Emily
“rival”
>99% girls
Most Popular Names of 2005
Names gathered around a shared theme.
Latin · Literary Hebrew · Biblical Jacob
“heel grabber” · “supplanter”
>99% boys
Germanic · Royal Emma
Emma began as a short form of longer Germanic names and has a meaning associated with wholeness.
>99% girls
Hebrew · Biblical Michael
“who is like God?”
>99% boys
English · Place names Madison
“daughter'of a mighty warrior” · “son of a mighty warrior”
1% boys · 99% girls
Hebrew · Biblical Joshua
“God . is salvation” · “God is salvation”
>99% boys
Hebrew · Victorian era Abigail
“father of exaltation” · “the source of a father”
>99% girls
Hebrew · Timeless Matthew
“gift of God” · “a gift from God”
>99% boys
Latin · Nature Olivia
“of the olive tree; one who is peaceful” · “olive tree”
>99% girls
Hebrew · Biblical Ethan
“firmness” · “long-lived”
>99% boys
Hebrew · Royal Isabella
“my God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Greek · Timeless Andrew
“manly; a warrior”
>99% boys
Hebrew · Biblical Hannah
Hannah is a Hebrew biblical name associated with divine favour and the story of Samuel’s mother.
>99% girls
Hebrew · Biblical Daniel
“God is my judge”
>99% boys
Aramaic · Biblical Samantha
“one who listens well”
>99% girls
Latin · Timeless Anthony
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
>99% boys
Iranian Ava
Ava is a name with an uncertain early history and a prominent twentieth-century revival or re-creation.
>99% girls
Greek · Mythological Christopher
“one who bears Christ inside”
>99% boys
English · Place names Ashley
“ash” · “wood”
1% boys · 99% girls
Hebrew · Timeless Joseph
“God shall add”
>99% boys