Baby Names API

Overview

Welcome to the Baby Names API documentation. This API provides free access to thousands of baby names, including their meanings, origins, and gender associations. It is served directly from a JSON data source for high performance.

Base URL: https://babynames.netstudy.in/api/

Response Format: All responses are automatically returned in JSON format.

Available Endpoints

Individual Name Fetching

Retrieve single or multiple specific named entities.

Returns a single, randomly generated baby name.

Returns a list of 10 random baby names. You can pass a ?count={n} parameter to fetch up to 50 names at once.

Search for a specific baby name and retrieve its exact details (e.g., /api/name/aarav).

Returns a single selected name that changes daily based on the current date.

Collections & Searching

Retrieve multiple names based on specific filters or algorithms.

Retrieve multiple names based on specific filters. You can combine any of the parameters below.

Fuzzy searches through the database to find names where the name or meaning contains your search query.

Retrieve a list of the 20 most popular baby names across the database.

Looks up the given name and returns a list of alternative names that share the same origin and gender.

Example Response

Copy{
  "name": "Aarav",
  "meaning": "Peaceful",
  "origin": "Hindu",
  "gender": "Boy",
  "numerology": 2,
  "source": "https://babynames.netstudy.in"
}

Integration Examples

Here are copy-paste examples to help you integrate the API into your projects.

Copyasync function getPopularNames() {
    try {
        const response = await fetch('https://babynames.netstudy.in/api/popular-names');
        
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        
        const data = await response.json();
        
        console.log(`Found ${data.count} names.`);
        data.results.forEach(item => {
            console.log(`- ${item.name} (${item.gender}, ${item.origin})`);
        });
        
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error fetching data:', error);
    }
}

getPopularNames();

Copy<?php
$ch = curl_init();

$url = "https://babynames.netstudy.in/api/name/Aarav";

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$response = curl_exec($ch);

if(curl_errno($ch)){
    echo 'Request Error:' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    $data = json_decode($response, true);
    
    if (isset($data['error'])) {
        echo "Error: " . $data['error'];
    } else {
        echo "Name: " . $data['name'] . "\n";
        echo "Meaning: " . $data['meaning'] . "\n";
        echo "Credits: " . $data['source'] . "\n";
    }
}

curl_close($ch);
?>

Copy<?php
$url = "https://babynames.netstudy.in/api/names?letter=a&gender=male";

// Suppress warnings in case of 404/500
$json = @file_get_contents($url);

if ($json === false) {
    echo "Failed to retrieve data.";
} else {
    $data = json_decode($json, true);
    
    echo "Total Results: " . $data['count'] . "\n";
    
    // Always include the attribution when using the data
    echo "\nPowered by: " . $data['source'];
}
?>

"Baby Name of the Day" Widget

Do you own a website or blog? You can easily embed our free "Baby Name of the Day" widget to provide a daily dose of inspiration to your visitors!

The widget is lightweight, responsive, and automatically styled to look great on any website. Best of all, it requires absolutely no maintenance on your part.

Embed Code

Copy and paste this HTML code exactly where you want the widget to appear on your page:

Copy<!-- Baby Name of the Day Widget -->
<div id="baby-name-widget"></div>
<script src="https://babynames.netstudy.in/widget.js"></script>