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Noah has held on to the top spot for a second year running, with the ever popular Oliver moving down to 4th place. There are still plenty of names that are regular fixtures in the top 100 list, such as George, Muhammad, Leo, Harry, Jack, William and Isaac. But there are some more unusual or less traditional options which have shot up the the top 100 chart – or even made their debut – including Leon, Elias, Musa, Axel and Ibrahim. Each year, the ONS analyses the latest baby name data, revealing the most popular – and unpopular – names in England and Wales.

Check the Social Security Administration for the official rankings, and consult parents in your neighborhood to learn which names are common in your social circle. Are you looking for gender neutral names that won’t reveal your child’s sex? Or would you prefer a name that’s clearly masculine for your little boy? This choice may play into your feelings about gender identity, or be closely tied to style — gender neutral baby names are often very contemporary. The choices listed here are among the Top 1000 most popular boy names on Nameberry but are not among the Top 1000 boy names in the United States.

The doll has light-blue eyes and strawberry-blonde hair with light-pink tips. Summer wears a signature outfit in rainbow, her favorite color, and is dressed in a rainbow-patterned dress, pink-and-purple ombre glasses, two matching bracelets and platform sandals. Summer also has on theme, adorable accessories like a dog-themed purse and a travel tumbler shaped like an ice cream cone. It’s almost a new year, and that means it’s time for a new American Girl Girl of the Year! The doll for 2025 is Summer McKinny, a dog lover and baker who wants to start her own small business. This 18-inch doll features blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair with pink tips and two face-framing braids.

We’ve compiled the top 100+ most popular boy dog names from American Kennel Club’s purebred registration and mixed-breed enrollment data for 2023 to help you get inspired. Each year, the Social Security Administration releases data on the most popular baby names from the previous year. The report includes the change in popularity, and the database allows you to search by the name and the year.

If this extends beyond the original father and son, you typically use Roman numerals (II, III, IV, V, etc.) to depict this designation. Jenny Studenroth Gerson is an Atlanta-based lifestyle journalist and novelist (Let Me Let You Go, 2020). Her work can be seen in publications including HuffPost, Cosmo, and WSJ, among many others. When not meeting deadlines, she is chasing toddlers or chugging coffee—or both! Find her on Instagram @ourlifeinrosegold for mom hacks and more.

In fact, almost every top-10 name from 2023 is holding steady in 2024 – with some noteworthy exceptions. Ellie joins the top 10 girl names for the first time ever at No. 9, bumping Evelyn down to No. 11. And Asher is back in the top 10 boy names at No. 9 after a year away, while Luca is out at No. 12. Choosing a family name for your baby is still a common tradition, but there are multiple ways to go about it. In some families, the child (usually the firstborn) has the exact same name as the father, with the addition of a "Jr." (meaning junior) suffix at the end.

And, just in time for the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, Anakin is No. 543 on the list. Many of us name babies based on who we want them to grow up to be, and all of these names nudge your son toward cool guy status. It’s hard to picture a man named Dash or Rhett as being anything but exceptionally rad, and that’s exactly the point.

Look for Fox, Bear, Falcon, Lynx and Tiger to show up in the future. When Nameberry made its own list of the top names of 2024 so far, these were the most popular. See the current trendiest names, along with modern names that are up-and-coming. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you turn to the silver screen, you’ll find plenty of contenders like Dashiell, Lucius, and Winston in The Incredibles 2. There are also classic cinema characters brimming with style like Rick and Victor from Casablanca. Cool baby boy names appear along the Walk of Fame as well like Clark, Gable, Dean, and Brando. Whether you're looking for a baby boy name that's a popular classic or more of a rare gem, you can find inspiration in this list of the top 1,000 baby boy names in the U.S. For example, you could take a popular boys name like Jacob and really make it your own by changing letters to make it Jakob or even adding to it to create Jacobus. These are some of our favourite unique boys names, plus their meanings.