Last names as first names have been growing in popularity for boys and girls too over the past few decades. Last names as first names are among the top gender neutral names.
Harper is the top last name for girls in the US and Jackson is the top last name baby name for boys on the US popularity list. Nameberry parents also favor such last names as first names as Archer, Sawyer, and Hudson.
Along with Harper and Jackson, other popular last names as first names include Carter, Madison, Riley, Addison, Lincoln, Hudson, Everly, Hunter, and Kennedy. Celebrity surnames are an especially hot subcategory of surname baby names, with Anniston, Bowie, Dempsey, and Winslet among the most stylish choices.
Trending last names as girl names include Irish surnames such as Clancy and Flannery along with last names that end in S such as Hollis and Ames.
Last names as boy names trending now include s-ending surnames such as Oakes and Rhodes and er-ending names such as Foster and Baker. Surname names of heroes are also trending, including King, Edison, and Wilde.
For last name baby names, anything goes, so look for long-lost surnames in your family or even search the phone book for something you love. Or search this list for more unusual surnames used as baby names.
The last names used as first names here are ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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