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Yehuda
Yehuda peaked in 2024, ranks #733, and has 7,525 SSA bearers. It's the original Hebrew form of Judah, the patriarch, the tribe, the kingdom,used primarily within observant Jewish…
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Abby
Abby peaked in 2003 and has 61,472 total SSA bearers — a name that spent decades as a nickname for Abigail and has spent the past two decades establishing itself as a standalone c…
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Abdiel
Abdiel peaked in 2019 and ranks #676 with 7,249 total SSA bearers. It's one of those names that carries enormous literary and religious weight without being widely known outside t…
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Amos
Amos peaked in 1922, over a century ago, and currently ranks #697 with 36,145 total SSA bearers. It's firmly in the vintage revival wave that has already lifted Arthur, Walter, an…
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Angelica
Angelica peaked in 1996, has 92,808 total SSA bearers, and sits at rank 623. For a name with such an apparently angelic etymology, it's earned a surprisingly complicated pop cultu…
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Aries
Aries peaked in 2024 and ranks #700 with 4,339 total SSA bearers. It's one of a small cluster of zodiac names, alongside Orion, Leo, and Gemini, that have moved from astrological…
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Azariah
Azariah peaked in 2023 and holds rank 650 with 6,920 total SSA bearers — a biblical name that's been hiding in the Old Testament for millennia and is only now finding its modern m…
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Billie
Billie peaked in 1930 and holds 103,270 SSA records, a Germanic -rooted name that has spent nine decades moving between masculine nickname and feminine given name. It currently si…
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Bridget
Bridget peaked in 1973 and holds 91,985 SSA records, an Irish name derived from a goddess of fire and craftsmanship that has been one of the most important names in Irish and Iris…
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Bristol
Bristol peaked in 2019 and has 10,659 total SSA bearers — a geographical name that made an unusual journey from English city to American girls' name. At rank 635, it's settled int…
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Cal
Cal peaked in 2024 and ranks #670 with 7,303 total SSA bearers. It's both a complete name and the world's most obvious nickname, which is precisely what makes it interesting. Pare…
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Chaim
Chaim peaked in 2022 and ranks #694 with 11,647 total SSA bearers. It's one of the most significant names in Jewish tradition, carried by rabbis, scholars, artists, and survivors…
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Chana
Chana peaked in 2024 and holds 13,503 SSA records, the transliteration of the Hebrew name that English renders most often as Hannah, carrying the same gracious meaning in a form t…
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Chris
Chris peaked in 1961 and holds rank #650 with 147,039 total SSA bearers. It's the everyman nickname that spent decades as a standalone given name — friendly, accessible, and so ub…
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Crue
Crue peaked in 2024 at rank #629 with only 2,258 total SSA bearers. It's a name that arrived on the charts at the same moment as its most obvious cultural reference — Mötley Crüe'…
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Danny
Danny peaked in 1954 and sits at rank #641 with 286,194 total SSA bearers. It's the friendly, informal nickname form of Daniel that spent decades as a standalone name — warmly app…
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Dario
Dario peaked in 2024 and holds rank #635 with 11,606 total SSA bearers. It's the Italian and Spanish form of Darius — one of the great ancient names of the Persian world, now arri…
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Davina
Davina peaked in 2022 with 11,012 total SSA bearers and holds rank 647. This is a name that had its main moment recently, which means it's still at the height of its modern identi…
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Dereck
Dereck peaked in 2024 and ranks #664 with 7,900 total SSA bearers. It's an alternative spelling of Derek, one step removed from the mainstream spelling, and it tends to appear in…
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Drake
Drake peaked in 2010 and has held steady near rank #661 with 36,489 total SSA bearers. It's a name that sounds simultaneously rugged and polished: one syllable, hard consonants, a…
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