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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..

Avalon

Meaning: island of apples

Origin:Celtic
273
Amaya

Meaning: mother city; the end; night rain

Origin:Spanish version of Amaia or Japanese
148
Samara

Meaning: under God's rule, companion in night conversation

Origin:Hebrew, Arabic
755
Atlanta

Meaning: Atlantic Ocean

Origin:Place name
5867
Samoa The name Samoa is a gender-neutral name. The...
Origin:Place-name
6614
Roma The name Roma is of Latin and Hindu origin. ...
Origin:Italian place-name
1575
Catalina

Meaning: pure

Origin:Spanish variation of Catherine
660
Valencia

Meaning: brave, strong

Origin:Spanish
742
Rio

Meaning: river

Origin:Spanish
1096
Rio

Meaning: place of the cherry blossoms

Origin:Japanese
715
Hudson

Meaning: Hugh's son

Origin:English
135
Hudson

Meaning: Hugh's son

Origin:English
3725
Lincoln

Meaning: town by the pool

Origin:English
234
Austin

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:English, shortened form of Augustine
318
Austin

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:English, shortened version of Augustine
2727
Marco

Meaning: warlike

Origin:Italian and Spanish form of Mark
281
Caspian

Meaning: white

Origin:Place name
10
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Arizona place-name and Greek
123
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Greek
1170
Aragon Aragon is commonly used as a masculine name ...
Origin:Spanish place name
1886