Enduring Classic Baby Names
48 enduring classic baby names. Median rank #90 in Canada for 2024, down 15 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 20 names
| Name | Meaning | Canada 2024 | England and Wales 2025 | USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | Whole, universal | #3 ↓1 | #85 ↓25 | #2 |
| Elizabeth | God is my oath | #23 | #74 ↓18 | #17 ↓1 |
| Emily | Rival, industrious (fem. of Aemilius) | #36 ↓19 | #44 ↓29 | #25 ↓7 |
| Hannah | Grace, favor | #29 ↓8 | — | #52 ↓13 |
| Victoria | Victory | #39 ↓13 | — | #48 ↓14 |
| Julia | Youthful | #47 ↑2 | — | #116 ↓8 |
| Anna | Grace, favor | #51 ↓7 | — | #94 ↓26 |
| Claire | Clear, bright | #55 ↓22 | — | #67 ↓10 |
| Natalie | Birthday of the Lord | #134 ↓40 | — | #73 ↓22 |
| Jasmine | Jasmine flower | #91 ↓15 | — | #199 ↓58 |
| Caroline | Free woman (fem. of Charles) | #531 ↑81 | — | #92 ↓21 |
| Allison | Noble (diminutive of Alice) | #354 ↓127 | — | #99 ↓19 |
| Margaret | Pearl | #279 ↓78 | — | #119 ↑7 |
| Samantha | Listener | #334 ↓121 | — | #127 ↓37 |
| Mary | Bitter; beloved | #254 ↓37 | — | #132 ↓9 |
| Laura | Laurel | #161 ↓52 | — | #359 ↓2 |
| Katherine | Pure | #399 ↓114 | — | #175 ↓40 |
| Rachel | Ewe | #207 ↓79 | — | #247 ↓22 |
| Alexandra | Defender of the people | #216 ↓99 | — | #221 ↓83 |
| Ryan | Little king | — | — | #702 ↓252 |
Boys 29 names
| Name | Meaning | Canada 2024 | England and Wales 2025 | USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Supplanter (form of Jacob) | #8 ↑2 | #42 ↓18 | #5 ↑1 |
| William | Resolute protector | #5 ↓2 | #25 ↓5 | #10 ↓5 |
| George | Farmer, earth-worker | #93 ↑18 | #7 ↓5 | #124 ↑9 |
| Thomas | Twin | #10 ↑2 | #35 ↓20 | #39 ↑6 |
| Jack | God is gracious (form of John) | #11 ↑3 | #24 ↓14 | #15 ↑6 |
| Adam | Man; of the ground | #14 ↑3 | #26 ↑8 | #100 ↓3 |
| Michael | Who is like God | #53 ↓13 | #85 ↓11 | #18 ↓6 |
| John | Yahweh is gracious | #73 ↓10 | — | #21 ↑6 |
| Charles | Free man | #30 ↓6 | — | #51 ↓5 |
| David | Beloved | #46 ↓3 | #73 ↓13 | #31 ↓3 |
| Joseph | He will add, increase | #59 ↑9 | #60 ↓22 | #32 ↓6 |
| Luke | From Lucania; light-giving | #39 ↑5 | — | #34 ↓3 |
| Isaac | He will laugh | #36 ↓3 | #36 ↓15 | #40 ↓1 |
| Anthony | Priceless, praiseworthy | #89 ↓15 | — | #44 ↓3 |
| Ryan | Little king | #45 ↓6 | — | #87 ↓30 |
| Max | Greatest (short form of Maximilian) | #86 ↑3 | #48 ↓15 | #175 ↓28 |
| Joshua | Yahweh is salvation | #83 ↓21 | #53 ↓30 | #57 ↓4 |
| Isaiah | Salvation of Yahweh | #95 ↑14 | — | #56 ↓5 |
| Andrew | Manly, brave | #114 ↓24 | — | #68 ↓16 |
| Aaron | Exalted, high mountain | #118 ↓21 | — | #79 ↓16 |
| Jonathan | Yahweh has given | #162 ↓6 | — | #83 ↓13 |
| Robert | Bright fame | #226 ↓35 | — | #90 ↓10 |
| Jeremiah | Yahweh will exalt | #212 ↑16 | — | #93 ↓18 |
| Vincent | Conquering | #135 ↑7 | #93 new | #111 ↑10 |
| Nathaniel | Gift of God | #115 ↓15 | — | #144 ↓19 |
| Nicholas | Victory of the people | #141 ↓48 | — | #118 ↓31 |
| Marcus | Of Mars, the god of war | #124 ↓23 | — | #256 ↓30 |
| Connor | Lover of hounds | #130 ↓60 | — | #136 ↓58 |
| Jason | Healer | #174 ↓41 | — | #148 ↓29 |
How this collection is built
The names are grouped by hand; every rank beside them is an official birth registration count, read from each place’s most recent complete list. A name that ranks for both girls and boys appears under both tabs 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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