Reviving Girl Names

Names with a clear peak long ago and a clear climb now — the shape that proves the hundred-year rule rather than merely illustrating it.

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429 names, most popular first in the United States

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Evelyn Evelyn is a girl's name of English and French origin meaning "desired" or "wished for".
English #8 in US
Eleanor Eleanor is a girl's name that traces back to Eleanor of Aquitaine, the twelfth-century queen of France and later England, whose own name, Aliénor, is widely explained as "the other Aenor," distinguishing her from her mother, also named Aenor.
Occitan/French #12 in US
Hazel Hazel is a girl's name of English origin naming the hazel tree, from the Old English hæsel.
English #21 in US
Josephine Josephine is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," the French feminine form of Joseph.
Hebrew #53 in US
Clara Clara is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "bright" or "clear," from clarus.
Latin #63 in US
Ruby Ruby is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the red gemstone, from ruber, meaning red.
Latin #64 in US
Alice Alice is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," arrived at by a long contraction of Adelaide.
Germanic #65 in US
Vivian Vivian is a name of Latin origin meaning "alive" or "lively," from vivus.
Latin #72 in US
Georgia Georgia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," the feminine of George, from ge, earth, and ergon, work.
Greek #99 in US
Margaret Margaret is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl," from margarites.
Greek #112 in US
Rose Rose is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the flower, from rosa.
Latin #114 in US
Esther Esther is a girl's name usually connected to the Persian word for star, and possibly to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar.
Persian #119 in US
Elsie Elsie is a girl's name that began as a Scottish short form of Elspeth, itself a Scottish form of Elizabeth.
Hebrew #123 in US
Genevieve Genevieve is a girl's name of Gaulish origin whose meaning is not settled.
Gaulish #148 in US
June June is a girl's name of Latin origin taken from the month, which is named for the goddess Juno — the queen of the Roman gods and the protector of marriage and childbirth.
Latin #150 in US
Rosalie Rosalie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rose."
Latin #171 in US
Ruth Ruth is a girl's name of Hebrew origin usually given as "companion" or "friend," though the derivation is not secure.
Hebrew #173 in US
Annie Annie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor."
Hebrew #182 in US
Olive Olive is a girl's name of Latin origin taken from the tree, whose name comes from oliva.
Latin #197 in US
Mabel Mabel is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lovable."
Latin #201 in US
Vera Vera is a girl's name with two origins that both work. In Russian it means "faith"; in Latin vera means "true" — and unusually for such a pair, the two senses reinforce rather than contradict each other.
Slavic #205 in US
Celine Celine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "heavenly."
Latin #207 in US
Ada Ada is a girl's name with two origins. In Germanic it is a short form of names beginning with adal, noble; in Hebrew, Adah means "adornment" and belongs to two women in Genesis.
Germanic #220 in US
Jane Jane is a girl's name from the Hebrew for God is gracious, the English feminine of John.
English #221 in US
Lucille Lucille is a girl's name from the Latin for light, given to children born at daybreak.
French #237 in US
Rosemary Rosemary is not Rose and Mary joined together — it is the herb, from a Latin phrase meaning dew of the sea.
Latin #251 in US
Lena Lena is a girl's name used as a short form of Helena, Magdalena and Elena, so it usually carries the sense "light" or "torch."
Greek #279 in US
Rosie Rosie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rose."
Latin #283 in US
Sylvia Sylvia is a girl's name from the Latin for a forest, and the mother of Rome's founders bore it — Rhea Silvia, who was made a Vestal Virgin so she could not produce heirs.
Latin #300 in US
Elaine Elaine is a girl's name, the Old French form of Helen, whose meaning was never established.
French #304 in US
Colette Colette is a girl's name meaning victory of the people, a French diminutive of Nicole.
French #316 in US
Frances Frances is a girl's name meaning a Frank, or a free one, and the feminine of Francis.
Latin #318 in US
Hattie Hattie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler."
Germanic #334 in US
Gwendolyn Gwendolyn means white ring or blessed ring, from Welsh, and the second element is a ring — a torc or armlet, which was the standard Celtic mark of rank.
Welsh #360 in US
Matilda Matilda is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."
Germanic #364 in US
Florence Florence is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "blossoming" or "flourishing."
Latin #391 in US
Regina Regina is the Latin word for a queen, taken unchanged, and it is still the legal abbreviation in British courts — every criminal case against a defendant is formally Regina versus the accused.
Latin #395 in US
Bonnie Bonnie is a girl's name of Scots origin meaning "pretty" or "fine."
Scottish #396 in US
Joy Joy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning exactly what it says, taken from the English word.
English #419 in US
Dorothy Dorothy is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God."
Greek #421 in US
Opal Opal means the gem, and it is the only major stone whose name may come from Sanskrit — upala, a precious stone, reaching Greek and Latin through the trade routes rather than from a European root.
English #423 in US
Marceline Marceline is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of Mars".
Latin #425 in US
Leona Leona means lioness, and it is reviving across six markets — the United States 429th, France 556th, Scotland 631st, Ireland 705th and England and Wales 716th, all within 290 places.
Latin #429 in US
Alma Alma is a girl's name with several competing origins: "nourishing" in Latin, "soul" in Spanish, and "young woman" in Hebrew.
Latin #450 in US
Madeleine Madeleine is a girl's name meaning "of Magdala," a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, and it is a place name rather than a description.
French #454 in US
Winnie Winnie is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "blessed reconciliation."
Welsh #475 in US
Maxine Maxine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," a feminine form of Maximus.
French #496 in US
Edith Edith is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "prosperous in war."
English #499 in US

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