How popular is the baby name Kylie in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Kylie.
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The ratio of Biblical names to non-Biblical names in the girl’s top 20 is about the same today as it was 100 years ago, though the ratio did change a bit mid-century.
(In contrast, there’s been a steady increase in the number of Biblical-origin names among the top boy names.)
Here’s the color-coded table — Biblical names are in the yellow cells, non-Biblical names are in the green cells, and several borderline names (which I counted as non-Biblical) are in the orange cells:
Ava (could be based on the Germanic root avi or the Biblical name Eve)
Jessica (literary invention, but Shakespeare may have based it on the Biblical name Iscah)
Samantha (possibly inspired by the Biblical name Samuel)
Again, feels pretty weird to put overtly Christian names like Christina and Christine in the non-Biblical category, but oh well.
Here are the year-by-year tallies:
Year
Top 20 names given to…
# Biblical
# Non-Biblical
1914
31% of baby girls
6 (30%)
14 (70%)
1924
31% of baby girls
7 (35%)
13 (65%)
1934
32% of baby girls
9 (45%)
11 (55%)
1944
35% of baby girls
8 (40%)
12 (60%)
1954
34% of baby girls
9 (45%)
11 (55%)
1964
24% of baby girls
9 (45%)
11 (55%)
1974
24% of baby girls
8 (40%)
12 (60%)
1984
26% of baby girls
6 (30%)
14 (70%)
1994
19% of baby girls
6 (30%)
14 (70%)
2004
14% of baby girls
6 (30%)
14 (70%)
2014
12% of baby girls
5 (25%)
15 (75%)
Just like with the boy names, though, there’s a big difference between the 1914 and 2014 sample sizes — 31% and 12%. So let’s also look at the 2014 top 100, which covers 31% of female births.
By my count, last year’s top 100 girl names were about a quarter Biblical, three-quarters non-Biblical:
27%-73% is remarkably similar to both 25%-75% (smaller 2014 sample) and 30%-70% (1914 sample).
So here’s the question of the day: If you had to choose all of your children’s names from either one group or the other — Biblical names or non-Biblical names — which group would you stick to, and why?
Wondering what the most popular K-names for baby girls are? How about R-names?
Below are the 10 most popular girl names for each letter, A through Z. (The parenthetical notations show how the current rankings differ from the 2012 rankings.)
The four new #1 names that emerged in 2013 were Charlotte, which replaced Chloe, Delilah, which replaced Destiny, Harper, which replaced Hannah, and Lillian, which replaced Lily.
Once upon a time, the U.S. Social Security Administration put out annual twin name rankings (that is, rankings of the pairs of baby names given most frequently to sets of U.S. twins).
It all started in 2005 with simple, single-list rankings. Things got more interesting in 2009, when the SSA began splitting the rankings into gender-specific sub-rankings. Then in 2012, nothing. The updates stopped coming.
Now we have seven years’ worth of official twin name data from the U.S. government…and that’s it.
