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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..

Tucson Parents who love an uncommon name for their ...
Origin:American place-name
7537
Indio

Meaning: Indian

Origin:Spanish
3812
Laredo Laredo is a city in the US, existing in Texa...
Origin:Place-name
4865
Morocco The meaning of Morocco is 'a land that belon...
Origin:African place-name
5559
Lucan The name Lucan is an Irish-originated name t...
Origin:Irish variation of Luke
1576
Reading

Meaning: son of the red-haired

Origin:English
7497
Quebec Quebec is a name that is most often used for...
Origin:Place-name
4752
Quito The meaning of Quito is ‘fifth’. It is a nam...
Origin:Spanish, Place-name
4998
Alamo

Meaning: poplar tree

Origin:Place-name, Spanish
5031
Carlisle

Meaning: from the walled city

Origin:English
7363
Carlisle

Meaning: from the walled city

Origin:English
1846
Berkeley

Meaning: where birches grow

Origin:English
5666
Burbank

Meaning: riverbank where burrs grow

Origin:English
6129
Kingston

Meaning: king's town

Origin:English
1691
Lafayette

Meaning: faith

Origin:French
1058
Chad

Meaning: battle warrior

Origin:English
773
Oxford

Meaning: from the oxen crossing

Origin:English place-name
3195
Origin:Place-name
4130
Origin:Place-name
14263
Derry

Meaning: like an oak

Origin:Diminutive or Derek or Dermot or Irish place-name
4084