Find names that start with any letter, from A to Z. Every list on this site is built from real records: US birth data for first names and the US Census surname list for last names. Nothing is made up, so every name you find here has been given to real babies or carried by real families.
Pick a letter for girls, boys or last names. Each page ranks the names by how often they are used, then shows the names popular right now, rising names, rare finds, short and long picks, and a filter for endings and length.
- Girl names
- 61,818
- Boy names
- 36,117
- Last names
- 151,670
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- AAnna, AnthonyGirlsBoysLast
- BBarbara, BrianGirlsBoysLast
- CCarol, CharlesGirlsBoysLast
- DDorothy, DavidGirlsBoysLast
- EElizabeth, EdwardGirlsBoysLast
- FFrances, FrankGirlsBoysLast
- GGrace, GeorgeGirlsBoysLast
- HHelen, HenryGirlsBoysLast
- IIrene, IsaacGirlsBoysLast
- JJennifer, JamesGirlsBoysLast
- KKaren, KennethGirlsBoysLast
- LLinda, LarryGirlsBoysLast
- MMary, MichaelGirlsBoysLast
- NNancy, NicholasGirlsBoysLast
- OOlivia, OscarGirlsBoysLast
- PPatricia, PaulGirlsBoysLast
- QQuinn, QuentinGirlsBoysLast
- RRuth, RobertGirlsBoysLast
- SSusan, StevenGirlsBoysLast
- TTeresa, ThomasGirlsBoysLast
- UUrsula, UlyssesGirlsBoysLast
- VVirginia, VincentGirlsBoysLast
- WWanda, WilliamGirlsBoysLast
- XXimena, XavierGirlsBoysLast
- YYvonne, YahirGirlsBoysLast
- ZZoe, ZacharyGirlsBoysLast
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Where the names come from
First names come from US Social Security records of every name given to at least five babies of one sex in a year, from 1880 to 2017. A name counts as a girl name or a boy name when most babies given it were girls or boys. Last names come from the US Census list of surnames shared by 100 or more people. Counts show how many babies or people had each name, which is the most reliable way to tell a classic from a rare find.
Questions people ask
Which letter do the most names start with?
In US birth records, A starts the most first names (10,353), and X starts the fewest (270).
What is the most common name for each letter?
Open any letter page: the first row of its table is the name given to the most babies with that letter.
Are these real names?
Yes. Every first name was given to at least five babies in one year in the US, and every last name is shared by at least 100 people.