Top 500 Baby Girl Names You”ll Love (2023)
What’s the matter about baby girl names? It can be difficult to select an excellent name for your daughter, but fortunately, there is a plethora of inspiration available to assist you to make this essential choice, regardless of whether you choose a classical, sweet girl name or a cool, original one.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of the 500 most popular baby names for girls and boys each year, making it an excellent spot to begin your search. The list that follows contains SSA data from the year 2021.
Here you can look through the list of the top 500 baby girl names for some ideas (or to see if your own child’s name is there!).
Names That are Rapidly Becoming Popular
The SSA’s list of fastest-rising names, which includes the names with the largest increases in popularity from one list to the next, is where things become really interesting. These are:
Raya
Wrenley
Angelique
Vida
Emberlynn
Flora
Murphy
Arleth
Ocean
Oakleigh
One striking feature of these names is their length. It used to be that names for baby girls were trending toward being short, four-letter names (like Luna or Cora), but now it seems that long baby girl names are getting more popular.
And what does that mean for the names that are coming up? It’s possible that the quick climber’s name, Raya, is a nod to the story of Raya and the Last Dragon. Does this mean that Encanto names will be prominent in the next year? In spite of the fact that the name Bruno is rarely spoken, and despite the fact that the names Mirabel/Mirabelle and Dolores have not yet made it onto the SSA’s list of the top 1,000 baby girl names, the name Louisa/Luisa appears to be gaining popularity. Even though the Madrigal family spells it differently, Isabella is consistently in the top ten.
Top 500 Most Popular Baby Girl Names
The Social Security Administration says that these are the most popular names for baby girls in the U.S. right now.
Olivia
Emma
Charlotte
Amelia
Ava
Sophia
Isabella
Mia
Evelyn
Harper
Luna
Camila
Gianna
Elizabeth
Eleanor
Abigail
Sofia
Avery
Scarlett
Emily
Aria
Penelope
Chloe
Layla
Mila
Nora
Hazel
Madison
Ellie
Lily
Nova
Isla
Grace
Violet
Aurora
Riley
Zoey
Willow
Emilia
Zoe
Victoria
Hannah
Addison
Leah
Lucy
Eliana
Ivy
Everly
Lillian
Paisley
Elena
Naomi
Maya
Natalie
Kinsley
Delilah
Claire
Audrey
Aaliyah
Ruby
Brooklyn
Alice
Aubrey
Autumn
Leilani
Savannah
Valentina
Kennedy
Madelyn
Josephine
Skylar
Genesis
Sophie
Hailey
Sadie
Natalia
Quinn
Caroline
Allison
Gabriella
Anna
Serenity
Nevaeh
Cora
Ariana
Emery
Lydia
Jade
Sarah
Eva
Adeline
Madeline
Piper
Rylee
Athena
Peyton
Everleigh
Vivian
Clara
Raelynn
Liliana
Samantha
Maria
Iris
Ayla
Eloise
Lyla
Eliza
Hadley
Melody
Julia
Parker
Rose
Isabelle
Brielle
Adalynn
Arya
Eden
Remi
Mackenzie
Maeve
Margaret
Reagan
Charlie
Alaia
Melanie
Josie
Elliana
Cecilia
Mary
Daisy
Alina
Lucia
Ximena
Juniper
Kaylee
Magnolia
Summer
Adalyn
Sloane
Amara
Arianna
Isabel
Reese
Emersyn
Sienna
Kehlani
River
Freya
Valerie
Blakely
Genevieve
Esther
Valeria
Katherine
Kylie
Norah
Amaya
Bailey
Ember
Ryleigh
Georgia
Catalina
Emerson
Alexandra
Faith
Jasmine
Ariella
Ashley
Andrea
Millie
June
Khloe
Callie
Juliette
Sage
Ada
Anastasia
Olive
Alani
Brianna
Rosalie
Molly
Brynlee
Amy
Ruth
Aubree
Gemma
Taylor
Oakley
Margot
Arabella
Sara
Journee
Harmony
Blake
Alaina
Aspen
Noelle
Selena
Oaklynn
Morgan
Londyn
Zuri
Aliyah
Jordyn
Juliana
Finley
Presley
Zara
Leila
Marley
Sawyer
Amira
Lilly
London
Kimberly
Elsie
Ariel
Lila
Alana
Diana
Kamila
Nyla
Vera
Hope
Annie
Kaia
Myla
Alyssa
Angela
Ana
Lennon
Evangeline
Harlow
Rachel
Gracie
Rowan
Laila
Elise
Sutton
Lilah
Adelyn
Phoebe
Octavia
Sydney
Mariana
Wren
Lainey
Vanessa
Teagan
Kayla
Malia
Elaina
Saylor
Brooke
Lola
Miriam
Alayna
Adelaide
Daniela
Jane
Payton
Journey
Lilith
Delaney
Dakota
Mya
Charlee
Alivia
Annabelle
Kailani
Lucille
Trinity
Gia
Tatum
Raegan
Camille
Kaylani
Kali
Stevie
Maggie
Haven
Tessa
Daphne
Adaline
Hayden
Joanna
Jocelyn
Lena
Evie
Juliet
Fiona
Cataleya
Angelina
Leia
Paige
Julianna
Milani
Talia
Rebecca
Kendall
Harley
Lia
Phoenix
Dahlia
Logan
Camilla
Thea
Jayla
Brooklynn
Blair
Vivienne
