Popular Names in Books
Three ways to explore: names with the most books, names other visitors look up most, and the most popular baby names in the US.
Names with the most books
Names that appear in the most titles and main characters we've found.
- 1.Joe637 books
- 2.Nancy610 books
- 3.Frank539 books
- 4.Henry521 books
- 5.Jack520 books
- 6.Sam484 books
- 7.Peter438 books
- 8.George432 books
- 9.Tom420 books
- 10.Max362 books
- 11.Rachel355 books
- 12.Charlie339 books
- 13.Mary307 books
- 14.Emily288 books
- 15.Arthur287 books
- 16.Lucy283 books
- 17.Violet280 books
- 18.Kate271 books
- 19.Ben265 books
- 20.Annie260 books
- 21.Harry258 books
- 22.Alice253 books
- 23.John238 books
- 24.Jessie236 books
- 25.Alex234 books
Most looked up
The name pages visitors open most often.
- 1.Jack16 visits
- 2.Rhys9 visits
- 3.Reece2 visits
- 4.Noah2 visits
- 5.Lucas2 visits
- 6.Benjamin1 visit
- 7.Meghan1 visit
- 8.William1 visit
- 9.Liam1 visit
- 10.Dev1 visit
- 11.Wellington1 visit
- 12.Paulette1 visit
- 13.Rune1 visit
- 14.Jamie1 visit
- 15.Penelope1 visit
- 16.Owen1 visit
- 17.Willow1 visit
- 18.Etta1 visit
- 19.Sapphire1 visit
- 20.Koko1 visit
- 21.Adam1 visit
- 22.Celine1 visit
- 23.Sebastian1 visit
- 24.Gemma1 visit
- 25.Harry1 visit
Top baby boy names
Ranked by all-time US baby name records.
- 1.James#1 overall
- 2.John#2 overall
- 3.Robert#3 overall
- 4.Michael#4 overall
- 5.William#6 overall
- 6.David#7 overall
- 7.Joseph#8 overall
- 8.Richard#9 overall
- 9.Charles#10 overall
- 10.Thomas#11 overall
- 11.Christopher#12 overall
- 12.Daniel#13 overall
- 13.Matthew#15 overall
- 14.George#17 overall
- 15.Anthony#20 overall
- 16.Donald#22 overall
- 17.Paul#23 overall
- 18.Mark#24 overall
- 19.Edward#25 overall
- 20.Andrew#26 overall
- 21.Steven#27 overall
- 22.Kenneth#28 overall
- 23.Joshua#30 overall
- 24.Kevin#31 overall
- 25.Brian#32 overall
Top baby girl names
Ranked by all-time US baby name records.
- 1.Mary#5 overall
- 2.Elizabeth#14 overall
- 3.Patricia#16 overall
- 4.Jennifer#18 overall
- 5.Linda#19 overall
- 6.Barbara#21 overall
- 7.Margaret#29 overall
- 8.Susan#33 overall
- 9.Dorothy#34 overall
- 10.Sarah#36 overall
- 11.Jessica#38 overall
- 12.Helen#40 overall
- 13.Nancy#41 overall
- 14.Betty#42 overall
- 15.Karen#43 overall
- 16.Lisa#45 overall
- 17.Anna#51 overall
- 18.Sandra#53 overall
- 19.Ashley#55 overall
- 20.Emily#56 overall
- 21.Kimberly#57 overall
- 22.Donna#59 overall
- 23.Ruth#60 overall
- 24.Carol#61 overall
- 25.Michelle#62 overall
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