Every name has a shape
11,699 names, plotted from the birth registers of two countries.
Most name sites will tell you a name's rank this year. That is one dot. The interesting thing about a name is its curve — when it arrived, how fast it climbed, whether it is falling now, and whether it did the same thing on the other side of the world.
NameCurve is built directly on US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data and NZ Department of Internal Affairs, births by first name: 117,820 US name records back to 1880, and New Zealand's full register back to 1900. Nothing here is copied from another names site.
Number one right now (2025)
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Browse every name
11,699 curves, A to Z.
Any year, 1880–2025
The top 50 of each year.
Compare names
Put several curves on one chart.
By US state
Where a name is actually common.
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·NZ Department of Internal Affairs, births by first name·CC BY 4.0. DIA lists a name only if it was given to at least 10 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026