Trends, vintage comebacks, and curated lists from the NameCharted data.
Yoruba, Igbo, and Swahili-origin names on the modern US chart — Amara, Zuri, Imani, Amari, and the broader West and East African layer.
Read →From Layla at #37 and Amir at #95 to a long-tail of names that didn't appear in US data twenty years ago — Arabic and Persian naming on the modern chart.
Read →The boy names that lost the most ground in the US rankings between 2020 and 2024, based on official SSA data.
Read →The girl names that lost the most ground in the US rankings between 2020 and 2024, based on official SSA data.
Read →Names that crack the French top 50 in 2024 but are nearly invisible in US data — a window onto names that may travel west in the next decade.
Read →A tour of Greek-origin names currently ranking in the US — from chart-toppers like Sophia and Theodore down to the mythology revival driving Apollo and Atlas.
Read →Hebrew-origin names dominate the modern US top 50. A tour from Noah and Elijah down through the modern Old-Testament revival.
Read →From Liam at #1 to Saoirse and Cillian breaking out, a tour of the Irish-origin names ranking in the US right now.
Read →From Mia at #5 to a wave of Luca, Leonardo, and Gianna, Italian-origin names are quietly running the modern US chart.
Read →From Naomi at #44 through Sora, Hana, Mei, and Akira — Japanese-origin names on the modern US chart.
Read →Half the top names from 1926 still anchor the modern US chart. The other half haven't been used in decades. A look at which survived and which didn't.
Read →The top 20 US boy and girl names of 1954, and where every one of them sits on the chart today. Some held on. Most didn't.
Read →The boy names that climbed the most spots in the US rankings between 2020 and 2024, based on official SSA data.
Read →The girl names that climbed the most spots in the US rankings between 2020 and 2024 — including one name that gained 1,700 places.
Read →From Nora at #22 to a steady rise of Axel, Astrid, and Freya, Nordic-origin names are doing better in the US than ever.
Read →From Mila at #33 and Roman at #52 down through Anastasia, Natalia, and Nikolai — Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian-origin names on the modern US chart.
Read →Mateo at #7, Sofía at #10, Camila at #11 — Spanish-origin names dominate the top of the modern US chart.
Read →From Mary's 70-year reign to Olivia today — every name that's held the #1 spot for US girls since 1880.
Read →Names that were top-200 picks in the Roaring Twenties, fell out of fashion for decades, and are back in the US top 250 today.
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