Fastest-Rising Baby Names
58 fast-rising baby names. Median rank #88 in Canada for 2024, up 33 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 26 names
| Name | Meaning | Canada 2024 | England and Wales 2025 | USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lily | Lily flower | #9 ↑5 | #2 ↑5 | #24 ↑11 |
| Evelyn | Wished-for child | #15 ↑1 | #12 ↑9 | #8 ↑1 |
| Ava | Life; form of Eve | #10 ↓3 | #11 ↓7 | #9 ↓6 |
| Maeve | She who intoxicates | #46 ↑52 | #26 ↑68 | #75 ↑98 |
| Penelope | Weaver (Odysseus's wife) | #49 ↑6 | #33 ↑11 | #28 ↓3 |
| Delilah | Delicate | #135 ↑27 | #32 ↑30 | #50 ↑19 |
| Lainey | Bright, shining one | #71 ↑487 | — | #38 ↑328 |
| Emilia | Rival, industrious | #40 ↑6 | #51 ↓20 | #43 ↓2 |
| Valentina | Strong, healthy | #148 ↑18 | — | #47 ↑26 |
| Paisley | Place name; textile pattern | #107 ↓30 | — | #61 ↓12 |
| Everly | Boar meadow | #87 ↓27 | — | #81 ↓38 |
| Athena | Greek goddess of wisdom | #82 ↑3 | #90 new | #90 ↑17 |
| Asees | Blessing | #84 ↑156 | — | — |
| Melody | Song, tune | #158 ↓4 | — | #91 ↑15 |
| Ailany | Invented modern name | — | — | #101 new |
| Juniper | The evergreen shrub | #169 ↑112 | — | #111 ↑60 |
| Alaia | Joyful, happy | #268 ↑102 | — | #112 ↑8 |
| Lennon | Descendant of the cloak, or lover | #115 ↑8 | — | #237 ↑62 |
| Serenity | Peaceful, calm | #500 ↓80 | — | #117 ↓47 |
| Elora | Elaboration of Eleanor/Laura | #128 ↑230 | — | #364 ↑273 |
| Emerson | Son of Emery; brave, powerful | #424 ↑57 | — | #151 ↑4 |
| Everleigh | Elaboration of Everly | #252 ↓149 | — | #164 ↓70 |
| Rowan | Little redhead; rowan tree | #267 ↑1 | — | #266 ↓11 |
| Milan | Gracious, dear | — | — | #700 ↓65 |
| Ezra | Help | — | — | #705 ↑9 |
| Micah | Who is like God | #982 ↑729 | — | #841 new |
Boys 38 names
| Name | Meaning | Canada 2024 | England and Wales 2025 | USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam | Resolute protector (short for William) | #2 ↓1 | #68 ↑11 | #1 |
| Leo | Lion | #4 ↑1 | #3 ↑3 | #24 ↑12 |
| Oliver | Olive tree | #6 | #6 ↓5 | #3 |
| Theodore | Gift of God | #3 ↑8 | #9 ↑5 | #4 ↑19 |
| Luca | Man from Lucania; light | #21 ↑39 | #4 ↑41 | #23 ↑44 |
| Mateo | Gift of God (form of Matthew) | #52 ↑7 | — | #7 ↑13 |
| Elijah | My God is Yahweh | #33 ↑9 | #23 ↑7 | #8 ↓4 |
| Levi | Joined, attached | #16 ↑5 | — | #12 ↑6 |
| Ezra | Help | #48 ↑23 | #38 ↑21 | #13 ↑31 |
| Jude | Praised | #129 ↑45 | #14 ↑39 | #156 ↓2 |
| Arlo | From Harlow; army hill | #88 ↑59 | #15 ↑12 | #146 ↑74 |
| Asher | Happy, blessed | #47 ↑4 | — | #20 ↑12 |
| Owen | Young warrior; well-born | #22 ↓6 | — | #26 ↓4 |
| Roman | Citizen of Rome | #85 ↑54 | #27 ↑1 | #52 ↑25 |
| Santiago | Saint James | #268 ↑69 | — | #29 ↑42 |
| Julian | Youthful (from Julius) | #117 ↑4 | — | #30 ↑4 |
| Rowan | Little redhead; rowan tree | #64 ↑38 | #30 ↑41 | #71 ↑42 |
| Maverick | Independent, nonconformist | #32 ↑6 | — | #36 ↑14 |
| Bennett | Blessed | #41 ↑24 | — | #60 ↑41 |
| Beau | Beautiful, handsome | #50 ↑57 | — | #69 ↑40 |
| Josiah | Yahweh supports | #189 ↓4 | — | #53 ↓4 |
| Ezekiel | God will strengthen | #123 ↑32 | — | #54 ↑10 |
| Thiago | Supplanter (Santiago/James) | #321 ↑159 | — | #55 ↑113 |
| Lincoln | Lake colony | #67 ↓38 | — | #73 ↓33 |
| Weston | Western town (place/surname) | #76 ↑44 | — | #70 ↑34 |
| Zorawar | Brave, powerful | #74 ↑230 | — | — |
| Micah | Who is like God | #142 ↑16 | — | #86 ↑21 |
| Gael | Generous | #873 ↓220 | — | #89 ↑23 |
| Milo | Merciful, gracious | #104 ↑12 | #90 ↓10 | #120 ↑14 |
| Milan | Gracious, dear | #94 ↑2 | — | #231 ↑199 |
| Atlas | To endure (the Titan who held up the sky) | #116 ↑85 | — | #101 ↑88 |
| Archer | Bowman | #126 ↑46 | — | #115 ↑45 |
| Zion | The holy hill of Jerusalem | #184 ↓4 | — | #151 ↓7 |
| Legend | A remarkable story or person | — | — | #157 ↓30 |
| Ryker | Meaning uncertain, possibly rich | #223 ↓89 | — | #183 ↓35 |
| Emerson | Son of Emery; brave, powerful | #239 ↓50 | — | #270 ↓2 |
| Lennon | Descendant of the cloak, or lover | #554 ↓85 | — | #784 ↓93 |
| Truce | Cessation of conflict (word name) | — | — | #991 new |
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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