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📛 How Rare Is My Name?

Enter your first name and discover its global rarity

What makes a name rare?

A name is considered rare when fewer than 1 in 10,000 people share it globally. Extremely rare names may belong to fewer than 1,000 people worldwide. Cultural origin, spelling variations, and regional popularity all affect name rarity.

Global vs. regional rarity

A name common in one country may be extremely rare globally. For example, "Mehmet" is very common in Turkey but rare in Japan or Brazil. Our tool accounts for both global frequency and regional context using census data from 100+ countries.

How we calculate

We use a database of 50,000+ names compiled from SSA birth records (USA), UK ONS data, Turkish MERNIS data, global census records, and international name frequency studies. Names not in our database are scored as extremely rare by default.

How Name Rarity Is Calculated

Our name rarity tool estimates global frequency using a combination of government census data, birth registration records, and international name databases. Primary sources include the US Social Security Administration (SSA), the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), Turkey's MERNIS civil registration system, and equivalent databases from over 30 countries. Each name's frequency is expressed as a rate per million people, then scaled to the current world population of approximately 8.2 billion to estimate total bearers worldwide.

Global vs. Regional Rarity

A name that seems common in one country can be extremely rare globally. For example, "Mehmet" is among the most popular names in Turkey (shared by millions), but is virtually unknown in Japan or Brazil. Similarly, "Hiroshi" is common in Japan but rare in most other countries. Our tool focuses on global rarity — how many people out of the entire world population share your name — which gives a more complete picture than regional data alone. Cultural origin detection helps provide additional context about where your name is most common.

What Makes a Name Rare?

Several factors contribute to name rarity. Cultural specificity plays the largest role: names unique to a small language community (like Basque or Icelandic names) tend to be globally rare. Spelling variations can split a common name into multiple rare variants. Historical names that have fallen out of fashion (like Gertrude or Cornelius) are often rarer than modern names. Newly invented names and creative spellings are typically extremely rare simply because they haven't had time to spread. Some of the rarest names in the world belong to fewer than 100 people globally.

Name Numerology

The lucky number shown in your results is calculated using Pythagorean numerology, which assigns a numerical value to each letter (A=1, B=2, etc.) and reduces the total to a single digit through iterative addition. While numerology is not scientifically validated, it has been practiced across cultures for thousands of years, from ancient Greece to Chinese and Indian traditions. The Scrabble score uses the official English-language tile values, giving you a fun measure of your name's "letter value" in the world's most popular word game.

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