Rising Girl Names

Measured from the birth records, not asserted. A name is rising here because its recent years are ahead of its earlier ones in the register — not because anyone declared it a name to watch.

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8,799 names, most popular first in the United States

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Charlotte Charlotte is a girl's name of French origin meaning "free man," the feminine form of Charles, itself from the Germanic name Karl.
French #2 in US
Amelia Amelia is a girl's name most often explained as a blend of two older names: the Germanic Amalia, meaning "work" or "industrious," and the Latin Emilia, from the Roman family name Aemilius.
Germanic #4 in US
Eliana Eliana is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has answered" or "my God has answered."
Hebrew #10 in US
Violet Violet is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "purple," taken from viola, the Latin word for the purple flower.
Latin #13 in US
Ailany Ailany is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Modern coinage #14 in US
Aurora Aurora is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "dawn."
Latin #15 in US
Harper Harper is a name of English origin meaning "harp player."
English #16 in US
Camila Camila is a girl's name of Latin origin, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla.
Latin #19 in US
Nora Nora is a girl's name that developed as a short form of longer names, chiefly Honora and Eleanor, and is now used independently.
Latin #20 in US
Penelope Penelope is a girl's name of Greek origin, borne in Homer's Odyssey by the wife of Odysseus, who held off suitors for twenty years by weaving a shroud she unpicked each night.
Greek #22 in US
Ellie Ellie is a girl's name that began as a short form of Eleanor, Ellen, and Elizabeth, and is now widely given as a name in its own right.
English #24 in US
Lucy Lucy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," from lux.
Latin #25 in US
Aria Aria is a girl's name with two separate origins. In Italian it means "air" and names the solo vocal piece at the heart of an opera.
Italian #26 in US
Luna Luna is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "moon."
Latin #27 in US
Isla Isla is a girl's name of Scottish origin, taken from Islay, an island in the Inner Hebrides, and from the River Isla in the Scottish mainland.
Scottish #28 in US
Lainey Lainey is a girl's name that developed as a pet form of Elaine, itself an Old French version of Helen.
French #30 in US
Scarlett Scarlett is a girl's name of English origin, taken from an occupational surname for someone who sold or dyed scarlet cloth.
English #32 in US
Gianna Gianna is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "God is gracious."
Italian #33 in US
Valentina Valentina is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," the feminine form of Valentinus, from the verb valere, meaning to be strong or to be well.
Latin #35 in US
Ivy Ivy is a girl's name of English origin naming the climbing evergreen plant, from the Old English ifig.
English #39 in US
Elena Elena is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Italian, Spanish, and Russian form of Helen.
Greek #42 in US
Mila Mila is a girl's name with two independent origins.
Slavic #43 in US
Willow Willow is a girl's name of English origin naming the tree, from the Old English welig.
English #44 in US
Emilia Emilia is a girl's name of Latin origin, from the Roman family name Aemilius.
Latin #45 in US
Nova Nova is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "new," from novus.
Latin #46 in US
Naomi Naomi is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "pleasantness," from No'omi.
Hebrew #47 in US
Eloise Eloise is a girl's name of French origin, from the medieval Héloïse.
French #49 in US
Delilah Delilah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, usually translated as "delicate" or connected to a root meaning to weaken.
Hebrew #51 in US
Stella Stella is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "star."
Latin #52 in US
Adeline Adeline is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," from the element adal.
Germanic #59 in US
Leilani Leilani is a girl's name of Hawaiian origin meaning "heavenly flowers" or "royal child," from lei, a garland or wreath of flowers, and lani, meaning sky, heaven, or royalty.
Hawaiian #60 in US
Iris Iris is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rainbow."
Greek #61 in US
Paisley Paisley is a girl's name taken from the Scottish town, whose weavers gave their name to the swirling teardrop pattern.
Scottish #67 in US
Millie Millie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of longer names — chiefly Millicent, Mildred, Amelia and Camilla — and is now given in its own right.
English #73 in US
Emery Emery is a name of Germanic origin, from Emmerich, generally analyzed as combining elements meaning work or power with ric, meaning ruler.
Germanic #74 in US
Daisy Daisy is a girl's name of English origin naming the flower, and its meaning is unusually literal: daisy comes from the Old English dægesege, "day's eye," because the flower opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk.
English #75 in US
Maeve Maeve is a girl's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Medb, usually translated as "she who intoxicates" or "intoxicating."
Irish #76 in US
Ayla Ayla is a girl's name with several unrelated origins.
Turkish #77 in US
Melody Melody is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "song" or "singing," from melodia.
Greek #79 in US
Lyla Lyla is a girl's name of disputed origin.
Modern coinage #80 in US
Josie Josie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of Josephine, and so means "he will add," inherited from the Hebrew Yosef.
Hebrew #82 in US
Lucia Lucia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the feminine of Lucius from lux.
Latin #83 in US
Everly Everly is a girl's name of English origin, from a place name meaning "boar meadow" — the Old English eofor, a wild boar, and leah, a clearing.
English #91 in US
Kinsley Kinsley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "king's meadow," from the Old English cyning, king, and leah, a clearing.
English #93 in US
Sienna Sienna is a girl's name from the Italian city of Siena, and by way of it from the reddish-brown earth pigment mined nearby.
Italian #94 in US
Amara Amara is a girl's name that exists independently in several languages.
multiple unrelated #98 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
Juniper Juniper is a girl's name naming the evergreen shrub, from the Latin juniperus.
Latin #100 in US

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