This USA random name generator can quickly return you many boy or girls names suggestions, if you simply select how unique or common you want them to be. Below the tool there is more information on this topic.
How does this USA random name generator work?
Choosing the perfect baby boy or girl name is probably a challenging but important choice every parent has to deal with, and so we came up with this USA random name generator that may inspire or suggest something randomly, whenever such happy occasion occurs. Basically it requires you to specify if the names should be for a boy or a girl, choose a desired popularity and by case input the family name so that the suggestions to look real.
Each time the “Generate” button is clicked it returns 5 suggestions.
Unique versus popular baby names
It really depends on the personality of the parents and how they tend to choose in life. The same goes with the baby names, as common names are used by the ones that go with the trend and choose something they’ve heard many times before, while very rarely used names are chosen by parents that look for something the more unique or unusual the better.
However, there is one important aspect every parent should consider when choosing the perfect baby name and that relates to the matching between the surname and the name. That means everyone should try to write and speak the first name together with the family name in order to see if they really match, and if so then the analysis whether is sufficient unique or appropriate should be made.
How to choose the perfect name…
Since it is a matter of everyone’s perception there is no magic rule or formula to lead in choosing the perfect name for a baby.
It is rather a matter of time to invest in researching and discussing between the two parents. Many of them look into their family for suggestions; some of them tend to choose the name of their favorite actor, politician, journalist or basketball player or any similar famous people; while others look either to name numerology, name meanings or into official statistics to figure out what are considered common or unique names.
Top 100 US most common names
According to the official data released by Census.gov the most 100 frequently occurring names 1990 are:
Gender | Name | Gender | Name | Rank |
Male | JAMES | Female | MARY | 1 |
Male | JOHN | Female | PATRICIA | 2 |
Male | ROBERT | Female | LINDA | 3 |
Male | MICHAEL | Female | BARBARA | 4 |
Male | WILLIAM | Female | ELIZABETH | 5 |
Male | DAVID | Female | JENNIFER | 6 |
Male | RICHARD | Female | MARIA | 7 |
Male | CHARLES | Female | SUSAN | 8 |
Male | JOSEPH | Female | MARGARET | 9 |
Male | THOMAS | Female | DOROTHY | 10 |
Male | CHRISTOPHER | Female | LISA | 11 |
Male | DANIEL | Female | NANCY | 12 |
Male | PAUL | Female | KAREN | 13 |
Male | MARK | Female | BETTY | 14 |
Male | DONALD | Female | HELEN | 15 |
Male | GEORGE | Female | SANDRA | 16 |
Male | KENNETH | Female | DONNA | 17 |
Male | STEVEN | Female | CAROL | 18 |
Male | EDWARD | Female | RUTH | 19 |
Male | BRIAN | Female | SHARON | 20 |
Male | RONALD | Female | MICHELLE | 21 |
Male | ANTHONY | Female | LAURA | 22 |
Male | KEVIN | Female | SARAH | 23 |
Male | JASON | Female | KIMBERLY | 24 |
Male | MATTHEW | Female | DEBORAH | 25 |
Male | GARY | Female | JESSICA | 26 |
Male | TIMOTHY | Female | SHIRLEY | 27 |
Male | JOSE | Female | CYNTHIA | 28 |
