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Browse names by category

Pick a way in: a theme, an origin, a language it works in, or how popular and how old a name is. Every list draws on Vowel’s catalog of 9,495 names and official birth records.

Themes & styles

Where a name comes from in the imagination: flowers, myths, kings and queens. Each theme has a girls’ list and a boys’ list.

Nature names

465 names

Names drawn from the living world: trees, plants, animals and landscapes.

Girls · 334Boys · 187

Place names

280 names

Names that are also cities, regions and countries.

Girls · 207Boys · 131

Virtue names

266 names

Names that are qualities: grace, hope, faith and more.

Girls · 190Boys · 109

Names from mythology

228 names

Gods, heroes and figures from Greek, Roman, Norse and other myths.

Girls · 146Boys · 102

Flower names

154 names

Names that are also flowers, from classic to rare.

Girls · 153

Gemstone names

59 names

Names of gems and precious stones.

Girls · 55

Season and month names

54 names

Names of seasons, months and times of day.

Girls · 44Boys · 13

Musical and artistic names

51 names

Names linked to music, art and the muses.

Girls · 49Boys · 14

By style

Unisex names

449 names

Names given to girls and boys alike.

Origins

The language and culture each name was born in.

33 more origins

Welsh 157Japanese 127Persian 126Norse 118African 118German 114Slavic 105Turkish 100Hawaiian 100Scandinavian 96Portuguese 80Russian 76Breton 61Dutch 46Celtic 46Basque 40Yiddish 40African American 39Polish 39Swahili 36Yoruba 30Finnish 26Native American 25Chinese 23Aramaic 23Indian 20Danish 16Swedish 14Catalan 14Hindi 14Akan 12Egyptian 12Czech 12

Languages it works in

Names whose exact spelling is used in another language too, so they travel without changing.

17 more languages

Names that work in Danish 844Names that work in Portuguese 836Names that work in Italian 768Names that work in Finnish 756Names that work in Hindi 515Names that work in Irish 480Names that work in Czech 412Names that work in Polish 368Names that work in Turkish 283Names that work in Welsh 264Names that work in Russian 248Names that work in Japanese 170Names that work in Hungarian 77Names that work in Scottish Gaelic 56Names that work in Chinese 39Names that work in Yoruba 31Names that work in Vietnamese 21

Popularity & era

What is in fashion, what never left, what is coming back and what almost nobody gives any more.

Top 100 girl names

100 names

The most-given girl names in the US in 2025.

By decade and by year

1880s1890s1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020sNames by year