- Rank in 2025
- #3,903
- Best ever
- #70 in 1941
- US births since 1880
- 102,545
- Born in 2025
- 47
- Trend
- Stable last 10 years
- Given to
- 96% girls
Meaning
- A boomerang
- Rejoicer
- Fire
- Elder sister (Hopi)
- Crown of laurels
- Fort
- Keeper of the keys
- A knight
- Son of Ector
First appears in Arthurian legend. That is where the name is recorded, not where it comes from.
Births 1882–2025
Peak 3,718 in 1942. Stable over the last ten years.
Where in the US
- TX6,936
- MI6,500
- OH6,260
- PA5,875
- IL5,702
Recorded births, states with 5+ per year only. State records cover 93% of this name's national total.
Other English names
- BrandiVariation of the beverage brandy used as a…
- KaraDear
- KendallRuler of the valley
- ToniPriceless, flourishing, flower
- KarlStrong, strong-man
- KatrinaPure, innocent
- Lonnielaurel crown
- WhitneyFrom the white island
- RolandFamous soldier
- MarshaMartial
- DarrenGreat, rocky hill
- ChristyAnnointed, follower of Christ