I used to keep these rankings in my directory, but they are so out-of-date now that I think it’s best to archive them in a single blog post, for easy reference. So, without further ado, here are the top baby names for twins born in the United States from 2005 to 2011 (in reverse order):
1. Jacob, Joshua (55 sets) 2. Matthew, Michael (52) 3. Daniel, David (50) 4. Jayden, Jordan (41) 5. Jayden, Jaylen (38) 6. Elijah, Isaiah (36) 7. Isaac, Isaiah (36) 8. Ethan, Evan (31) 9. Logan, Lucas (31) 10. Logan, Luke (27) 11. Caleb, Joshua (24) 12. Landon, Logan (24) 13. Andrew, Matthew (23) 14. Nathan, Nicholas (23) 15. Brandon, Bryan (22) 16. Alexander, Benjamin (21) 17. Hayden, Hunter (21) 18. Alexander, Nicholas (20) 19. Gabriel, Michael (20) 20. Christian, Christopher (19) 21. Jordan, Justin (19) 22. Benjamin, Samuel (18) 23. James, John (18) 24. Jeremiah, Joshua (18) 25. John, Joseph (18) 26. Joseph, Joshua (18) 27. Jeremiah, Josiah (17) 28. Aiden, Ethan (16) 29. Jacob, Noah (16) 30. Alexander, Anthony (15) 31. Caleb, Jacob (15) 32. Ethan, Noah (15) 33. Jacob, Joseph (15) 34. James, William (15) 35. Andrew, Anthony (14) 36. Jacob, Zachary (14) 37. Nathan, Noah (14) 38. Aiden, Ashton (13) 39. Alexander, Michael (13) 40. Andrew, William (13) 41. Christopher, Nicholas (13) 42. Dylan, Logan (13) 43. Michael, Nicholas (13) 44. Thomas, William (13) 45. Aidan, Ethan (12) 46. Aiden, Jayden (12) 47. Alexander, Alexis (12) 48. Benjamin, Jacob (12) 49. Chance, Chase (12) 50. Jayden, Kayden (12)
1. Madison, Mason (34 sets) 2. Taylor, Tyler (30) 3. Addison, Aiden (18) 4. Emily, Ethan (16) 5. Emma, Evan (16) 6. Ella, Ethan (15) 7. Emma, Ethan (14) 8. Jayda, Jayden (13) 9. Jada, Jaden (12) 10. Aidan, Nadia (11) 11. Aiden, Ava (11) 12. Emma, William (11) 13. Madison, Matthew (11) 14. Anna, William (10) 15. Emily, Evan (10) 16. Emma, Jacob (10) 17. Emma, Noah (10) 18. Isabella, Isaiah (10) 19. Madison, Michael (10) 20. Addison, Andrew (9) 21. Chloe, Connor (9) 22. Emma, Jack (9) 23. Nicholas, Sophia (9) 24. Noah, Sophia (9) 25. Olivia, Owen (9) 26. Zachary, Zoe (9) 27. Zachary, Zoey (9) 28. Brian, Brianna (8) 29. Caleb, Chloe (8) 30. Ethan, Isabella (8) 31. Grace, John (8) 32. Isabella, Michael (8) 33. Jacob, Jillian (8) 34. Jada, Jayden (8) 35. James, Julia (8) 36. Landon, London (8) 37. Lily, Luke (8) 38. Olivia, William (8) 39. Samuel, Sophia (8) 40. Sophia, William (8) 41. Abigail, Alexander (7) 42. Abigail, Benjamin (7) 43. Alexander, Ava (7) 44. Andrea, Andrew (7) 45. Andrew, Emily (7) 46. Ava, John (7) 47. Ava, Noah (7) 48. Emily, Ryan (7) 49. Emma, James (7) 50. Hannah, Noah (7)
Observations on the 2009 rankings:
#9 and #44 on the girl-girl list are “Mackenzie, Madison” and “Madison, Mckenzie.”
#15 and #23 on the girl-girl list are both “Gabriella, Isabella.” There was probably supposed to be a spelling difference somewhere, but the SSA had the pairings listed identically.
#8, #9 and #34 on the girl-boy list are “Jayda, Jayden,” “Jada, Jaden” and “Jada, Jayden.”
#10 on the girl-boy list is “Aidan, Nadia” — the only pair of anagram names I’ve spotted on these twin lists (besides Heaven/Nevaeh, of course).
#26 and #27 on the girl-boy list are “Zachary, Zoe” and “Zachary, Zoey.”
Top twin names, 2008
(Gender combinations not specified.)
