International Baby Names
96 international baby names. Median rank #114 in Canada for 2024, up 6 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 52 names
| Name | Meaning | Canada 2024 | England and Wales 2025 | USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freya | Norse goddess of love and beauty | #85 ↑41 | #6 ↑6 | #159 ↑19 |
| Sofia | Wisdom (Spanish/Italian form) | #6 ↑7 | #17 ↑6 | #10 ↑7 |
| Isabella | God is my oath | #24 ↑6 | #10 ↓2 | #7 |
| Camila | Ceremonial attendant (form of Camilla) | #190 ↓46 | — | #11 |
| Mila | Dear, gracious (short for Ludmila/Camila) | #11 ↓1 | #41 ↑6 | #33 ↓13 |
| Maya | Illusion (Sanskrit); or short for Mary | #16 ↑11 | #28 ↑4 | #51 ↑10 |
| Sophie | Wisdom (form of Sophia) | #19 ↓4 | #63 ↓37 | #60 ↑15 |
| Gianna | God is gracious (fem. of Giovanni) | #92 ↑4 | — | #23 ↓10 |
| Maeve | She who intoxicates | #46 ↑52 | #26 ↑68 | #75 ↑98 |
| Margot | Pearl (diminutive of Margaret) | #68 ↑68 | #30 ↑50 | #126 ↑107 |
| Eva | Life | #32 ↓4 | #58 ↓23 | #120 ↓27 |
| Ayla | Moonlight, halo | #44 ↑26 | #42 ↑28 | #69 ↑62 |
| Elena | Bright, shining light (form of Helen) | #48 ↑14 | — | #45 ↑10 |
| Valentina | Strong, healthy | #148 ↑18 | — | #47 ↑26 |
| Elodie | Foreign riches | #109 ↑9 | #49 ↑47 | #370 ↑332 |
| Juliette | Youthful | #62 ↑7 | — | #129 ↑51 |
| Leilani | Heavenly flowers | #950 ↑247 | — | #66 ↑26 |
| Livia | Short form of Olivia | #66 ↓18 | — | #836 ↓23 |
| Maria | Bitter; beloved | #72 ↓4 | #88 ↓17 | #74 ↑35 |
| Romy | Diminutive of Rosemarie | #76 ↓9 | — | #926 new |
| Rehmat | Mercy, compassion | #78 ↑233 | — | — |
| Lena | Light, bright one | #80 ↑25 | — | #263 ↑8 |
| Liliana | Lily flower | #278 ↑24 | — | #80 ↑30 |
| Athena | Greek goddess of wisdom | #82 ↑3 | #90 new | #90 ↑17 |
| Gabriella | God is my strength | #95 ↓2 | — | #106 ↓29 |
| Lara | Citadel, protection | #124 ↑66 | #98 new | #740 ↓35 |
| Lucia | Light | #235 ↑96 | — | #98 ↑62 |
| Ariana | Most holy (form of Ariadne) | #146 ↓24 | — | #103 ↓24 |
| Natalia | Birthday of the Lord | #333 ↓117 | — | #105 ↓20 |
| Leonie | Lion | #110 ↑23 | — | — |
| Arya | Noble | #114 ↓15 | — | #162 ↓49 |
| Mira | Ocean, sea; peace, world | #118 ↑101 | — | #380 ↑106 |
| Kiara | Dark-haired; clear, bright | #119 ↑38 | — | #238 ↑70 |
| Celine | Heavenly (form of Cecilia) | #121 ↑118 | — | #227 ↑232 |
| Alina | Bright, beautiful | #126 ↑68 | — | #135 ↑35 |
| Catalina | Pure | #635 ↓126 | — | #128 ↑51 |
| Camille | Attendant at a religious ceremony | #131 ↓27 | — | #239 ↑26 |
| Maeva | Welcome | #143 ↓56 | — | — |
| Remi | Oarsman | #176 ↓3 | — | #145 ↓20 |
| Flavie | Golden, yellow-haired | #154 ↓11 | — | — |
| Ximena | One who hears | — | — | #173 ↓44 |
| Kylie | Boomerang | #204 ↓33 | — | #189 ↓57 |
| Ophelie | Help (French form of Ophelia) | #192 ↓62 | — | — |
| Raphaelle | God has healed | #194 ↓88 | — | — |
| Arianna | Most holy | #355 ↓124 | — | #195 ↓71 |
| Selena | Moon | #199 ↑5 | — | #245 ↓2 |
| Alicia | Noble | #229 ↓115 | — | #436 ↓21 |
| Arielle | Lion of God | #265 ↓126 | — | #497 ↓151 |
