Baby Name Finder

See the most popular baby names of 2025 in the US and in England and Wales side by side, check how each one sounds with your last name, find names that go with a sibling's, and send your shortlist to your partner.

How to use the Baby Name Finder

1. Choose boy or girl names, then pick a ranking: the US top 100, the England and Wales top 100, or names in both.
2. Narrow the list by popularity, first letter, number of syllables or rising names, or search for a name.
3. Type your last name, and a middle name if you have one, to see every full name with any rhymes, sound clashes or awkward initials flagged.
4. Add an older child's name to get names that go well with it.
5. Tap ♡ to build a shortlist, then copy it or send the link to your partner to see which names you both picked.

Most popular baby names in the US, 2025

The US Social Security Administration's list for babies born in 2025, published in May 2026, puts Liam first for boys and Olivia first for girls. These are the top 20, with the change from 2024. The finder above covers the full top 100 for each.

Most popular baby names in England and Wales, 2025

The Office for National Statistics figures for 2025, released in July 2026, have Muhammad at number one for boys and Olivia for girls. The ONS counts each spelling separately, so Mohammed and Mohammad have ranks of their own, and names given to the same number of babies share a rank.

Names in the top 100 on both sides of the Atlantic

42 boy names and 50 girl names made both top 100 lists in 2025. Adding the two ranks together, the leaders are Noah, Oliver, Theodore, Henry, Luca and Leo for boys and Olivia, Amelia, Isabella, Sophia, Evelyn and Lily for girls. A name from this group will be familiar in either country.

Fastest-rising names in 2025

Biggest climbs among this year's US top 100 (2024 rank → 2025 rank): boys Eithan (226 → 97), Atlas (101 → 75), Adriel (109 → 84), Cooper (50 → 27), Bennett (60 → 40); girls Ailany (101 → 14), Sienna (139 → 94), Amara (121 → 98), Eloise (64 → 49), Clara (78 → 63).

Biggest climbs among this year's England and Wales top 100: boys Vinnie (91 → 58), Myles (87 → 67), Yahya (93 → 81), Rowan (41 → 30), Ronnie (49 → 39); girls Mabel (37 → 16), Ottilie (71 → 55), Lyla (74 → 61), Lyra (83 → 70), Matilda (31 → 19). New to that top 100 in 2025: Carter, Vincent, Stanley and Ruben for boys and Eliana, Gracie, Anaya, Alba, Marnie, Lilah and Frankie for girls.

How the last name check works

Type your last name and every name in the list is shown in full, with a note wherever the combination may trip people up. The checks are simple spelling and sound rules, so always say the full name aloud as well.

• Rhymes: the first and last names end in the same three letters, as in Mason Jackson.
• Sounds run together: the first name ends on the sound the last name begins with, as in Jack Kelly, so the two words blur.
• Vowels meet: a first name ending in a vowel sound before a last name starting with one, as in Ava Anderson. Usually fine, but worth hearing aloud.
• Alliteration: the same first letter. Some parents want it, others avoid it.
• Short + short: two one-syllable names, as in Luke Smith, can sound clipped. A longer middle name helps.
• Initials: with a middle name added, the tool checks whether the three initials spell a word you may not want, such as Sophia Amelia Davis (S.A.D.).

Tick Hide names that clash with my last name to drop names with a warning and keep only the ones that pass.

Finding a name that goes with a sibling's

Enter an older child's name and the finder suggests names that sit well beside it: a similar level of popularity, a different first letter and a different ending so the two are easy to tell apart when you call them, and a similar number of syllables. Popularity is measured in the ranking you have selected. With the US list, a brother for Olivia gets Theodore, Elijah, Mateo and Benjamin first, and a sister for Jack gets Harper, Lily, Ava and Nora. If the sibling's name is not in that ranking, the suggestions come from the less common names ranked 51 to 100.

Sharing a shortlist with your partner

Tap ♡ on any name to keep it, then use Send to my partner to copy a link to your shortlist. When your partner opens it, your names appear in their own box next to their shortlist, and names you both chose are listed at the top. The list travels inside the link itself, so nothing is stored on a server.

Sources: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (births in 2025, published 8 May 2026); Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales (2025, released 9 July 2026), Open Government Licence. The UK figures cover England and Wales only. Syllable counts use the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary where it lists the name.