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Predicted to Surge
Names rising fast in search before they appear in official popularity data. You're seeing these first.
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Slow Burn Rising
Rising steadily for years without a dramatic spike. The most sustainable kind of popularity — broad cultural adoption.
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LIFECYCLE
Classic Revivals
Names that were popular a generation ago, faded, and are coming back. These have been tested — they hold up.
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Momentum, stability, and feasibility signals — starting points before you tune filters in the app.
TRENDING
Rising this year
Names climbing fastest in SSA rank over the last reporting year — fresh momentum without being everywhere yet.
1,842 names
TRENDING
Cooling from peak
Once-hot names easing down the charts — still familiar, less “trend of the month.”
926 names
POPULARITY
Steady classics
High recognition, low drama — names that hold rank year after year.
3,104 names
FEASIBILITY
Short & domain-friendly
Compact first names where .com and social handles are often still within reach.
412 names
Collections organized around cultural and linguistic roots.
POPULARITY
Celtic roots
Irish, Scottish, and Welsh-leaning names with staying power in English-speaking countries.
678 names
POPULARITY
Latin & Mediterranean
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese-flavored names that travel well.
1,520 names
POPULARITY
African & diaspora
Names with roots across the continent and Caribbean — meaningful and distinctive.
534 names
Where a name sits in its generational arc — revival, peak era, or quiet rarity.
LIFECYCLE
Back from retirement
Vintage names returning after a quiet generation — great-grandparent chic.
887 names
LIFECYCLE
Peak millennial
Names that dominated the 1990s–2000s — instantly familiar on any playground.
1,204 names
LIFECYCLE
Quiet rarity
Outside the top 500 but not invented — uncommon without being unplaceable.
2,156 names
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