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All-American Baby Names

American baby names come from a range of sources as diverse as the U.S. itself, including American place names, hero names, and invented names.

The top American baby names are Savannah for girls and Jayden for boys. Along with Savannah and Jayden, other American names ranking in the US Top 100 include Brooklyn, Kennedy, Jace, Maverick, Sawyer, Serenity, and Lincoln.

Some popular All-American names carry a strong American image, such as Liberty or Lincoln. Native American names such as Tallulah and Dakota certainly are in the mix. Names that relate to American places, such as Sierra and Brooklyn, qualify as all-American names, as do names created here and rarely used anywhere else, from Beyonce to Blue.

Names with an all-American image may also be names inspired by American heroes like Lebron and Kennedy or names that evidence American ideals, from Indie to Apple. Here are some of the names with the most distinctly all-American image.

Jax Jax is a gender-neutral name of American ori...
Origin:Modern invented name
1662
Mckinley

Meaning: son of the fair hero

Origin:Scottish
7237
Stone The meaning of Stone is 'the dweller by the ...
Origin:Word name
580
Shiloh

Meaning: tranquil

Origin:Biblical place-name, Hebrew
402
Sierra

Meaning: saw

Origin:Spanish
868
Apple

Meaning: apple

Origin:English nature name
955
Tula

Meaning: mountain peak, a Libra, or to be tranquil

Origin:Choctaw, Hindi, or Kiswahili
974
Carolina

Meaning: free man

Origin:Variation of Caroline; also place-name
1118
Presley

Meaning: priest's meadow

Origin:English
1119
Malia

Meaning: bitter

Origin:Hawaiian variation of Mary
1323
Brooklyn Brooklyn is a name derived from an English s...
Origin:Place-name
1379
Yona

Meaning: bear; dove

Origin:Cherokee or variation of Jonah, Hebrew
3925
Issi

Meaning: deer

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
3949
Coahoma

Meaning: red panther

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
3981
Yimmi

Meaning: believes

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
4110
Walela

Meaning: hummingbird

Origin:Cherokee
4170
Kinta

Meaning: deer

Origin:Choctaw, Native American
4300
Noya

Meaning: beauty; sand

Origin:Hebrew or Cherokee
4434
Tennessee The name Tennessee has its roots in the Cher...
Origin:Native American, Cherokee, place-name
3977
Atsila

Meaning: fire

Origin:Cherokee
4787