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Unusual Baby Names
Unusual, but real. Every name here has been given to actual U.S. babies, yet each is rare enough to turn heads, sitting in the Very Rare range shared by only a few hundred to a couple thousand people. The most-used unusual names come first.
Tap any name to open its full rarity card, or check your own name.
- Winslow1 in 150,004peaked 2020s
- Kaniya1 in 150,064peaked 2000s
- Coleson1 in 150,185peaked 2020s
- Yeshua1 in 150,185peaked 2010s
- Marigold1 in 150,367peaked 2020s
- Blayke1 in 150,428peaked 2010s
- Sarena1 in 150,550peaked 1990s
- Bracha1 in 150,672peaked 2010s
- Izzabella1 in 150,672peaked 2010s
- Arrow1 in 151,162peaked 2010s
- Arissa1 in 151,346peaked 2000s
- Chayce1 in 151,470peaked 2010s
- Arionna1 in 151,655peaked 2000s
- Jajuan1 in 151,717peaked 1990s
- Jazzmine1 in 151,717peaked 1990s
- Peri1 in 151,717peaked 2000s
- Jacen1 in 151,902peaked 2010s
- Nika1 in 151,902peaked 2010s
- Sinai1 in 151,902peaked 2000s
- Morgen1 in 152,027peaked 2000s
- Romel1 in 152,027peaked 2000s
- Leslye1 in 152,089peaked 2000s
- Hafsa1 in 152,151peaked 2010s
- Passion1 in 152,151peaked 1990s
- Amarah1 in 152,213peaked 2010s
- Cady1 in 152,213peaked 1990s
- Damen1 in 152,213peaked 2000s
- Callista1 in 152,276peaked 2000s
- Shaan1 in 152,276peaked 2010s
- Fatoumata1 in 152,400peaked 2000s
- Lillyann1 in 152,463peaked 2010s
- Krisha1 in 152,525peaked 2010s
- Kyrah1 in 152,525peaked 2000s
- Sahar1 in 152,525peaked 1990s
- Travion1 in 152,588peaked 2000s
- Indira1 in 152,776peaked 2000s
- Azari1 in 152,839peaked 2020s
- Lenox1 in 152,839peaked 2010s
- Taelyn1 in 152,839peaked 2010s
- Asiya1 in 153,027peaked 2010s
- Laisha1 in 153,027peaked 2000s
- Kaycie1 in 153,153peaked 2000s
- Deklan1 in 153,279peaked 2010s
- Janelly1 in 153,279peaked 2010s
- Ajani1 in 153,343peaked 2000s
- Taelor1 in 153,406peaked 1990s
- Kelci1 in 153,532peaked 1990s
- Nicklas1 in 153,532peaked 2000s
- Emmarie1 in 153,786peaked 2010s
- Aramis1 in 153,850peaked 2000s
Rarity and rank come from public U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880 to 2024. Figures describe recorded names, not people alive today. Names common among babies right now are left off so the list stays genuinely uncommon.
Frequently asked questions
- Are these made-up names?
- No. Every name on the list appears in official U.S. Social Security birth data, which only lists a name once at least 5 babies get it in a year. They are unusual but real.
- What is the rarest a name can be here?
- Names in this list are shared by only a few hundred to about two thousand people. Anything rarer than roughly 1 in 2 million is Ultra Rare and often too rare to list.