904 names have no recorded American birth before the year 2000 and have since been given to at least 500 children.
The names on the disappeared page took decades to fade. These took a few years to arrive. ZAYDEN did not exist in the record before 2000 and has been given to 32,439 children since, peaking in 2014.
"Invented" is the wrong word for most of them, and worth saying plainly. Very few are new coinages. Most are respellings of existing names, names crossing into English from Spanish or Arabic or Hebrew, surnames moving into first-name use, or names carried over from a singer or a character. The data records when a spelling first reached five American babies in one year — not when anyone invented anything.
Still climbing. 12 of these peaked within the last two years of the record, which usually means they have not peaked at all: AILANY (7,154 in 2025), WRENLEY (2,005 in 2024), KEHLANI (1,986 in 2025), OAKLYNN (1,973 in 2025), CATALEYA (1,315 in 2024), ELIAM (1,085 in 2025). Remember that the newest year undercounts, so their real figures are higher than shown.
| Name | Births | First seen | Peak | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zayden | 32,439 | 2000 | 2014 (2,246) | 1,668 |
| Everleigh | 20,929 | 2008 | 2020 (2,827) | 1,615 |
| Kaydence | 18,459 | 2002 | 2010 (1,309) | 219 |
| Kehlani | 14,532 | 2015 | 2025 (1,986) | 1,986 |
| Jayceon | 13,580 | 2005 | 2014 (2,022) | 445 |
| Daleyza | 12,338 | 2012 | 2014 (1,469) | 562 |
| Cataleya | 11,955 | 2011 | 2024 (1,315) | 1,314 |
| Oaklynn | 11,863 | 2008 | 2025 (1,973) | 1,973 |
| Zaiden | 11,594 | 2000 | 2013 (978) | 466 |
| Ailany | 11,178 | 2000 | 2025 (7,154) | 7,154 |
| Lorelai | 10,253 | 2001 | 2025 (926) | 926 |
| Aarav | 8,209 | 2002 | 2015 (541) | 377 |
| Wrenley | 8,069 | 2013 | 2024 (2,005) | 1,869 |
| Royalty | 7,751 | 2001 | 2019 (980) | 375 |
| Kashton | 7,708 | 2004 | 2022 (864) | 797 |
| Rihanna | 6,617 | 2000 | 2008 (1,080) | 87 |
| Vihaan | 5,623 | 2004 | 2014 (491) | 261 |
| Khaleesi | 5,537 | 2011 | 2018 (565) | 410 |
| Halo | 5,512 | 2000 | 2024 (827) | 730 |
| Zaylee | 5,450 | 2000 | 2018 (511) | 286 |
| Neveah | 5,449 | 2001 | 2007 (310) | 150 |
| Haisley | 5,433 | 2002 | 2020 (830) | 643 |
| Oaklyn | 5,400 | 2006 | 2018 (682) | 479 |
| Huxley | 5,230 | 2002 | 2020 (572) | 393 |
| Bentlee | 5,139 | 2001 | 2012 (533) | 119 |
| Aaden | 5,079 | 2001 | 2009 (1,274) | 8 |
| Saanvi | 4,945 | 2002 | 2011 (312) | 274 |
| Jovie | 4,913 | 2004 | 2025 (581) | 581 |
| Brixton | 4,841 | 2001 | 2021 (568) | 363 |
| Kataleya | 4,780 | 2011 | 2025 (674) | 674 |
| Addilynn | 4,524 | 2003 | 2016 (492) | 136 |
| Eliam | 4,439 | 2000 | 2025 (1,085) | 1,085 |
| Avalynn | 4,416 | 2002 | 2020 (362) | 198 |
| Juelz | 4,281 | 2002 | 2017 (309) | 107 |
| Aubriella | 4,266 | 2004 | 2018 (360) | 203 |
| Krew | 4,177 | 2000 | 2024 (500) | 476 |
| Oakleigh | 4,138 | 2005 | 2022 (603) | 423 |
| Brynleigh | 4,107 | 2001 | 2022 (385) | 338 |
| Jaheim | 4,067 | 2000 | 2002 (757) | 43 |
| Omarion | 4,012 | 2001 | 2005 (639) | 52 |
| Novah | 3,983 | 2006 | 2020 (578) | 269 |
| Jaylani | 3,939 | 2002 | 2025 (661) | 661 |
| Jaxxon | 3,930 | 2002 | 2021 (410) | 318 |
| Castiel | 3,924 | 2009 | 2019 (337) | 224 |
| Caydence | 3,898 | 2002 | 2009 (311) | 31 |
| Kaidence | 3,896 | 2002 | 2014 (335) | 57 |
| Zendaya | 3,873 | 2011 | 2022 (430) | 195 |
| Ayva | 3,823 | 2000 | 2014 (280) | 72 |
| Urijah | 3,778 | 2000 | 2009 (420) | 44 |
| Kylian | 3,750 | 2002 | 2023 (950) | 448 |
| Yandel | 3,748 | 2001 | 2009 (511) | 46 |
| Aarya | 3,669 | 2000 | 2020 (270) | 192 |
| Tinley | 3,663 | 2002 | 2016 (358) | 63 |
| Elowyn | 3,599 | 2008 | 2025 (1,029) | 1,029 |
| Paisleigh | 3,568 | 2006 | 2018 (352) | 238 |
| Atreus | 3,534 | 2008 | 2023 (674) | 504 |
| Bexley | 3,493 | 2009 | 2021 (409) | 282 |
| Aadhya | 3,476 | 2007 | 2017 (291) | 268 |
| Milania | 3,424 | 2000 | 2014 (369) | 118 |
| Adilynn | 3,252 | 2002 | 2015 (348) | 77 |