Male | LARRY | Female | ANGELA | 29 |
Male | JEFFREY | Female | MELISSA | 30 |
Male | FRANK | Female | BRENDA | 31 |
Male | SCOTT | Female | AMY | 32 |
Male | ERIC | Female | ANNA | 33 |
Male | STEPHEN | Female | REBECCA | 34 |
Male | ANDREW | Female | VIRGINIA | 35 |
Male | RAYMOND | Female | KATHLEEN | 36 |
Male | GREGORY | Female | PAMELA | 37 |
Male | JOSHUA | Female | MARTHA | 38 |
Male | JERRY | Female | DEBRA | 39 |
Male | DENNIS | Female | AMANDA | 40 |
Male | WALTER | Female | STEPHANIE | 41 |
Male | PATRICK | Female | CAROLYN | 42 |
Male | PETER | Female | CHRISTINE | 43 |
Male | HAROLD | Female | MARIE | 44 |
Male | DOUGLAS | Female | JANET | 45 |
Male | HENRY | Female | CATHERINE | 46 |
Male | CARL | Female | FRANCES | 47 |
Male | ARTHUR | Female | ANN | 48 |
Male | RYAN | Female | JOYCE | 49 |
Male | ROGER | Female | DIANE | 50 |
Male | JOE | Female | ALICE | 51 |
Male | JUAN | Female | JULIE | 52 |
Male | JACK | Female | HEATHER | 53 |
Male | ALBERT | Female | TERESA | 54 |
Male | JONATHAN | Female | DORIS | 55 |
Male | JUSTIN | Female | GLORIA | 56 |
Male | TERRY | Female | EVELYN | 57 |
Male | GERALD | Female | JEAN | 58 |
Male | KEITH | Female | CHERYL | 59 |
Male | SAMUEL | Female | MILDRED | 60 |
Male | WILLIE | Female | KATHERINE | 61 |
Male | RALPH | Female | JOAN | 62 |
Male | LAWRENCE | Female | ASHLEY | 63 |
Male | NICHOLAS | Female | JUDITH | 64 |
Male | ROY | Female | ROSE | 65 |
Male | BENJAMIN | Female | JANICE | 66 |
Male | BRUCE | Female | KELLY | 67 |
Male | BRANDON | Female | NICOLE | 68 |
Male | ADAM | Female | JUDY | 69 |
Male | HARRY | Female | CHRISTINA | 70 |
Male | FRED | Female | KATHY | 71 |
Male | WAYNE | Female | THERESA | 72 |
Male | BILLY | Female | BEVERLY | 73 |
Male | STEVE | Female | DENISE | 74 |
Male | LOUIS | Female | TAMMY | 75 |
Male | JEREMY | Female | IRENE | 76 |
Male | AARON | Female | JANE | 77 |
Male | RANDY | Female | LORI | 78 |
Male | HOWARD | Female | RACHEL | 79 |
Male | EUGENE | Female | MARILYN | 80 |
Male | CARLOS | Female | ANDREA | 81 |
Male | RUSSELL | Female | KATHRYN | 82 |
Male | BOBBY | Female | LOUISE | 83 |
Male | VICTOR | Female | SARA | 84 |
Male | MARTIN | Female | ANNE | 85 |
Male | ERNEST | Female | JACQUELINE | 86 |
Male | PHILLIP | Female | WANDA | 87 |
Male | TODD | Female | BONNIE | 88 |
Male | JESSE | Female | JULIA | 89 |
Male | CRAIG | Female | RUBY | 90 |
Male | ALAN | Female | LOIS | 91 |
Male | SHAWN | Female | TINA | 92 |
Male | CLARENCE | Female | PHYLLIS | 93 |
Male | SEAN | Female | NORMA | 94 |
Male | PHILIP | Female | PAULA | 95 |
Male | CHRIS | Female | DIANA | 96 |
Male | JOHNNY | Female | ANNIE | 97 |
Male | EARL | Female | LILLIAN | 98 |
Male | JIMMY | Female | EMILY | 99 |
Male | ANTONIO | Female | ROBIN | 100 |
Top 100 US very rarely given names
According to the same official data source the top very rarely given names 1990 are:
Gender | Name | Gender | Name | Rank |
Male | ALONSO | Female | ALLYN | 1 |
Male | BRODERICK | Female | ALONA | 2 |
Male | DARELL | Female | ANGILA | 3 |
Male | DORSEY | Female | ANNELLE | 4 |
Male | ELDEN | Female | ARDELIA | 5 |
Male | HAI | Female | AUDRIA | 6 |
Male | JERE | Female | AUDRIE | 7 |
Male | JEWEL | Female | BARI | 8 |
Male | LINDSAY | Female | BEULA | 9 |
Male | LYNWOOD | Female | BRITTENY | 10 |
Male | MICHAL | Female | BRYANNA | 11 |
Male | SHON | Female | CALISTA | 12 |
Male | VINCENZO | Female | CANDRA | 13 |