Hallie
Madilyn
Mckenna
Evelynn
Ophelia
Celeste
Alayah
Winter
Catherine
Collins
Nina
Briella
Palmer
Noa
Mckenzie
Kiara
Amari
Adriana
Gracelynn
Lauren
Cali
Kalani
Aniyah
Nicole
Alexis
Mariah
Gabriela
Wynter
Amina
Ariyah
Adelynn
Remington
Reign
Alaya
Dream
Alexandria
Willa
Avianna
Makayla
Gracelyn
Elle
Amiyah
Arielle
Elianna
Giselle
Brynn
Ainsley
Aitana
Charli
Demi
Makenna
Rosemary
Danna
Izabella
Lilliana
Melissa
Samara
Lana
Mabel
Everlee
Fatima
Leighton
Esme
Raelyn
Madeleine
Nayeli
Camryn
Kira
Annalise
Selah
Serena
Royalty
Rylie
Celine
Laura
Brinley
Frances
Michelle
Heidi
Rory
Sabrina
Destiny
Gwendolyn
Alessandra
Poppy
Amora
Nylah
Luciana
Maisie
Miracle
Joy
Liana
Raven
Shiloh
Allie
Daleyza
Kate
Lyric
Alicia
Lexi
Addilyn
Anaya
Malani
Paislee
Elisa
Kayleigh
Azalea
Francesca
Jordan
Regina
Viviana
Aylin
Skye
Daniella
Makenzie
Veronica
Legacy
Maia
Ariah
Alessia
Carmen
Astrid
Maren
Helen
Felicity
Alexa
Danielle
Lorelei
Paris
Adelina
Bianca
Gabrielle
Jazlyn
Scarlet
Bristol
Navy
Esmeralda
Colette
Stephanie
Jolene
Marlee
Sarai
Hattie
Nadia
Rosie
Kamryn
Kenzie
Alora
Holly
Matilda
Sylvia
Cameron
Armani
Emelia
Keira
Braelynn
Jacqueline
Alison
Amanda
Cassidy
Emory
Ari
Haisley
Jimena
Jessica
Elaine
Dorothy
Mira
Eve
Oaklee
Averie
Charleigh
Lyra
Madelynn
Angel
Edith
Jennifer
Raya
Ryan
Heaven
Kyla
Wrenley
Meadow
Carter
Baby Girl Names That are Becoming More Popular
The five names Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella, and Sophia remained at the top of the list of most popular baby girl names from 2010 through 2019 as well as their exact ranks within the top five names, however, changed slightly from year to year. However, in 2020, a newcomer entered the race for the top five: Charlotte snagged the position of most popular baby girl name that year. For 2021, Charlotte will be ranked third, with Amelia climbing to number four.
Names that end with the letter “A” continue to be a popular option. Other famous baby girl names that come from 2021 are Mia, Isabella, Luna, Camila, Gianna, Ella, Sofia, and Aria. Fortunately, the rest of the list is fully uploaded with classic and modern baby girl names such as Eleanor to Layla.
Although Emma and Olivia have maintained their positions as the top two baby girl names since 2016, also there has been an increase in the popularity of a number of other names for girls. For instance, the name Autumn moved up the rankings from number 82 in 2020 to number 66 in 2021. This year, both Alice and Ruby improved their rankings by 12 notches (from position 76 to 64 and 74 to 62, respectively).
There’s no denying that unique baby girl names are likewise very popular. The most popular growing baby girl names from 2020 to 2021 were all rather uncommon, which may indicate that unique baby girl names will remain trendy in the future year. Some names that have risen in popularity recently are Raya (441 places), Wrenley (397 places), Angelique (306 places), Vida (285 places), Emberlynn (284 places), Flora (278 places), and Murphy (278 places) (up 262 spots).
Baby Girl Names That were Popular a Century Ago
The Social Security Administration (SSA) compiled a list of the most popular baby girl names in the 1920s, and it looked quite a bit different than it does today. The most popular baby names in the United States in 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret, Ruth, Virginia, Mildred, Betty, Frances, and Elizabeth.
Also common in the 1920s were names with only two syllables (Mary, Helen, Betty, Frances, Anna, Doris, Marie, Alice, and Irene were all among the top 20), names beginning with the letter “M” (in addition to Mary, Margaret, and Mildred, Marie, Marjorie, Martha, and Marion were popular choices), and names that were derived from the natural world (such as Rose, Hazel, Ruby, and Violet).
Still, a name will sometimes become popular again. For instance, Emma was the thirteenth most common name given to baby girls in the year 1900, and it continued to be a popular choice throughout the 1920s. It reached its all-time low of number 463 in 1976, but it has been sitting pretty at number two for the past few years.