 99% girls

  • English · Place names

    Ashley

    “ash” · “wood”

    72CommonEasing

    1% boys · 99% girls

  • English · Timeless

    Tyler

    “tiler of roofs” · “a tiler of roofs”

    72CommonCooling

    95% boys · 5% girls

  • Scottish · Celtic

    Blair

    “from the field of battle”

    72CommonRising fast

    6% boys · 94% girls

  • English · Place names

    Bailey

    Bailey is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the courtyard within castle walls; a public official.”

    71CommonEasing

    6% boys · 94% girls

  • English · Celtic

    Grant

    “large” · “a tall man; a great man”

    70CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • English · Surname-style

    Palmer

    “a pilgrim bearing a palm branch”

    70CommonRising fast

    19% boys · 81% girls

  • Gaelic · Modern

    Mackenzie

    Mackenzie is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “daughter of a wise leader; a fiery woman; one who is fair” and “the son of a wise leader; a fiery man; one who is fair”. These may reflect different naming traditions.

    69FamiliarEasing

    3% boys · 97% girls

  • English · Surname-style

    Taylor

    “cutter of cloth; one who alters garments” · “one who alters garments”

    67FamiliarCooling

    21% boys · 79% girls

  • English · Literary

    Spencer

    “dispenser” · “an administrator; dispenser of provisions”

    67FamiliarEasing

    81% boys · 19% girls

  • Nature

    Brooke

    “from the running stream”

    65FamiliarEasing

    >99% girls

  • English · Timeless

    Marshall

    “shoeing smith” · “a caretaker of horses”

    65FamiliarSteady

    >99% boys

  • Surname-style

    Paige

    “a young assistant” · “a man from the country”

    64FamiliarCooling

    >99% girls

  • English · Vintage revival

    Franklin

    “a free man; a landholder”

    64FamiliarRising

    99% boys · 1% girls

  • English · Surname-style

    Winston

    “of the joy stone; from the friendly town”

    63FamiliarSteady

    99% boys · 1% girls

  • Welsh · Celtic

    Rhys

    “ardour” · “having great enthusiasm for life”

    63FamiliarRising

    95% boys · 5% girls

  • English · Surname-style

    Tanner

    “one who tans hides” · “one who makes leather”

    61FamiliarCooling

    95% boys · 5% girls

  • English · Literary

    Alison

    “the son of a noble”

    60FamiliarEasing

    >99% girls

  • Scottish · Nature

    Ainsley

    “one's own meadow”

    60FamiliarEasing

    1% boys · 99% girls

  • Gaelic · Literary

    Leslie

    “garden of hollies” · “from the holly garden; of the gray fortress”

    56FamiliarEasing

    7% boys · 93% girls

  • Nature

    McKinley

    “the son of the white warrior” · “from the royal meadow”

    56FamiliarEasing

    9% boys · 91% girls

  • Irish · Nature

    Kelly

    “a lively and bright-headed woman”

    55FamiliarEasing

    21% boys · 79% girls

  • Greek · Vintage revival

    Otis

    “a wealthy man” · “one who is acute”

    55FamiliarRising

    >99% boys

  • Scottish · Nature

    Douglas

    “from the black river”

    52UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Scottish · Nature

    Keith

    “man from the forest”

    52UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • English · Surname-style

    Nelson

    “the son of Neil; the son of a champion”

    52UncommonEasing

    99% boys · 1% girls

  • English · Surname-style

    Jefferson

    “son of JEFFREY” · “the son of Jeffrey”

    52UncommonSteady

    >99% boys

  • English · Royal

    Kingsley

    “from the king's meadow”

    52UncommonEasing

    69% boys · 31% girls

  • English · Nature

    Stanley

    “from the stony meadow”

    51UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  • Gaelic · Celtic

    Dillon

    “resembling a lion; a faithful man”

    51UncommonEasing

    89% boys · 11% girls

  • French · Royal

    Leroy

    “the king”

    50UncommonRising

    >99% boys

  • English · Surname-style

    Curtis

    “one who is courteous; polite”

    49UncommonCooling

    >99% boys

  • English · Old-fashioned

    Clifford

    “from the ford near the cliff”

    43UncommonSteady

    >99% boys

  • English · Old-fashioned

    Shirley

    “from the bright clearing”

    42UncommonEasing

    >99% girls

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