About Babies Name Generator

Babies Name Generator is a free tool for parents choosing a name. It combines a filterable name generator with a reference of 11,815 names, each built on official US birth records from 1880 to 2025.

What makes it different

Most name sites are long lists with a one-line meaning. We start from the data instead. Every chart, rank and count on this site is computed from the US Social Security Administration's published name files, so you can see not only what a name means but how its use has changed over more than a century, where in the country it is most popular, and whether it is rising or falling right now.

Meanings and origins are written from standard etymologies and reviewed. Where scholars disagree, or where a popular meaning is more folklore than fact, the name's profile says so rather than presenting a guess as settled.

What we do not do

We do not ask you to sign up, and we do not store the names you search for. Your shortlist is kept in your own browser. We do not publish anything about private individuals, and our celebrity baby name list only includes first names that famous parents announced publicly, with a link to the report.

Where the data comes from

Read the details on our methodology page, including how we rank names, how we group spellings and how we decide which names get a full profile.