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Articles under this byline are written and edited by the NamesPop team and independent contributors, then reviewed against our editorial policy before publication. We use the collective byline when a piece synthesises existing research rather than reflecting a single writer's lived experience.
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Lennox
Lennox peaked in 2021 and holds 5,012 SSA records, a Scottish Gaelic surname-name that has crossed over to girls in a pattern familiar from names like Lennon and Harper. At rank 6…
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Leonard
Leonard peaked in 1921 and has 293,884 total SSA bearers: a century of documented use. At rank #673 today, it's tracking the same vintage revival arc as Arthur and Walter. Those n…
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Lottie
Lottie peaked in 1916 and holds 47,780 SSA records, a Germanic -rooted name that was a grandmother staple for a century and is now one of the most compelling vintage revival choic…
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Madden
Madden peaked in 2012 and ranks #688 with 7,279 total SSA bearers. It's an Irish surname that made the transition to first name territory in the early 2000s, part of the same wave…
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Makenzie
Makenzie peaked in 2011 with 44,603 total SSA bearers and holds rank 641 — one of the major spelling variants of McKenzie, and the one that's specifically American in its construc…
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Martha
Martha peaked in 1947 and carries 551,325 SSA records, one of the deepest historical records in the database, a name that has been given to American daughters since the colonial e…
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Milan
Milan peaked in 2013 and holds 9,193 SSA records, a Slavic -origin place-name that carries both a Czech/Slovak first-name tradition and the weight of one of the world's most glamo…
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Mina
Mina sits at rank 608 and peaked in 2023, which means it's not a name in decline — it's a name at the height of its modern moment. With 18,772 total SSA bearers, Mina straddles mu…
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Oakleigh
Oakleigh peaked in 2023 with just 3,694 total SSA bearers — it's a recent arrival, a deliberate variant spelling, and part of the nature-surname-for-girls movement that's producin…
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Omari
Omari peaked in 2018 and holds rank #617 with 12,756 total SSA bearers. It's a name with roots in Arabic and Swahili traditions, carrying both Islamic heritage and East African cu…
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Peyton
Peyton peaked in 2007 and now sits at rank #658 — still well inside the top 700 with 51,982 total SSA bearers. It arrived as a surname-name in the 1990s and became one of the earl…
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Phillip
Phillip peaked in 1960 and holds rank #626 with 311,120 total SSA bearers. It's one of the most classic Greek names in the Western tradition — the name of apostles, kings, and phi…
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Princeton
Princeton peaked in 2017 and now holds rank #614 with 9,828 total SSA bearers. It's a place-name with explicit academic prestige baked in — the kind of name that carries an aspira…
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Reese
Reese peaked in 2003 and holds rank #620 with 19,129 total SSA bearers. It's a Welsh name with a long history as a boys' surname that has spent the last two decades navigating gen…
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Shawn
Shawn peaked in 1971 and holds rank #638 with 306,134 total SSA bearers. It's one of three major American spellings of the Irish Seán — alongside Sean and Shaun — and it dominated…
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Solana
Solana peaked in 2024 and has 2,844 SSA records, a Spanish name meaning "sunshine" or "sunny place" that is genuinely rising in American usage. At rank 691, it's one of the newest…
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Taylor
Taylor peaked in 1992 and has 113,137 total SSA bearers — one of the largest counts in this ranking range. At rank #667 , it now sits at an unusual position: once a top-10 name fo…
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Thalia
Thalia peaked in 1993 and carries 15,808 SSA records, a Greek name from mythology that has stayed quietly present across three decades without ever overcrowding. At rank 658, it o…
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Tiana
Tiana peaked in 1998 with 29,351 total SSA bearers, then got a second cultural moment in 2009 when Disney's The Princess and the Frog introduced Princess Tiana — the studio's firs…
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Whitley
Whitley peaked in 1988 and holds 7,727 SSA records, an Old English place-name that got its American moment from a beloved 1980s television character and has lived quietly in the l…
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