1. Jacob, Joshua (69 sets born in 2008) 2. Daniel, David (59) 3. Jayden, Jordan (56) 4. Ethan, Evan (50) 5. Taylor, Tyler (43) 6. Gabriella, Isabella (42) 7. Isaac, Isaiah (40) 8. Madison, Morgan (38) 9. Elijah, Isaiah (36) 10. Ella, Emma (35) 11. Landon, Logan (34) 12. Logan, Lucas (34) 13. Matthew, Michael (33) 14. Faith, Hope (29) 15. Isabella, Sophia (28) 16. Olivia, Sophia (28) 17. James, John (27) 18. Madison, Mason (27) 19. Brandon, Bryan (25) 20. Hailey, Hannah (25) 21. Mackenzie, Madison (25) 22. Nathan, Nicholas (25) 23. Addison, Aiden (24) 24. Caleb, Joshua (24) 25. Christian, Christopher (24) 26. Emma, Ethan (24) 27. Jayden, Jaylen (24) 28. Ava, Emma (23) 29. Ava, Olivia (23) 30. Joseph, Joshua (23) 31. Andrew, Matthew (22) 32. Makayla, Makenzie (22) 33. Benjamin, Samuel (21) 34. Brandon, Brian (21) 35. Abigail, Emma (20) 36. Jacob, Matthew (20) 37. Jordan, Justin (20) 38. Nathan, Noah (20) 39. Alexander, Andrew (19) 40. Emily, Ethan (19) 41. Ethan, Nathan (19) 42. Gabriel, Michael (19) 43. Hayden, Hunter (19) 44. Jacob, Joseph (19) 45. Addison, Avery (17) 46. Faith, Grace (17) 47. Jayda, Jayden (17) 48. Joshua, Justin (17) 49. Joshua, Matthew (17) 50. Alexander, Nicholas (16) 51. Emma, Sophie (16) 52. Jada, Jaden (16) 53. Logan, Luke (16) 54. Aaron, Andrew (15) 55. Andrew, Anthony (15) 56. Anna, Emma (15) 57. Autumn, Summer (15) 58. Isabella, Olivia (15) 59. Jacob, Jordan (15) 60. Jacob, Lucas (15) 61. Kyle, Ryan (15) 62. Nicholas, Noah (15) 63. Valeria, Vanessa (15) 64. Abigail, Benjamin (14) 65. Aiden, Ava (14) 66. Alexander, Benjamin (14) 67. Alexander, Christopher (14) 68. Ashley, Emily (14) 69. Benjamin, William (14) 70. Christopher, Matthew (14) 71. Daniel, Michael (14) 72. Dylan, Tyler (14) 73. Emma, Sophia (14) 74. Hannah, Sarah (14) 75. Heaven, Nevaeh (14) 76. Jake, Luke (14) 77. Jennifer, Jessica (14) 78. Mackenzie, Makayla (14) 79. Matthew, William (14) 80. Natalie, Nathan (14) 81. Ryan, Tyler (14) 82. Samuel, Sophia (14) 83. Samuel, William (14) 84. Addison, Emma (13) 85. Adrian, Adriana (13) 86. Aiden, Austin (13) 87. Alexander, Alexis (13) 88. Ava, Mia (13) 89. Benjamin, Jacob (13) 90. Benjamin, Matthew (13) 91. Caleb, Christian (13) 92. Caleb, Jacob (13) 93. Elijah, Ethan (13) 94. Jada, Jayden (13) 95. James, William (13) 96. John, William (13) 97. Lily, Logan (13) 98. Mark, Matthew (13) 99. Matthew, Nicholas (13) 100. Maxwell, Samuel (13)
Similarities in the 2008 rankings:
#19 and #34 are “Brandon, Bryan,” and “Brandon, Brian.”
#32 and #78 are “Makayla, Makenzie” and “Mackenzie, Makayla.”
#47, #52 and #94 are “Jayda, Jayden,” “Jada, Jaden” and “Jada, Jayden.”
Top twin names, 2007
(Gender combinations not specified.)
