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100,000+ Baby Names: The most helpful, complete, up-to-date name book

100,000+ Baby Names: The most helpful, complete, up-to-date name book

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  • Create Date：2022-07-22 06:54:43
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Bruce Lansky
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The most helpful， complete， and yearly up-to-date name book

What's new about names？ The new edition of 100，000+ Baby Names by Bruce Lansky features the most up-to-date lists of names， trends， advice， and fascinating facts about names， including:

Hundreds of newly popular names and variations
The latest list of top 100 names for boys and girls
The latest naming trends: what's hot and what's not
The most rapidly rising and falling top 1，000 names
Updated lists of names to consider， including names of newly famous people and fictional characters
The most popular gender-neutral names and their rates of use （more for boys， more for girls， or 50/50）
New （and classic） celebrity baby names

And our list of names from around the world keeps growing！ Here you'll find more than 100，000 names--complete with origins， meanings， variations， and famous namesakes。 You'll find names from major linguistic and ethnic groups of origin， including English （19，000 names）， Latin （11，000 names）， Greek （11，000 names）， American （11，000 names）， Hebrew （9，000 names）， Hispanic （9，000 names）， French （8，000 names）， Irish （7，000 names）， and German （6，000 names）--plus thousands of Scottish， Welsh， Italian， Russian， Japanese， Chinese， Scandinavian， Polish， Native American， Hawaiian， Korean， Thai， Vietnamese， Australian/Aboriginal， African， and Hindi names。 The list features unique spellings of popular names that are catching on， plus newly popular names and variations not listed in other books and websites。

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Reviews

Wilson ，

Helpful！

Natasha ，

Read through every name in half of it （one of the genders） and found only about 25 decent names。 That probably says more about me being picky than about the quality of selection in this book， but maybe not。 I’d be interested in comparing it to another。

Dana ，

This is a very well designed and compiled list of baby names。 We enjoy using books like these for character creation in writing， games and so much more。 The layout of this book is easy to use and the descriptions of the names are great！

Seana Shuchart ，

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Kylie Abecca ，

My go-to book for names。

Sarah Morgan Sandquist ，

Lack of even cursory editing in a name book seems especially egregious -- or maybe I'm wrong， and Harry Potter's Divination professor was surnamed Yrelawney， rather than Trelawney and Capt。 Kirk was navigated by Hika。tu Sulu。 AND Capt。 Jane ways name is both wrong and typod。 Her name is Kathryn， not Kathlyn， as reported。 Also， her surname is not the baffling string of nonsense characters " O aneway" but the much more sensible 'Janeway'， as makes sense in our language。 So， this book is great for Lack of even cursory editing in a name book seems especially egregious -- or maybe I'm wrong， and Harry Potter's Divination professor was surnamed Yrelawney， rather than Trelawney and Capt。 Kirk was navigated by Hika。tu Sulu。 AND Capt。 Jane ways name is both wrong and typod。 Her name is Kathryn， not Kathlyn， as reported。 Also， her surname is not the baffling string of nonsense characters " O aneway" but the much more sensible 'Janeway'， as makes sense in our language。 So， this book is great for random strings of characters with no basis in reality。 。。。more

Kate ，

I am a huge fan of Bruce Lansky's baby name books and own many variations from various years as I'm quite the name nerd。 I really enjoyed this new edition！ They seriously get better and better each time and the number of lists and details in this one is fantastic！ Beyond the typical "most handsome/prettiest names" type list， there are also lists that show the names increasing and decreasing the most in percentage and how name popularity varies from year to year。 This is really important in how n I am a huge fan of Bruce Lansky's baby name books and own many variations from various years as I'm quite the name nerd。 I really enjoyed this new edition！ They seriously get better and better each time and the number of lists and details in this one is fantastic！ Beyond the typical "most handsome/prettiest names" type list， there are also lists that show the names increasing and decreasing the most in percentage and how name popularity varies from year to year。 This is really important in how names are perceived by others。 The most popular names for each starts are also listed as well as many， many other types of lists。 With such thorough baby name books as Lansky's， typical varieties that just include names and meanings don't cut it！ If you want to have an incredibly large variety of names with their meaning and origin as well as many lists and the tools to pick the best baby name for your child/character for your book， this is the book for you！ 。。。more

