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Browse names A–Z
All 40,679 first names recorded in US birth records since 1880, organised by first letter.
What is in here
Every name on these pages has been given to American children and recorded by the Social Security Administration. That includes the familiar few hundred and the many thousands that are vanishingly rare — most recorded names belong to only a handful of people.
A is the largest group with 4,552 names; U is the smallest with 93. Each letter page lists its 500 most common names, which between them cover the overwhelming majority of people. For the full set, or to filter by length, syllables, gender or era, use the advanced name search.
Browsing rather than searching
Searching works when you already have a name in mind. Browsing is better when you do not — scanning a letter turns up names you would never have thought to type, and seeing them ranked by how many people carry them makes the gap between a top-ten name and an unusual one immediately obvious.