1. Jacob, Joshua (69 sets born in 2007) 2. Matthew, Michael (55) 3. Daniel, David (52) 4. Isaac, Isaiah (39) 5. Ella, Emma (38) 6. Madison, Morgan (36) 7. Taylor, Tyler (36) 8. Landon, Logan (35) 9. Brandon, Bryan (34) 10. Christian, Christopher (33) 11. Gabriella, Isabella (33) 12. Andrew, Matthew (32) 13. Faith, Hope (32) 14. Joseph, Joshua (31) 15. Ethan, Evan (30) 16. Jacob, Joseph (30) 17. Mackenzie, Madison (29) 18. Alexander, Benjamin (27) 19. Caleb, Joshua (26) 20. Hailey, Hannah (26) 21. Isabella, Sophia (26) 22. Madison, Matthew (26) 23. Emily, Ethan (25) 24. Joshua, Matthew (25) 25. Nathan, Nicholas (25) 26. Andrew, Anthony (24) 27. Jayden, Jordan (24) 28. Madison, Mason (24) 29. Elijah, Isaiah (23) 30. Alexander, Nicholas (22) 31. Jeremiah, Joshua (22) 32. Emma, Ethan (21) 33. Olivia, Sophia (21) 34. Ava, Emma (20) 35. Haley, Hannah (20) 36. Hayden, Hunter (20) 37. Jacob, Zachary (20) 38. Logan, Luke (20) 39. Natalie, Nathan (20) 40. Benjamin, Samuel (19) 41. Christopher, Nicholas (19) 42. Nathan, Noah (19) 43. Alexander, Christopher (18) 44. James, John (18) 45. John, William (18) 46. Jordan, Justin (18) 47. Megan, Morgan (18) 48. Alexander, Anthony (17) 49. Andrew, William (17) 50. Christopher, Matthew (17) 51. Isabella, Olivia (17) 52. Jacob, Jordan (17) 53. Joseph, Michael (17) 54. Alexander, Andrew (16) 55. Andrew, Jacob (16) 56. Elijah, Ethan (16) 57. Jacob, Matthew (16) 58. Jacob, Samuel (16) 59. James, Joseph (16) 60. Jordan, Joshua (16) 61. Matthew, Ryan (16) 62. Nicholas, Noah (16) 63. Ava, Olivia (15) 64. Emma, Grace (15) 65. Emma, Hannah (15) 66. Jason, Justin (15) 67. Jennifer, Jessica (15) 68. Makayla, Makenzie (15) 69. Natalie, Nicole (15) 70. Zachary, Zoe (15) 71. Ava, Sophia (14) 72. Benjamin, Jacob (14) 73. Emma, Olivia (14) 74. Ethan, Nathan (14) 75. Gabriel, Michael (14) 76. Grace, Olivia (14) 77. Jacob, Justin (14) 78. Jacob, Tyler (14) 79. Jaden, Jordan (14) 80. Jonathan, Joshua (14) 81. Jose, Juan (14) 82. Logan, Lucas (14) 83. Mark, Matthew (14) 84. Robert, William (14) 85. Samuel, Sophia (14) 86. Abigail, Emily (13) 87. Abigail, Emma (13) 88. Alexander, William (13) 89. Anna, Emma (13) 90. Ashley, Emily (13) 91. Ava, Ella (13) 92. Cameron, Christian (13) 93. Emily, Sarah (13) 94. Emma, Jacob (13) 95. Emma, William (13) 96. Grace, Hannah (13) 97. Hannah, Sarah (13) 98. Jayden, Jaylen (13) 99. Joseph, Nicholas (13) 100. Joshua, Zachary (13) 101. Madison, Megan (13) 102. Parker, Preston (13)
Similarities in the 2007 rankings:
#20 and #35 are “Hailey, Hannah” and “Haley, Hannah.”
#27 and #79 are “Jayden, Jordan” and “Jaden, Jordan.”
Top twin names, 2006
(Gender combinations not specified.)
