How many people are
actually named that?
Living-population estimates, typical ages, state concentrations and trends for American and British given names — computed from the birth records themselves, with every formula written down.
- Births
- 375M counted, 1880–2025
- Names
- 112,412 distinct, in the files
- Years
- 146 covered, every one
- States
- 51 plus DC, from 1910
Looking for a name, not a fact?
The name finder filters every name here by what the birth records say: how common it is now, which way it is moving, its era, its origin. It will not invent a name or read one off a birth date — there is no data behind either.
Start with a name
- Liam ~355,900 living
- Noah ~518,900 living
- Oliver ~231,600 living
- Olivia ~544,500 living
- Charlotte ~327,900 living
- Theodore ~205,800 living
- Emma ~573,600 living
- Amelia ~243,900 living
- Sophia ~418,900 living
- Henry ~394,500 living
- James ~3,036,500 living
- Isabella ~406,500 living
- William ~2,257,200 living
- Benjamin ~723,300 living
- Evelyn ~322,200 living
- Jack ~429,700 living
Browse every name alphabetically — 300 pages and growing.
The most popular names of 2025
Girls
The full 2025 list, with risers, fallers and debuts →
Climbing fastest right now
| Name | For | Rank 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madisson | girls | #319 | 861 |
| Kyomi | girls | #546 | 456 |
| Alara | girls | #652 | 412 |
| Analeia | girls | #514 | 405 |
| Campbell | girls | #617 | 338 |
| Kailany | girls | #581 | 315 |
| Kyaire | boys | #367 | 286 |
| Kiyomi | girls | #764 | 280 |
| Eiden | boys | #536 | 274 |
| Aylani | girls | #293 | 269 |
Indian names in American births
Which names of Indian origin American parents actually use, how fast the numbers are moving, and where in the country they cluster. The counts come from the same birth records as everything else here; the origin labels come from Wiktionary and Wikidata, never from guesswork.
Data stories
- Names that spiked once and never came back A single year holding a fifth or more of every birth the name has ever recorded, then collapse.
- The names with the oldest living bearers Where the median living American carrying the name is well past retirement.