American Baby Names

American Baby Names

Many popular American baby names have their roots somewhere else: Germany (Emma) or Ireland (Liam) or ancient Greek or Hebrew (Sophia and Noah). That’s a lot like the melting pot of cultures that is America itself, but there are also authentically American baby names. These include Native American names, obviously, but also place names most closely identified with the US, names of American heroes, as well as baby names invented in the USA.

In celebration of the 4th of July, here is a collection of 76 American girl names and American boy names that might inspire your own choice.

  • Abilene

  • Addison

  • Adley

  • Alabama

  • Alaska

  • Alivia

  • America

  • Amerie

  • Apple

  • Aquinnah

  • Arizona

  • Austin

  • Bayou

  • Beyonce

  • Blue

  • Booker

  • Boston

  • Brinley

  • Bronx

  • Brylee

  • Brooklyn

  • Carolina

  • Charleston

  • Cherokee

  • Cheyenne

  • Clinton

  • Dakota

  • Denali

  • Edison

  • Florida

  • Ford

  • Free

  • Georgia

  • Glory

  • Hadley

  • Hamilton

  • Hawthorne

  • Hemingway

  • Hiawatha

  • Imala

  • Izusa

  • Indiana

  • Jackson

  • Jalen

  • Janiya

  • Jefferson

  • July

  • Kateri

  • Katniss

  • Kaya

  • Kennedy

  • Khaleesi

  • Kimana

  • Kylo

  • Lakota

  • Latoya

  • Liberty

  • Lincoln

  • Louisiana

  • Madison

  • Maverick

  • Memphis

  • Mojave

  • Montana

  • Nevada

  • Nevaeh

  • Niabi

  • Obama

  • O’Keeffe

  • Oneida

  • Oprah

  • Pawnee

  • Penn

  • Phoenix

  • Picabo

  • Poe

  • Reagan

  • Rebel

  • Remington

  • Renesmee

  • Rey

  • Satchel

  • Savannah

  • Scout

  • Sequoia

  • Shawnee

  • Sierra

  • Sojourner

  • Stetson

  • Storm

  • Tadita

  • Tahoe

  • Takala

  • Tallulah

  • Tandy

  • Tennessee

  • Tex

  • Topanga

  • Virginia

  • Washington

  • Wynonna

  • Yosemite

  • Zayden

  • Zooey

  • About the Author

    Pamela Redmond

    Pamela Redmond

    Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking books on names, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, and People.

    Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include Younger, the basis for the hit television show, and its sequel, Older. She has three new books in the works.