1. Jacob, Joshua (67 sets born in 2006) 2. Matthew, Michael (54) 3. Daniel, David (52) 4. Ella, Emma (38) 5. Isaac, Isaiah (38) 6. Madison, Morgan (36) 7. Landon, Logan (35) 8. Taylor, Tyler (35) 9. Brandon, Bryan (34) 10. Christian, Christopher (33) 11. Gabriella, Isabella (33) 12. Andrew, Matthew (32) 13. Faith, Hope (31) 14. Ethan, Evan (30) 15. Jacob, Joseph (30) 16. Joseph, Joshua (29) 17. Mackenzie, Madison (29) 18. Alexander, Benjamin (27) 19. Hailey, Hannah (27) 20. Madison, Matthew (26) 21. Caleb, Joshua (25) 22. Emily, Ethan (25) 23. Isabella, Sophia (25) 24. Joshua, Matthew (25) 25. Nathan, Nicholas (25) 26. Andrew, Anthony (24) 27. Jayden, Jordan (24) 28. Madison, Mason (24) 29. Elijah, Isaiah (22) 30. Jeremiah, Joshua (22) 31. Alexander, Nicholas (21) 32. Emma, Ethan (21) 33. Olivia, Sophia (21) 34. Ava, Emma (20) 35. Hayden, Hunter (20) 36. Logan, Luke (20) 37. Natalie, Nathan (20) 38. Christopher, Nicholas (19) 39. Haley, Hannah (19) 40. Jacob, Zachary (19) 41. John, William (19) 42. Nathan, Noah (19) 43. Benjamin, Samuel (18) 44. James, John (18) 45. Jordan, Justin (18) 46. Megan, Morgan (18) 47. Alexander, Anthony (17) 48. Isabella, Olivia (17) 49. Jacob, Jordan (17) 50. Joseph, Michael (17) 51. Nicholas, Noah (17) 52. Alexander, Andrew (16) 53. Alexander, Christopher (16) 54. Andrew, Jacob (16) 55. Christopher, Matthew (16) 56. Elijah, Ethan (16) 57. Jacob, Samuel (16) 58. James, Joseph (16) 59. Matthew, Ryan (16) 60. Ava, Olivia (15) 61. Emma, Grace (15) 62. Emma, Hannah (15) 63. Jacob, Matthew (15) 64. Jaden, Jordan (15) 65. Jason, Justin (15) 66. Jordan, Joshua (15) 67. Makayla, Makenzie (15) 68. Zachary, Zoe (15) 69. Abigail, Emily (14) 70. Andrew, William (14) 71. Benjamin, Jacob (14) 72. Emma, Olivia (14) 73. Ethan, Nathan (14) 74. Gabriel, Michael (14) 75. Hannah, Sarah (14) 76. Jacob, Justin (14) 77. Jacob, Tyler (14) 78. Jennifer, Jessica (14) 79. Jonathan, Joshua (14) 80. Jose, Juan (14) 81. Mark, Matthew (14) 82. Natalie, Nicole (14) 83. Samuel, Sophia (14) 84. Abigail, Emma (13) 85. Alexander, William (13) 86. Anna, Emma (13) 87. Ashley, Emily (13) 88. Ava, Sophia (13) 89. Cameron, Christian (13) 90. Emily, Sarah (13) 91. Emma, Jacob (13) 92. Grace, Hannah (13) 93. Grace, Olivia (13) 94. Jayden, Jaylen (13) 95. Joseph, Nicholas (13) 96. Joshua, Zachary (13) 97. Logan, Lucas (13) 98. Madison, Megan (13) 99. Parker, Preston (13) 100. Robert, William (13)
Similarities in the 2006 rankings:
#19 and #39 are “Hailey, Hannah” and “Haley, Hannah.”
#27 and #64 are “Jayden, Jordan” and “Jaden, Jordan.”
Top twin names, 2005
(Gender combinations not specified.)
