BabyNamesMap

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Names that started as place names

The most given names in 2025 where Wiktionary says it started as a place name, up to 50 girls and 50 boys. A name can have more than one origin, so it can appear in several of these lists. Names Wiktionary hasn’t tagged are left out.

Girls · US 2025

  1. #28IslaEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters6,012 babies
  2. #118Brooklyn“wetland, marsh”2,300 babies
  3. #135SavannahFrom the word “savannah”2,141 babies
  4. #295Dakota“ally”1,035 babies
  5. #431LondonEditor’s note Cooling off in the US: #105 in 2015, #431 in 2025719 babies
  6. #488BrooklynnVariant of Brooklyn, meaning “wetland, marsh”608 babies
  7. #529SkyeEditor’s note Down from #384 in 2015 to #529 in 2025 in the US569 babies
  8. #592Paris“Lutetia of the Parisii”497 babies
  9. #844Tara“high place”322 babies
  10. #851Chelsea“chalk + landing place”319 babies
  11. #928BrittanyEditor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 37,792 babies; 281 in 2025281 babies
  12. #1,033Montana“mountain”242 babies
  13. #1,043LorraineEditor’s note Peaked in the US in 1928, with 5,982 babies; 238 in 2025238 babies
  14. #1,085SavannaEditor’s note Cooling off in the US: #503 in 2015, #1,085 in 2025222 babies
  15. #1,525Anniston“Annie’s town”139 babies
  16. #1,570BritneyEditor’s note First shows up in US records in 1968, with 13 babies134 babies
  17. #1,605DixieEditor’s note Peaked in the US in 1938, with 1,229 babies; 130 in 2025130 babies
  18. #1,652Genevapossibly “knee”125 babies
  19. #2,194AsiaEditor’s note Cooling off in the US: #901 in 2015, #2,194 in 202584 babies
  20. #2,387Shannon“descendant of a person named Old”75 babies
  21. #2,645IonaEditor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #520 vs #2,645 in 202565 babies
  22. #3,459DevonEditor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 1,205 babies; 44 in 202544 babies
  23. #4,546Rochelle“rock”30 babies
  24. #5,099BrittneyEditor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 7,834 babies; 25 in 202525 babies
  25. #5,554Kerry“descendant of Ciardha”22 babies
  26. #6,325ChelseyVariant of Chelsea, meaning “chalk + landing place”18 babies
  27. #7,133ChelsyEditor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 225 babies; 15 in 202515 babies
  28. #8,362Chicago“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”12 babies

Boys · US 2025

  1. #238Dallas“dweller at the house in the dale”1,475 babies
  2. #319Dakota“ally”1,074 babies
  3. #518Denver“way”578 babies
  4. #617HarlanEditor’s note Up from #822 in 2015 to #617 in 2025 in the US454 babies
  5. #620BostonEditor’s note Down from #605 in 2015 to #620 in 2025 in the US451 babies
  6. #742ClydeEditor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 3,069 babies; 350 in 2025350 babies
  7. #744BrixtonEditor’s note 349 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales349 babies
  8. #1,028DevonEditor’s note Peaked in the US in 1997, with 3,189 babies; 216 in 2025216 babies
  9. #1,038Trenton“Trent's town”213 babies
  10. #1,333LondonEditor’s note Cooling off in the US: #606 in 2015, #1,333 in 2025144 babies
  11. #1,388Tyrone“land of Eoghan”132 babies
  12. #1,520Montana“mountain”114 babies
  13. #2,451Kerry“descendant of Ciardha”55 babies
  14. #2,991Shannon“descendant of a person named Old”41 babies
  15. #3,181Brooklyn“wetland, marsh”37 babies
  16. #3,450TyronVariant of Tyrone, meaning “land of Eoghan”33 babies
  17. #3,513Denton“valley, den + enclosure; settlement, town”32 babies
  18. #4,707EssexEditor’s note 5 letters, ending in -ex like Alex and Rex. About 1 in 81,000 US boys in the 2025 records21 babies
  19. #5,045Texas“friend, ally”19 babies
  20. #7,194Chicago“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”11 babies
  21. #8,910EnnisEditor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #2,952 vs #8,910 in 20258 babies
  22. #12,008ArranEditor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #1,226 vs #12,008 in 20255 babies

Girls · England & Wales 2025

  1. #4IslaEditor’s note Steady in England & Wales: #4 in 2015 and #4 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters1,959 babies
  2. #219SkyeEditor’s note Peaked in England & Wales in 2007, with 930 babies; 214 in 2025214 babies
  3. #222SavannahFrom the word “savannah”211 babies
  4. #444Tara“high place”90 babies
  5. #490Dakota“ally”81 babies
  6. #520IonaEditor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #520 vs #2,645 in 202577 babies
  7. #951Brooklyn“wetland, marsh”37 babies
  8. #983Chelsea“chalk + landing place”35 babies
  9. #983Paris“Lutetia of the Parisii”35 babies
  10. #1,133SavannaEditor’s note 7 letters, ending in -na like Sienna and Luna29 babies
  11. #2,006DevonEditor’s note Peaked in England & Wales in 1996, with 106 babies; 14 in 202514 babies
  12. #2,006Montana“mountain”14 babies
  13. #2,138AsiaEditor’s note Cooling off in England & Wales: #965 in 2015, #2,138 in 202513 babies
  14. #2,138DixieEditor’s note Cooling off in England & Wales: #942 in 2015, #2,138 in 202513 babies
  15. #2,138Shannon“descendant of a person named Old”13 babies
  16. #2,788BritneyEditor’s note Peaked in England & Wales in 1999, with 314 babies; 9 in 20259 babies
  17. #3,035Rochelle“rock”8 babies
  18. #3,333LondonEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #431 vs #3,333 in 20257 babies
  19. #3,333LorraineEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #1,043 vs #3,333 in 20257 babies
  20. #3,705BrooklynnVariant of Brooklyn, meaning “wetland, marsh”6 babies
  21. #4,201BrittanyEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #928 vs #4,201 in 20255 babies
  22. #5,927Genevapossibly “knee”3 babies

Boys · England & Wales 2025

  1. #474HarlanEditor’s note Up from #656 in 2015 to #474 in 2025 in England & Wales82 babies
  2. #745Brooklyn“wetland, marsh”46 babies
  3. #745Denver“way”46 babies
  4. #934DevonEditor’s note Peaked in England & Wales in 2007, with 151 babies; 33 in 202533 babies
  5. #1,226ArranEditor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #1,226 vs #12,008 in 202523 babies
  6. #1,276Dallas“dweller at the house in the dale”22 babies
  7. #1,538Dakota“ally”17 babies
  8. #2,440Tyrone“land of Eoghan”9 babies
  9. #2,952EnnisEditor’s note About 1 in 39,000 England & Wales boys in the 2025 records7 babies
  10. #3,256BostonEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #620 vs #3,256 in 20256 babies
  11. #3,256LondonEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #1,333 vs #3,256 in 20256 babies
  12. #4,275TyronVariant of Tyrone, meaning “land of Eoghan”4 babies
  13. #5,137ClydeEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #742 vs #5,137 in 20253 babies

Counts and ranks: US Social Security Administration (2025, names given to 5 or more babies) and Office for National Statistics (2025, names given to 3 or more babies). US ranks are worked out from the counts, with ties sharing a rank; England & Wales ranks are as published. Origins: Wiktionary category tags. Meanings, where shown, are from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).