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Place Names for Babies

Place names for babies come from all over the globe and can include city names, state names, country names, even mountain and ocean names.

Place names have become so widely used that popular place names make a category of baby names all on their own. Most place names can be used for either baby girls or baby boys, but are more popular for one than the other.

Along with Top 10 Charlotte, which in fairness was a person name before it was a city name, place names ranking in the US Top 300 for baby girls include Madison, Savannah, Brooklyn, London, Sienna, Dakota, and Aspen. Hudson is the top place name on the boys' side, with Austin, Kingston, Camden, Zion, Israel, and Phoenix also ranking in the Top 300.

Place names are less widely-used for babies in other countries than they are in the US. Florence and Georgia rank in Britain's Top 100, but those place names have both been used as baby names for centuries. In the Netherlands, Milan ranks among the boys' Top 10 But many other European and English-speaking countries don't rank any place names at all among their top names for babies.

Here, the most popular place names used for both girls and boys. For more exotic choices, see our list of Place Names Off The Map..

Elisha

Meaning: God is my salvation

Origin:Hebrew
2312
Susie

Meaning: lily

Origin:Diminutive of Susan
2305
Catharine

Meaning: pure

Origin:Spelling variation of Catherine, Greek
10996
Amado

Meaning: loved

Origin:Spanish
2830
Grove

Meaning: grove of trees

Origin:Nature name
3661
Ananias

Meaning: God has given

Origin:Hebrew
1155
Origin:Short form of Zachary or Zachariah
1070
Hamilton

Meaning: treeless hill

Origin:English and Scottish
1239
Clyde Clyde is traditionally a Scottish name for a...
Origin:Scottish river name
573
Alf

Meaning: elf counsel

Origin:English
4295
Hanson

Meaning: son of Hans

Origin:Scandinavian
2886
Judge Judge is a name of English origin and the me...
Origin:Word name
4514
Dock Dock is a name of English origin. The meanin...
Origin:English word name
7386
Allie Allie is a name which is believed to have be...
Origin:Variation or diminutive of Alexandra, Alice or Allison
2083
Easter The meaning of Easter is ‘goddess of fertili...
Origin:English, from German
2265
Byrd

Meaning: bird

Origin:English word name
7706
Ema

Meaning: universal

Origin:Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Croatian, Bosnian, Czech, Slovak, and Lithuanian variation of Emma, German
4347
Drucilla

Meaning: strong

Origin:Latin
4516
Maida

Meaning: maiden

Origin:English
4610
Crockett

Meaning: large curl

Origin:English
4398