Names for 2026
Baby names for 2026
What is rising, from the newest official figures, and the modern names Indian families are choosing. The latest official counts are for babies born in 2025, published in 2026; nothing official exists yet for 2026 births.
Names in India
India publishes no national baby-name statistics, so no one can say with data which names Indian parents are choosing most. We would rather tell you that than invent a ranking. What we can show: the modern names families are taking up today, below, and the Indian names that appear in the official list of names given to babies born in the United States, further down.
Modern Indian names
Names made or taken up in recent decades, from new Sanskrit-rooted words to names with no dictionary meaning at all. Each page says which, and shows the meaning families give it: Ayansh, Huzaifa, Alvira, Kiara, Himesh, Udisha, Samaira, Madhumita, Kashvi, Rutvi, Krishika, Dakshita. All 340 modern names · girls · boys
Rising fastest in the United States
Names among the top 500 in 2025 that climbed furthest since 2024, and names new to the top 1,000. Rank in 2024 → 2025.
Girls: biggest climbs
- Aylani 562 → 293
- Ainsley 704 → 483
- Solana 691 → 495
- Lakelynn 674 → 498
- Arleth 428 → 269
- Ailani 327 → 168
- Elowyn 447 → 299
- Jaylani 616 → 471
- Briar 522 → 400
- Nalani 531 → 414
- Monroe 573 → 467
- Adhara 472 → 370
- Vienna 532 → 434
- Maren 569 → 472
- Arlette 584 → 494
- Ailany 101 → 14
- Colette 401 → 316
- Marceline 506 → 424
- Murphy 476 → 397
- Azalea 357 → 278
Girls: new to the top 1,000
Boys: biggest climbs
- Kyaire 654 → 367
- Kaysen 597 → 415
- Benson 436 → 279
- Kaizen 502 → 364
- Cassian 617 → 479
- Callahan 364 → 227
- Eithan 226 → 97
- Elio 507 → 388
- Boone 534 → 423
- Sutton 442 → 332
- Soren 571 → 464
- Lucca 526 → 425
- Matthias 472 → 372
- Baker 315 → 217
- Ford 570 → 474
- Leandro 498 → 406
- Elian 237 → 147
- Arjun 580 → 490
- Lian 515 → 428
- Caspian 577 → 491
Boys: new to the top 1,000
- Jasai entered at 439
- Akari entered at 542
- Eziah entered at 610
- Kasai entered at 639
- Neithan entered at 723
- Barron entered at 790
- Haziel entered at 795
- Brewer entered at 804
- Yadiel entered at 839
- Aslan entered at 860
- Coast entered at 875
- Denim entered at 880
Source: US Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (Social Security card applications for births in the United States). Names without a link are not on our site yet.
Indian names in the US top 1,000
Names from Indian traditions in the official 2025 US list, with last year's rank.
- Jay #392 (#396 in 2024)
- Arjun #490 (#580 in 2024)
- Myra #663 (#646 in 2024)
- Ila #718 (#679 in 2024)
- Tara #847 (new in 2025)
- Avyaan #858 (#722 in 2024)
- Aryan #872 (#785 in 2024)
- Siya #879 (#934 in 2024)
- Ishaan #895 (#999 in 2024)
- Vihaan #910 (#960 in 2024)
- Kiaan #925 (#927 in 2024)
- Agastya #929 (new in 2025)
- Veer #942 (new in 2025)
- Saanvi #944 (#950 in 2024)
- Anika #955 (#860 in 2024)
- Aadhya #960 (#948 in 2024)
- Kabir #999 (#941 in 2024)
Top names in England and Wales, 2025
Girls
Boys
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, 2025.
How we made this page
Every rank here comes from an official list or a publisher that says how its list was made, and we name the source. We do not rank names by popularity in India ourselves, because no data exists to do it honestly. Ranks abroad count registered births; a climb in rank means more babies were given the name, not that it suits every family.