A clearer way to explore U.S. baby names

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Search one name to see its meaning, pronunciation, birth history, ranking, generational patterns, and geographic differences in a readable report.

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100+ years of national name history

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Official records based on U.S. Social Security data

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7 generations · 1901–2024

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Move from the G.I. Generation to Generation Alpha and see which names defined each American era.

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Meaning, origin, pronunciation, historical counts, and popularity in one focused report.

Browse popular names

Compare leading boy and girl names, with clear rank and birth-count context.

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See which names are gaining or fading across recent and long-term time windows.

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Compare gender balance with the underlying usage ratio, not a vague category label.

What makes the data useful

Context, not just a list of names

See change over time

Birth counts and rankings are shown together, because the same rank can represent very different numbers of babies.

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State popularity is normalized by births in each state, reducing the distortion caused by population size.

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National, generational, regional, and state analysis live in dedicated views instead of competing on one page.

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FitBabyNames organizes public U.S. Social Security baby-name records into comparable rankings and visualizations. National annual rankings currently run through 2024; state and regional views run through 2022.

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