Steff Fox ，

| Reader Fox Blog | There are honestly so many books out there that go over baby names that there has to be something unique about them for the book to really stand out。 And， truthfully， 100，000 Baby Names by Bruce Lansky didn't really stand out all that much for me。 For the most part， the only unique thing I really saw within this book was the inclusion of a bunch of different lists regarding the popularity of names for girls and boys within the recent years and I do feel that is something | Reader Fox Blog | There are honestly so many books out there that go over baby names that there has to be something unique about them for the book to really stand out。 And， truthfully， 100，000 Baby Names by Bruce Lansky didn't really stand out all that much for me。 For the most part， the only unique thing I really saw within this book was the inclusion of a bunch of different lists regarding the popularity of names for girls and boys within the recent years and I do feel that is something I could have gotten from a baby name website or a baby name app。 As someone who generally frequents baby name applications and websites in order to find character names， I will admit that this book was somewhat difficult to find useful and I personally don't care all that much about what names were popular during which years。 In fact， the only way I can see myself caring about that is if I don't want my kid to have a name that everyone else has， but it'd be hard to determine that anyway。There were a large number of names in this book， which I did appreciate。 The last baby name book that I read didn't have nearly as many。 This is quite useful in terms of finding the right name for your child if you're looking to have a lot of options， though if you're really looking to compare only a few names it might feel superfluous as you continue to read。 There are 100，000 baby names included throughout this book， after all。 Names are ordered alphabetically after you get through the pages of lists--which admittedly can be somewhat annoying if they're not what you're looking for。All in all， I definitely see this book as useful， but I don't think it stands out all that much among the plethora of other baby name books that are out there。 Off the top of my head， there is really only one baby name book out there that I have come across in the past that really stands out among all the others and that is because it was focused on offering gender-neutral names for children。I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。| Reader Fox Links | 。。。more

CloudOfThoughts_Books Keirstin ，

Bruce Lansky has written a super helpful book in baby names！ I absolutely love how they are ranked with so many lists！ Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review。

Kate ，

This book is GREAT！ Seriously one of my favorite baby name books， and I have a nice sized collection！ First of all， the book has tons of awesome baby name lists， which are a blast to look through。 From most popular for a particular year to lawyer or farmer names， the lists are fun and interesting to browse。 The index of names itself in the box is also great and thorough。 It covers tons of names and has the basic origin meaning info in it as well。 I imagine it is pretty hard to set your baby name This book is GREAT！ Seriously one of my favorite baby name books， and I have a nice sized collection！ First of all， the book has tons of awesome baby name lists， which are a blast to look through。 From most popular for a particular year to lawyer or farmer names， the lists are fun and interesting to browse。 The index of names itself in the box is also great and thorough。 It covers tons of names and has the basic origin meaning info in it as well。 I imagine it is pretty hard to set your baby name book apart from others since you can only include names and meanings and such a certain number of ways， but I think his addition of those lists and the scope of baby names he covers， sets his book apart from other contenders。 So definitely check this one out！ You don't want to miss it！ I seriously look through it for fun even when I am not pregnant。 #namenerdproblems 。。。more

Erica R Weeks ，

Love this name book almost as much as I loved the first one I brought from Barnes & Noble years ago！

Erin ，

I thought I could just use the internet， but having this around has been very helpful。 The lists at the beginning were helpful for us to get focused。

Devon Munn ，

This is quite an interesting collection of names and name suggestions， one of three books that fed into my name obsession

Maria Morrison ，

Traditional names， combined names， modern names and exotic， all together with wonderful explanations， translations and histories。 Add to that a write up for parents in the beginning about choosing names， the options and the warnings， this is one of the better name books I have yet stumbled upon。

Dawn Turner ，

The perfect reference for writers。 I ran across this book last week and picked it up after paging through it。 It contains everything I need when choosing character names。 I can get rid of the other much more limited baby name books I have。 This one does the job of all of those plus more！ So glad I found it！

Victoria ，

This is a terrible book。 My partner and I noticed that a lot of the name definitions were just lacking or plain wrong。 Additionally， most of the 100，000+ names are so far fetched most can't be pronounced and would be torture for a preschool kid to learn living in the U。S。 A few examples: Achcauhtli （for a boy） and Omofledis （for a girl）。 Although our favorite is Cunturpoma （from Quechua） that means: "powerful as the puma and the condor"。 I can't make this stuff up。 Do yourself a favor and skip t This is a terrible book。 My partner and I noticed that a lot of the name definitions were just lacking or plain wrong。 Additionally， most of the 100，000+ names are so far fetched most can't be pronounced and would be torture for a preschool kid to learn living in the U。S。 A few examples: Achcauhtli （for a boy） and Omofledis （for a girl）。 Although our favorite is Cunturpoma （from Quechua） that means: "powerful as the puma and the condor"。 I can't make this stuff up。 Do yourself a favor and skip this purchase。 。。。more