Male | WILLIAN | Female | CARLENA | 14 |
Male | BUCK | Female | CAROLL | 15 |
Male | ELISHA | Female | CASSEY | 16 |
Male | JERAMY | Female | CATHERINA | 17 |
Male | LAUREN | Female | CATRICE | 18 |
Male | LEIF | Female | CHASIDY | 19 |
Male | PORTER | Female | CHASSIDY | 20 |
Male | SID | Female | CINDIE | 21 |
Male | EDMUNDO | Female | CODI | 22 |
Male | FRANKLYN | Female | COLLENE | 23 |
Male | GRAIG | Female | DAGNY | 24 |
Male | JACINTO | Female | DIVINA | 25 |
Male | KENETH | Female | ELLENA | 26 |
Male | LUIGI | Female | ELLI | 27 |
Male | PATRICIA | Female | ENDA | 28 |
Male | WALLY | Female | EVELYNN | 29 |
Male | WINFORD | Female | FAVIOLA | 30 |
Male | ARLIE | Female | GEMA | 31 |
Male | CEDRICK | Female | GILBERTE | 32 |
Male | HOBERT | Female | HEIDY | 33 |
Male | JEROMY | Female | JAMA | 34 |
Male | JERRELL | Female | JEANNETTA | 35 |
Male | KRAIG | Female | JINNY | 36 |
Male | LEANDRO | Female | JOIE | 37 |
Male | RUEBEN | Female | KAROLE | 38 |
Male | ARNOLDO | Female | KEIRA | 39 |
Male | HARLAND | Female | KEVA | 40 |
Male | HAYDEN | Female | KRISHNA | 41 |
Male | JEWELL | Female | KRISTLE | 42 |
Male | KASEY | Female | LACRESHA | 43 |
Male | MAN | Female | LAREE | 44 |
Male | BENTON | Female | LARRAINE | 45 |
Male | BOYCE | Female | LASHAY | 46 |
Male | KRISTOFER | Female | LAURENA | 47 |
Male | LESLEY | Female | LESTER | 48 |
Male | LUCIUS | Female | LORILEE | 49 |
Male | MARCELLUS | Female | LORRINE | 50 |
Male | RENALDO | Female | LOURIE | 51 |
Male | REY | Female | LOVETTA | 52 |
Male | ROLF | Female | MADDIE | 53 |
Male | RUDOLF | Female | MAKEDA | 54 |
Male | SANTO | Female | MALENA | 55 |
Male | SHAD | Female | MARCELL | 56 |
Male | HOSEA | Female | MARSHALL | 57 |
Male | VON | Female | MARYETTA | 58 |
Male | WAYLON | Female | MARYLN | 59 |
Male | COLTON | Female | MAURITA | 60 |
Male | JOSPEH | Female | MERISSA | 61 |
Male | KOREY | Female | MICHA | 62 |
Male | LONG | Female | MISTIE | 63 |
Male | MALCOM | Female | NEELY | 64 |
Male | ANTIONE | Female | NEIDA | 65 |
Male | CORTEZ | Female | OZELL | 66 |
Male | CRISTOPHER | Female | PAMILA | 67 |
Male | ELDRIDGE | Female | PEI | 68 |
Male | NICKY | Female | RAYMONDE | 69 |
Male | TUAN | Female | ROBENA | 70 |
Male | ZACKARY | Female | ROSENDA | 71 |
Male | MALIK | Female | RUSSELL | 72 |
Male | WES | Female | SEEMA | 73 |
Male | GRANVILLE | Female | SHARELL | 74 |
Male | MICHALE | Female | SIXTA | 75 |
Male | DEANGELO | Female | SUANNE | 76 |
Male | FILIBERTO | Female | SUNNI | 77 |
Male | GASTON | Female | TAKAKO | 78 |
Male | GAYLORD | Female | TANDRA | 79 |
Male | JAE | Female | TAUNYA | 80 |
Male | MANUAL | Female | TAYNA | 81 |
Male | FRANCESCO | Female | TEOFILA | 82 |
Male | MODESTO | Female | TISA | 83 |
Male | WARNER | Female | TONITA | 84 |
Male | ZACK | Female | VASILIKI | 85 |
Male | ARLEN | Female | VERLINE | 86 |
Male | ASA | Female | VERNON | 87 |
Male | FAUSTO | Female | VERONIKA | 88 |
Male | GARRET | Female | VI | 89 |
Male | GAYLE | Female | VIRGIL | 90 |
Male | ISREAL | Female | WANETTA | 91 |
Male | JOHNSON | Female | WILHEMINA | 92 |
Male | LEIGH | Female | ZANA | 93 |
Male | HONG | Female | ALAINE | 94 |
Male | MOSE | Female | AUSTIN | 95 |
Male | BENEDICT | Female | AVRIL | 96 |
Male | BRITT | Female | BARABARA | 97 |
Male | DEL | Female | BLAKE | 98 |
Male | NATHANAEL | Female | BUENA | 99 |
Male | TONEY | Female | BULA | 100 |