| Alexis | Defender, helper | #449 ↓204 | — | #506 ↓196 |
| Angel | Messenger | #608 ↓149 | — | #498 ↓59 |
| Milan | Gracious, dear | — | — | #700 ↓65 |
| Ryan | Little king | — | — | #702 ↓252 |
Boys 49 names
| Name | Meaning | Canada 2024 | England and Wales 2025 | USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luca | Man from Lucania; light | #21 ↑39 | #4 ↑41 | #23 ↑44 |
| Lucas | Light-bringing (form of Luke) | #7 | #32 ↓7 | #9 ↓1 |
| Sebastian | Venerable, revered | #79 ↑1 | #47 ↓8 | #14 ↑5 |
| Elias | My God is Yahweh | #57 ↑15 | #69 new | #25 ↑29 |
| Felix | Happy, fortunate | #29 ↓7 | #59 ↑18 | #177 ↑48 |
| Santiago | Saint James | #268 ↑69 | — | #29 ↑42 |
| Louis | Renowned warrior | #31 ↑15 | #49 ↑3 | #236 ↑24 |
| Ryan | Little king | #45 ↓6 | — | #87 ↓30 |
| Thiago | Supplanter (Santiago/James) | #321 ↑159 | — | #55 ↑113 |
| Raphael | God has healed | #56 ↓1 | — | #420 ↑91 |
| Edouard | Wealthy guardian | #58 ↓1 | — | — |
| Matteo | Gift of God | #61 ↑8 | — | #138 ↑36 |
| Angel | Messenger | #594 ↑100 | — | #63 ↑13 |
| Emile | Rival, industrious | #65 ↓4 | — | — |
| Adrian | From Hadria | #92 ↑13 | — | #72 ↓14 |
| Luka | Light (form of Luke) | #72 ↑54 | — | #94 ↑67 |
| Enzo | Short form of Vincenzo/Lorenzo | #112 ↑29 | #84 new | #74 ↑99 |
| Leon | Lion | #75 ↑55 | — | #141 ↑55 |
| Axel | Father of peace | #111 ↓30 | — | #78 ↓6 |
| Jules | Youthful | #78 ↑54 | — | — |
| Victor | Conqueror | #82 ↓16 | — | #214 ↓14 |
| Leonardo | Brave lion | #178 ↓7 | — | #84 ↑2 |
| Gael | Generous | #873 ↓220 | — | #89 ↑23 |
| Jose | He will add | #540 ↑524 | — | #91 ↑3 |
| Milan | Gracious, dear | #94 ↑2 | — | #231 ↑199 |
| Laurent | From Laurentum, crowned with laurel | #99 ↑38 | — | — |
| Mohamed | Praiseworthy | #100 ↑53 | — | #548 ↑8 |
| Xavier | New house | #101 ↓45 | — | #102 ↓11 |
| Arjan | Bright, shining, white | #102 ↑430 | — | — |
| Henri | Estate ruler | #106 ↑8 | — | — |
| Dominic | Belonging to the Lord | #137 ↓24 | — | #108 ↓20 |
| Damian | To tame, subdue | #211 ↑4 | — | #110 |
| Arnaud | Eagle power | #113 ↓30 | — | — |
| Emiliano | Rival, industrious | #742 ↑314 | — | #113 ↑62 |
| Lorenzo | From Laurentum, crowned with laurel | #159 ↑62 | — | #116 ↑36 |
| Giovanni | God is gracious | #447 ↑126 | — | #122 ↓2 |
| Connor | Lover of hounds | #130 ↓60 | — | #136 ↓58 |
| Luis | Renowned warrior | #614 ↑69 | — | #130 ↑7 |
| Declan | Full of goodness | #144 ↓56 | — | #131 ↓29 |
| Eloi | Chosen | #131 ↑55 | — | — |
| Carlos | Free man | #529 ↑33 | — | #135 ↑14 |
| Juan | God is gracious | #645 ↑21 | — | #137 ↑8 |
| Diego | Supplanter | #538 ↓105 | — | #145 ↓19 |
| Olivier | Olive tree | #148 ↓57 | — | — |
| Ayden | Little fire | #161 ↓16 | — | #212 ↓90 |
| Antoine | Priceless, praiseworthy | #168 ↓58 | — | — |
| Alexis | Defender, helper | #196 ↓111 | — | #484 ↓3 |
| Remi | Oarsman | #225 ↑27 | — | #809 ↓40 |
| Loic | Renowned warrior (form of Louis) | #273 ↓135 | — | — |
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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