The Observatory

Trends and Waves

Names come and go in waves. Here are the names rising now, the timeless ones, the fashions of each decade, and the names making a comeback.

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.