1. Jacob, Joshua (78 sets born in 2005) 2. Matthew, Michael (70) 3. Daniel, David (63) 4. Faith, Hope (49) 5. Ethan, Evan (43) 6. Taylor, Tyler (42) 7. Isaac, Isaiah (37) 8. Joseph, Joshua (37) 9. Nathan, Nicholas (37) 10. Madison, Mason (33) 11. Hailey, Hannah (32) 12. Madison, Morgan (32) 13. Alexander, Andrew (29) 14. Elijah, Isaiah (28) 15. Jordan, Justin (28) 16. Mackenzie, Madison (27) 17. Alexander, Nicholas (25) 18. Caleb, Joshua (25) 19. Emma, Ethan (25) 20. Jonathan, Joshua (25) 21. Emily, Ethan (24) 22. Alexander, Benjamin (23) 23. Andrew, Matthew (23) 24. Benjamin, Samuel (23) 25. James, John (23) 26. Matthew, Nicholas (23) 27. Brandon, Brian (22) 28. Ella, Emma (22) 29. Alexander, Zachary (21) 30. Dylan, Tyler (21) 31. Hannah, Sarah (21) 32. Madison, Matthew (21) 33. Christian, Christopher (20) 34. Faith, Grace (20) 35. Jacob, Jordan (20) 36. Jacob, Matthew (20) 37. Jaden, Jordan (20) 38. Alexander, Anthony (19) 39. Brandon, Bryan (19) 40. Emily, Sarah (19) 41. Ethan, Nathan (19) 42. Jacob, Joseph (19) 43. Jordan, Joshua (19) 44. Landon, Logan (19) 45. Olivia, Sophia (19) 46. Ashley, Emily (18) 47. Elizabeth, Emily (18) 48. Elizabeth, Katherine (18) 49. Jeremy, Joshua (18) 50. John, Joseph (18) 51. Nathan, Noah (18) 52. Nicholas, Noah (18) 53. Nicholas, Zachary (18) 54. Alexander, Christopher (17) 55. Christopher, Michael (17) 56. Jacob, Zachary (17) 57. Jason, Justin (17) 58. Abigail, Allison (16) 59. Amy, Emily (16) 60. Andrew, Nicholas (16) 61. Benjamin, William (16) 62. Christopher, Nicholas (16) 63. Ella, Ethan (16) 64. Gabriella, Isabella (16) 65. Isabella, Sophia (16) 66. Jeremiah, Joshua (16) 67. Megan, Morgan (16) 68. Samuel, Sophia (16) 69. Aidan, Ava (15) 70. Alexander, Alexis (15) 71. Andrew, Anthony (15) 72. Andrew, Ethan (15) 73. Andrew, William (15) 74. Ava, Olivia (15) 75. Caleb, Jacob (15) 76. Jacob, Nicholas (15) 77. Jacob, Ryan (15) 78. Jake, Luke (15) 79. Jayden, Jordan (15) 80. John, William (15) 81. Mark, Matthew (15) 82. Natalie, Nathan (15) 83. Nathaniel, Nicholas (15) 84. Ryan, Tyler (15) 85. Abigail, Emily (14) 86. Anna, Emma (14) 87. Anthony, Michael (14) 88. Anthony, Nicholas (14) 89. Austin, Justin (14) 90. Benjamin, Jacob (14) 91. Brian, Brianna (14) 92. Christopher, Matthew (14) 93. Daniel, Samuel (14) 94. Gabriel, Michael (14) 95. Haley, Hannah (14) 96. Jada, Jaden (14) 97. Jayden, Jaylen (14) 98. Jonathan, Joseph (14) 99. Kyle, Ryan (14) 100. Logan, Lucas (14) 101. Logan, Luke (14) 102. Matthew, Ryan (14) 103. Parker, Payton (14) 104. Parker, Peyton (14) 105. Reagan, Riley (14) 106. Tanner, Tyler (14)
Similarities in the 2005 rankings:
#11 and #95 are “Hailey, Hannah” and “Haley, Hannah.”
#27 and #39 are “Brandon, Brian” and “Brandon, Bryan.”
#37 and #79 are “Jaden, Jordan” and “Jayden, Jordan.”
