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 real baby
 names.com

Where real people get real ideas for real names for real babies.
 
This site was created because there seemed to be a lack of sites around that took a simple approach to suggesting a name for your baby. If you want a site that gives you endless thousands of obscure suggestions that your child will not thank you for in later life then you may be disappointed.
Here you will find the most popular names from around the world. If you want a strange name in the family give one to the cat, who won't mind.

Most popular in the US.

Most of our visitors are from the USA so we'll start there. We have data on the 100 most popular boys and girls names from the last fifteen years and from earlier times.

Most popular in the UK.

The US and UK share the same language and have a similar popular culture but trends in the names we call our children do not cross the pond quite so easily.

Most popular in Ireland.

The Emerald Isle has been the source of many popular first names throughout the world. Some names are obviously Irish, some not, but many are becoming popular world wide recently.

Most popular in Canada.

While Canadians have similar influences to the US, UK and Ireland and so have some similar names for their children but it is also interesting to look at French speaking Quebec.

Most popular in Italy.

Italians are heavily influenced by the Roman Catholic tradition when it comes to first names so a large number of babies there are named after saints.

Most popular in Spain.

As with the Italians, the Spaniards are influenced by their Catholic religion so saints and biblical names proliferate in the lists of popular Spanish baby names.

Most popular in Germany.

A larger proportion than you might expect that make up the total population of the US have some Germanic heritage but the influence is largely only to the surnames.

Most popular in France.

Lastly some popular given names from France these will have a familiar ring to them although they have slightly different spelling and pronunciation to their English counterparts.

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