By Esmeralda Rocha

　　Place names have always been a source of inspiration for baby names, though the practice really gained momentum in the 1980s with destinations like Savannah, Sydney and Siena setting a trend.

　　The trend has become a torrent with vast numbers of locations from all over the world being chosen for America‘s babies. We now bring you all the globetrotting examples – from hip neighbourhoods to whole continents – all beyond the Top 1000 names in the US in 2017. We’ve broken them up into regions to help us follow the patterns.

　　Note that some place names could be from more than one country (e.g. Jersey or Rome). In these cases we have popped then under the label we think most people living in America are likely to associate them with (the former with the US state, the latter with the city in Italy). Likewise, some names are attached to both places and people (e.g. Rhodes, Everest, Lincoln and Darwin). We’ve included these names whenever we thought the place was as or more famous than the person… So Rhodes and Everest are included here, but Lincoln and Darwin are not, and will instead feature in a future edition covering namesakes.

　　United States

　　Denver, given to 218 girls

　　Salem, given to 203 girls and 163 boys

　　Harlem, given to 175 boys and 101 girls

　　Bronx, given to 148 boys and 15 girls

　　Jersey, given to 140 girls and 25 boys (could also be for the UK island)

　　Berkeley, given to 119 girls and 14 boys

　　Montana, given to 115 girls and 68 boys

　　Arizona, given to 111 girls

　　Indiana, given to 104 girls and 70 boys

　　Charleston, given to 99 girls and 58 boys

　　Hampton, given to 88 boys and 15 girls (could also be for UK Hamptons)

　　Raleigh, given to 87 boys

　　Lexington, given to 73 girls and 40 boys

　　Delta, given to 66 girls and 6 boys (could be for any delta region, including the Nile)

　　Oakland, given to 64 boys and 6 girls

　　Maui, given to 41 boys and 10 girls

　　Macon, given to 36 boys and 8 girls

　　Nevada, given to 32 girls and 11 boys

　　Tennessee, given to 32 girls and 28 boys

　　Kodiak, given to 30 boys

　　Cleveland, given to 28 boys

　　Astoria, given to 26 girls

　　Albany, given to 25 girls

　　Reno, given to 25 boys

　　Arlington, given to 17 boys

　　Vegas, given to 17 boys

　　Alabama, given to 16 girls

　　California, given to 16 girls

　　Texas, given to 16 boys

　　Juneau, given to 15 girls

　　Sonoma, given to 10 girls

　　Seattle, given to 9 girls

　　Atlanta, given to 8 girls

　　Portland, given to 8 boys

　　Utah, given to 8 boys

　　Tulsa, given to 7 girls

　　Louisiana, given to 6 girls

　　Tacoma, given to 6 boys

　　York, given to 6 boys

　　The Americas beyond the US

　　America, given to 193 girls

　　Rio, given to 127 boys and 50 girls

　　Havana, given to 68 girls

　　Guadalupe, given to 48 boys

　　Acadia, given to 40 girls

　　Brazil, given to 28 girls and 6 boa

　　Trinidad, given to 24 boys

　　Montreal, given to 12 boys

　　Haiti, given to 8 girls

　　Alberta, given to 7 girls

　　Belize, given to 6 girls

　　Ontario, given to 6 boys

　　Yukon, given to 6 boys

　　Africa and the Middle East

　　Jericho, given to 193 boys and 9 girls

　　Sanaa, given to 189 girls

　　Petra, given to 165 girls

　　Sahara, given to 123 girls

　　Sinai, given to 62 girls and 10 boys

　　Nazareth, given to 58 girls and 43 boys

　　Nile, given to 58 boys and 14 girls

　　Nubia, given to 56 girls

　　Mecca, given to 47 boys and 36 girls

　　Mali, given to 44 girls

　　Zaire, given to 33 girls

　　Nairobi, given to 23 girls

　　Carmel, given to 20 girls

　　Galilee, given to 20 girls

　　Zamzam, given to 20 girls

　　Bethlehem, given to 19 girls

　　Morocco, given to 19 boys

　　Persia, given to 18 girls

　　Africa, given to 14 girls

　　Jerusalem, given to 14 girls

　　Haifa, given to 13 girls

　　Iran, given to 13 boys

　　Judea, given to 12 girls and 8 boys

　　Syria, given to 9 girls

　　Abyssinia, given to 6 girls

　　Arabia, given to 6 girls

　　Hebron, given to 6 boys

　　Basra, given to 5 girls

　　Nigeria, given to 5 girls

　　Asia

　　Asia, given to 250 girls

　　Everest, given to 130 boys and 64 girls

　　Kashmir, given to 51 boys and 18 girls

　　Bali, given to 11 girls

　　China, given to 11 girls

　　Taiwan, given to 8 boys

　　Asmara, given to 6 girls

　　Europe Including the UK

　　Montserrat, given to 245 girls

　　Kensington, given to 241 girls and 8 boys

　　Cambria, given to 231 girls

　　Ireland, given to 196 girls (with an additional 9 girls called Irish)

　　Geneva, given to 170 girls

　　Capri, given to 162 girls

　　Brighton, given to 140 girls and 90 boys

　　Kent, given to 139 boys

　　Rome, given to 130 boys and 24 girls

　　Italy, given to 120 girls

　　Odessa, given to 97 girls

　　Lourdes, given to 91 girls

　　Rhodes given to 73 boys

　　Italia, given to 69 girls

　　Devon, given to 68 girls

　　Berlin, given to 59 girls and 9 boys

　　Iona, given to 48 girls

　　Venice, given to 44 girls

　　Dresden, given to 41 boys and  12 girls

　　Lyon, given to 41 boys

　　Sicily, given to 41 girls

　　Britain, given to 37 girls and 22 boys (with another 14 girls called British)

　　Verona, given to 35 girls

　　Scotland, given to 31 girls and 7 boys

　　Germany, given to 29 girls

　　Aberdeen, given to 25 girls

　　Windsor, given to 25 girls and 9 boys

　　Avon, given to 17 boys

　　Cyprus, given to 16 boys

　　Zurich, given to 16 boys

　　Oslo, given to 14 boys

　　Dijon, given to 13 boys

　　Dublin, given to 11 boys and 7 girls

　　Sweden, given to 11 girls

　　Cambridge, given to 9 girls and 8 boys

　　Athens, given to 8 boys

　　England, given to 8 girls and 7 boys

　　Oxford, given to 8 boys

　　Evora, given to 7 girls

　　Caledonia, given to 6 girls

　　Essex, given to 6 boys

　　Calais, given to 5 girls

　　Lisbon, given to 5 girls

　　Russia, given to 5 girls

　　Savoy, given to 5 boys

　　Oceania

　　Zealand, given to 33 boys

　　Tasman, given to 5 boys

　　Fantastical

　　Avalon, given to 131 girls

　　Avonlea, given to 95 girls

　　Gotham, given to 37 boys

　　Arcadia, given to 26 girls

　　Hades, given to 12 boys

　　Atlantis, given to 8 girls