#103 and #104 are “Parker, Payton” and “Parker, Peyton.”
Last week, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian welcomed their first child, a baby girl.
Most people thought the couple would opt for a K-name, in keeping with family tradition (Kris, Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall, Kylie). Did they?
Nope! Instead they went for North, with no middle name. So the baby girl’s full name is North West.
Ironically, Kim laughed at the suggestion of “North West” on Jay Leno just a few weeks ago.
Here’s what Grandma Kris had to say about the name:
Kim sort of explained it to me. She said North is the highest power. And their baby North, their little girl, is the highest point and power between the two of them. So I thought that was really cool.
Personal significance aside, the internet has been abuzz with reactions — mostly negative:
The name quickly spawned plenty of punchlines, with many Twitter users joking that “Key” and “Wild” must already have been taken.
Perhaps in anticipation of this type of response, Kim and Kanye were sure to leak the fact that they’d be calling North by the noncontroversial pet name “Nori.”
At the end of the day, though, a pet name isn’t going to offset a pun name.
So now, here’s the question:
Do you think “North West” will inspire/embolden more parents to bestow pun names this year?
Update, 7/29/21: Wondering whether baby North West had an influence on U.S. baby names?
She had a slight influence on North, which saw an uptick in usage as a boy name in 2013, and finally debuted as a girl name in 2015:
2015: 6 baby girls and 10 baby boys named North [debut for girls]
2014: 13 baby boys named North
2013: 21 baby boys named North [peak]
2012: 13 baby boys named North
2011: 20 baby boys named North
She had a much stronger influence on the name Nori, which, in recent years, has come close to breaking into the top 1,000.
2015: 134 baby girls and 9 baby boys named Nori
2014: 102 baby girls and 13 baby boys named Nori
2013: 29 baby girls named Nori
2012: 11 baby girls named Nori
2011: 18 baby girls named Nori
(Nori is reminding me of Naleigh, which also saw higher usage thanks to a celebrity baby nickname.)
And, while I’m in here updating this post, I’ll throw in the names of the three babies Kim and Kanye have welcomed since the arrival of Nori…
Saint (boy, born in December 2015) was named after the fact that his parents considered him a “blessing” after Kim’s difficult pregnancy. In 2018, the name Saint entered the top 1,000 for the first time ever.
2018: 256 baby boys named Saint [rank: 858th]
2017: 141 baby boys named Saint
2016: 115 baby boys named Saint
2015: 39 baby boys named Saint
2014: 33 baby boys named Saint
2013: 22 baby boys named Saint
Chicago, “Chi” (girl, born in January 2018) was named after the city where Kanye was raised. The same year, the name Chicago, which had only ever popped up as a boy name in the data, debuted as a girl name:
2020: 8 baby boys named Chicago
2019: 5 baby boys named Chicago
2018: 6 baby girls and 5 baby boys named Chicago [debut for girls]
2017: unlisted
2016: unlisted
But, like her sister, she seems to have had more of an influence on the name Chi (pronounced shy):
2020: 17 baby girls and 14 baby boys named Chi
2019: 18 baby girls and 11 baby boys named Chi
2018: 7 baby girls and 6 baby boys named Chi
2017: 12 baby girls and 10 baby boys named Chi
(Another influence in this case, though, may have been a second baby named Chí — this one born in mid-2019 to former Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood cast members Marcus Black and Brooke Valentine.)
Psalm (boy, born May 2019) got his name from the biblical Book of Psalms. We don’t have the 2020 data yet, so we’ll have to wait and see what happens with the name Psalm, but in 2019 it more than doubled in usage for baby boys:
2020: 17 baby girls and 19 baby boys named Psalm
2019: 7 baby girls and 16 baby boys named Psalm
2018: 8 baby girls and 7 baby boys named Psalm
2017: 11 baby girls and 5 baby boys named Psalm
Which of these four noun-names names — North, Saint, Chicago, or Psalm — do you like best?
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