Enduring Classic Baby Names
10 enduring classic baby names. Median rank #18 in the United States for 2024, down 1 places since 2020.
Each line is the median rank of the names in this collection that appear on that place’s list in every complete year shown, inside the top 1,000.
Girls 4 names
| United States 2024 | Name | Meaning | Since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | Emma | Whole, universal | no change |
| #17 | Elizabeth | God is my oath | ↓1 |
| #25 | Emily | Rival, industrious (fem. of Aemilius) | ↓7 |
| #199 | Jasmine | Jasmine flower | ↓58 |
Boys 6 names
| United States 2024 | Name | Meaning | Since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #5 | James | Supplanter (form of Jacob) | ↑1 |
| #10 | William | Resolute protector | ↓5 |
| #15 | Jack | God is gracious (form of John) | ↑6 |
| #18 | Michael | Who is like God | ↓6 |
| #39 | Thomas | Twin | ↑6 |
| #100 | Adam | Man; of the ground | ↓3 |
How this collection is built
The names are grouped by hand; every rank beside them is an official birth registration count, read from the 2024 the United States list. A name that ranks for both girls and boys appears in both tables with its own rank in each — those two positions are often far apart, and that gap is the interesting part.
See the same names year by year in the full rankings.
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