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Uncommon baby names on the rise

Names rising steadily, but still outside the top 300.

In the UK

1,458 names in the UK's 2025 records.

Girls

  1. Madeline #303, up 31% in five years
  2. Aqsa #304, up 87% in five years
  3. Anayah #304, up 27% in five years
  4. Alara #306, up 126% in five years
  5. Liana #307, up 51% in five years
  6. Addison #308, up 45% in five years
  7. Isra #308, up 68% in five years
  8. Gianna #313, up 106% in five years
  9. Asees #313, up 352% in five years
  10. Hailey #316, up 102% in five years
  11. Yara #320, up 64% in five years
  12. Romi #322, up 266% in five years
  13. Ocean #325, up 115% in five years
  14. Marwa #325, up 34% in five years
  15. Anabia #328, up 51% in five years
  16. Selena #332, up 79% in five years
  17. Mira #332, up 42% in five years
  18. Minha #338, up 350% in five years
  19. Darla #341, up 117% in five years
  20. Arwa #342, up 89% in five years
  21. Ettie #347, up 117% in five years
  22. Elara #351, up 36% in five years
  23. Elowyn #352, up 359% in five years
  24. Hoorain #356, up 35% in five years
  25. Maddie #357, up 29% in five years
  26. Aira #357, up 609% in five years
  27. Adelaide #361, up 49% in five years
  28. Margo #361, up 65% in five years
  29. Freyja #368, up 39% in five years
  30. Joni #368, up 77% in five years
  31. and 697 more

Boys

  1. Maddox #306, up 51% in five years
  2. Malik #307, up 57% in five years
  3. Cassian #309, up 162% in five years
  4. Fergus #310, up 35% in five years
  5. Santiago #313, up 38% in five years
  6. Caelan #316, up 35% in five years
  7. Huxley #320, up 30% in five years
  8. Ari #321, up 65% in five years
  9. Elio #321, up 181% in five years
  10. August #326, up 170% in five years
  11. Yaseen #326, up 49% in five years
  12. Haider #331, up 42% in five years
  13. Kylo #334, up 33% in five years
  14. Anas #337, up 49% in five years
  15. Adriel #337, up 260% in five years
  16. Macsen #340, up 51% in five years
  17. Hughie #347, up 36% in five years
  18. Vinny #347, up 66% in five years
  19. Bowen #350, up 198% in five years
  20. Tadhg #353, up 80% in five years
  21. Khalil #360, up 61% in five years
  22. Malakai #360, up 42% in five years
  23. Azlan #360, up 162% in five years
  24. Reign #368, up 49% in five years
  25. Ace #368, up 26% in five years
  26. Thiago #370, up 84% in five years
  27. Zorawar #372, up 264% in five years
  28. Orhan #373, up 700% in five years
  29. Ayyub #377, up 58% in five years
  30. Sultan #377, up 73% in five years
  31. and 746 more

In the US

1,160 names in the US's 2025 records.

Girls

  1. Adelina #304, up 59% in five years
  2. Elaine #304, up 67% in five years
  3. Francesca #307, up 40% in five years
  4. Octavia #308, up 26% in five years
  5. Elodie #310, up 131% in five years
  6. Colette #316, up 37% in five years
  7. Madisson #319, up 692% in five years
  8. Alessia #326, up 76% in five years
  9. Navy #327, up 184% in five years
  10. Lorelai #333, up 42% in five years
  11. Hattie #334, up 25% in five years
  12. Mira #335, up 25% in five years
  13. Aisha #337, up 51% in five years
  14. Miley #338, up 115% in five years
  15. Emory #339, up 34% in five years
  16. Maryam #351, up 39% in five years
  17. Elora #354, up 107% in five years
  18. Wrenlee #355, new in five years
  19. Itzel #359, up 55% in five years
  20. Raya #369, up 250% in five years
  21. Adhara #370, new in five years
  22. Mallory #372, up 41% in five years
  23. Malani #374, up 85% in five years
  24. Anya #375, up 76% in five years
  25. Astrid #376, up 39% in five years
  26. Ivory #378, up 48% in five years
  27. Blaire #384, up 84% in five years
  28. Kalani #387, up 28% in five years
  29. Sunny #389, up 123% in five years
  30. Florence #391, up 130% in five years
  31. and 553 more

Boys

  1. Archie #301, up 153% in five years
  2. Luciano #305, up 53% in five years
  3. Colson #310, up 52% in five years
  4. Banks #310, up 309% in five years
  5. Mathias #312, up 34% in five years
  6. Eliam #313, up 361% in five years
  7. Sullivan #314, up 27% in five years
  8. Zyaire #317, up 111% in five years
  9. Casey #320, up 106% in five years
  10. Niko #325, up 43% in five years
  11. Dariel #326, up 131% in five years
  12. Sutton #332, up 104% in five years
  13. Wells #345, up 96% in five years
  14. Santino #353, up 44% in five years
  15. Briggs #356, up 82% in five years
  16. Kaizen #364, up 660% in five years
  17. Onyx #365, up 181% in five years
  18. Kyaire #367, up 450% in five years
  19. Miller #369, up 131% in five years
  20. Forrest #374, up 40% in five years
  21. Kayce #375, new in five years
  22. Baylor #386, up 72% in five years
  23. Elio #388, up 298% in five years
  24. Kieran #389, up 26% in five years
  25. Kamari #391, up 31% in five years
  26. Raphael #394, up 37% in five years
  27. Marcelo #398, up 55% in five years
  28. Kylo #400, up 113% in five years
  29. Leandro #406, up 63% in five years
  30. Rhys #410, up 31% in five years
  31. and 586 more

More ideas

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Uncommon baby names on the rise”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ideas/gems, updated 20 October 2026.