Summer ，

Hopefully my baby's name is in here somewhere。。。。decisions， decisions。。。 Hopefully my baby's name is in here somewhere。。。。decisions， decisions。。。 。。。more

Alyson ，

Best baby name book I've used。 I needed some good names for a book I was working on and this was what I got。 It's sorted very nicely with lists in the front and then girls names then boys。 tons of names to choose from。 Best baby name book I've used。 I needed some good names for a book I was working on and this was what I got。 It's sorted very nicely with lists in the front and then girls names then boys。 tons of names to choose from。 。。。more

Soulsolfelis ，

This book is not only good for parents， but also fantastic for authors。 I just purchased the kindle edition so that my family stops complaining about me carrying around the full size print version。

Jean Oram ，

There are zillions of baby name books out there and this one is fantastic。 It has lots of baby names， their meanings， etc。 BUT it also has names popular by decade and other statistical information that may intrigue parents-to-be。 It also has lists of names based on different traits。（Also a great book for writers looking for character names。）

Latasha ，

Just fun to pull out pet names from this book :）

Katie ，

I have baby fever and decided to browse for some names。

Heather Castillo ，

Too many names in this book that were just useless。 Stopped reading。

Angela Mondragon ，

The reason I bought this is because though I'm studying Japanese， I'm not that proficient yet at breaking down name meanings。。。unfortunately， though this one claims to have a really good selection of foreign names， I wasn't too impressed with the Japanese selection。 Otherwise， it's pretty good though， for more common names and their meanings， as well as trends in naming over the past several decades。 I'll keep it around for naming characters in my writing or for when I have a kid of my own， if I The reason I bought this is because though I'm studying Japanese， I'm not that proficient yet at breaking down name meanings。。。unfortunately， though this one claims to have a really good selection of foreign names， I wasn't too impressed with the Japanese selection。 Otherwise， it's pretty good though， for more common names and their meanings， as well as trends in naming over the past several decades。 I'll keep it around for naming characters in my writing or for when I have a kid of my own， if I have no idea what to name it。 。。。more

Frances ，

This book has many creative names。 Mine are better。

Amanda M。 Lyons ，

A great reference book whether you're looking for baby names or names to use for your characters in writing！ A great reference book whether you're looking for baby names or names to use for your characters in writing！ 。。。more

Amy ，

Hmm 。。。 wonder why I'm reading this book。 ;）100，000 names later and there's nothing new on our list that we can both agree on。 Oh well。 I guess you like what you like。My only qualm with this book is that they should have chosen a font with better capital letters。 When I'm staring for pages and pages at Gs that look like Cs and Is that look like Ls， reading the names can get a bit confusing。 Otherwise， how can you go wrong with 100，000 names unless you just can't agree on anything new。 So it goes Hmm 。。。 wonder why I'm reading this book。 ;）100，000 names later and there's nothing new on our list that we can both agree on。 Oh well。 I guess you like what you like。My only qualm with this book is that they should have chosen a font with better capital letters。 When I'm staring for pages and pages at Gs that look like Cs and Is that look like Ls， reading the names can get a bit confusing。 Otherwise， how can you go wrong with 100，000 names unless you just can't agree on anything new。 So it goes。 。。。more

Rachel C ，

I liked that this book includes many categorized lists， e。g。 international， nerdy， hippie， etc。 Also， it seems very complete and includes variations。

Linda ，

Too many names！

Andrea Thomas ，

the format of this book is very confusing。 Instead of having one entry for a name like "Andrea" they have a separate entry for every variation （Andria， Andrya） and all they do is say 'a variation of Andrea' and leave it up to you to go back to the main name and look up the meaning。 This is very， very cumbersome if you are trying to search all the names for ideas。 The one good thing I can say is that it has some interesting chapters and lists in the beginning， but that doesn't make up for the nea the format of this book is very confusing。 Instead of having one entry for a name like "Andrea" they have a separate entry for every variation （Andria， Andrya） and all they do is say 'a variation of Andrea' and leave it up to you to go back to the main name and look up the meaning。 This is very， very cumbersome if you are trying to search all the names for ideas。 The one good thing I can say is that it has some interesting chapters and lists in the beginning， but that doesn't make up for the nearly-useless format of the main part of the book。 。。。more

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