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Modern American given names

Names that share a history or a tradition.

39 namesThemed list

  1. Biblical

    Jed

    “beloved of God”

    36RareRising

    >99% boys

  2. Hebrew · Modern

    Jedidiah

    “one who is loved by God”

    51UncommonEasing

    99% boys · 1% girls

  3. English · Biblical

    Zeke

    “strengthened by God” · “God strengthens”

    52UncommonSteady

    >99% boys

  4. Hebrew · Biblical

    Ezekiel

    “God strengthens” · “strengthened by God”

    84CommonRising

    >99% boys

  5. Hebrew · Modern

    Hephzibah

    “my delight is in her (i.e. a new-born daughter)” · “she is my delight”

    15Very rareRising

    >99% girls

  6. Hebrew · Biblical

    Zillah

    “the shadowed one”

    20RareRising

    >99% girls

  7. English · Surname-style

    Chauncey

    “an office holder; keeper of records” · “having good fortune”

    24RareEasing

    >99% boys

  8. English · Nature

    Wesley

    “from the western meadow”

    85Very commonRising

    98% boys · 2% girls

  9. Surname-style

    Sandford

    “from the sandy crossing”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% boys

  10. English · Old-fashioned

    Washington

    “from the intelligent one's town”

    0Not recently recordedCooling

    >99% boys

  11. English · Surname-style

    Lincoln

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

    83CommonEasing

    98% boys · 2% girls

  12. English · Vintage revival

    Franklin

    “a free man; a landholder”

    64FamiliarRising

    99% boys · 1% girls

  13. Old English · Nature

    Lyndon

    “from the hill of lime trees” · “from the lime tree”

    37RareEasing

    84% boys · 16% girls

  14. English · Old-fashioned

    Grover

    “from the grove of trees”

    24RareSteady

    >99% boys

  15. English · Nature

    Woodrow

    “from the row of houses near the forest”

    40UncommonRising

    >99% boys

  16. Nature

    Brooke

    “from the running stream”

    65FamiliarEasing

    >99% girls

  17. Surname-style

    Paige

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

    64FamiliarCooling

    >99% girls

  18. Irish

    Sean

    “God is gracious”

    60FamiliarCooling

    >99% boys

  19. Ancient Greek · Royal

    Kathryn

    “one who is pure; virginal”

    54UncommonCooling

    >99% girls

  20. Limited information

    Ilayne

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% girls

  21.  

    Jenna

    “one who is fair; a beautiful girl”

    55FamiliarCooling

    >99% girls

  22.  

    Deloris

    “woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  23. English · Virtue

    Jolene

    “God will add” · “God shall add”

    56FamiliarEasing

    >99% girls

  24.  

    Lolicia

    “tulip”

    No U.S. birth series

    >99% girls

  25. Old-fashioned

    Luvenia

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  26. American · Literary

    Tawana

    “a wanderer”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  27. Literary

    Pam

    “very strange” · “a woman who is as sweet as honey”

    0Not recently recorded

    >99% girls

  28. English · Literary

    Pamela

    “very strange” · “a woman who is as sweet as honey”

    37RareCooling

    >99% girls

  29. Old-fashioned

    Bobby

    “one who is bright with fame” · “foreign woman”

    47UncommonEasing

    98% boys · 2% girls

  30. Germanic · Royal

    Robert

    “one who is bright with fame”

    80CommonEasing

    >99% boys

  31. Royal

    Jimmy

    “he who supplants” · “she who supplants”

    51UncommonEasing

    >99% boys

  32. Hebrew · Celtic

    James

    “supplanter” · “heel grabber”

    94Very commonEasing

    99% boys · 1% girls

  33. English · Old-fashioned

    Bud

    “one who is brotherly”

    17Very rareRising

    >99% boys

  34. English · Nickname-names

    Ginger

    “a lively woman; resembling the spice”

    31RareEasing

    >99% girls

  35. English · Place names

    Rusty

    “a red-haired woman; a fiery woman” · “one who has red hair or a ruddy complexion”

    33RareRising

    98% boys · 2% girls

  36. English

    Duke

    “a title of nobility; a leader”

    55FamiliarEasing

    >99% boys

  37. English · Old-fashioned

    Earl

    “a nobleman”

    34RareEasing

    >99% boys

  38. Latin · Royal

    Prince

    “the royal son”

    61FamiliarEasing

    >99% boys

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