Girl Names 2025 | Cool, Classic, Trending

It can be thrilling as well as challenging to find the right name for your beautiful baby girl. Start your search for the very best name for your daughter here.

Top 2000 Baby Girl Names 2025

baby girl names - popular

The popular girl names right now include the Top 2000 baby girl names attracting the most interest from our visitors. Nameberry's exclusive real-time list of popular girl names shows you which names are trending today and are most likely to climb even higher in the future.

Unique Girl Names

baby girl names

If you're looking for unique girl names, you have literally thousands of options. Some of the hottest categories include goddess names, nature inspired names, last names as first names, and word names. You'll find unique names for baby girls and boys all around Nameberry, but here are some of the cutest girl names that are also rare and unusual.

Search Girl Names by Letter

A quick route to all the baby girl names on Nameberry is via a search by first letter. You'll find all the top girl names for each first initial ordered by popularity, along with a complete alphabetized list of all the unique names starting with that letter. Find all our search by letter tools on the Baby Names A-Z page.

Trending Names for Girls

fastest rising names of 2021

What names are rising the fastest through the popularity ranks these days? These names are super-fashionable but beware: there's a fine line between trending and trendy, popular and overexposed.

Spanish Names for Girls

unique spanish names

Spanish names are popular in Spain and Latin America as well as in the US, where some Spanish baby names have risen into the Top 10. Here are the Spanish names for girls most popular in the US.

Flower Names

nature names for girls lavender

Flower baby names can suit every taste and sensibility, from the vintage to the modern, the unique to the familiar. Starting with popular flower names such as Iris and Lily down to the rare and exotic Geranium and Garance, here are 240 choice picks for baby girls.

Strong Girl Names with Powerful Meanings

strong girl names

You can start the search for your daughter's name by meaning. Here are strong girl names with powerful meanings, but we have lists of names with every meaning that exists.

Baby Girl Names Starting with A

pexels-wildlittlethingsphoto-27175686

A is by far the dominant first letter for baby girl names, and its popularity only continues to rise. .The top girl names starting with the letter A in the US are Ava and Amelia, both in the Top 10. Other A names for girls finding favor today are the gender-neutral Avery, the operatic Aria, and the vintage literary names Adeline and Alice.

Cool Vintage Girl Names

cool baby names for girls and boys

So you’re looking for cool vintage girl names. The perfect name has to have style. It has to have charm! It shouldn’t be common. Yes, these seemingly elusive qualities are hard to capture all in one name, but hey, that’s why we’ve gathered the best vintage girl names ripe for revival, all in one place.

Biblical Girl Names

angel baby

The Bible is a rich source of classic names for baby girls. Both the Old Testament and New Testament contain names familiar and unique, which carry deep meaning and inspirational stories.

Best Girl Names Under the Top 1000

best girl names

Looking for a rare name for your baby girl? We've hand-picked the best unique girl names by the numbers, all ranking below the Top 1000 in the new statistics. You won't believe the beauties hiding out of sight of most baby namers.

Mythological Names for Girls

goddess names

The pantheon of Greek and Roman deities, such as Athena and Luna, along with figures from Celtic, Irish, Norse, Hindu, and other classic myths and legends can provide an abundant source of audacious baby girl names, all combining deep history with not-heard-in-a-long-time freshness.

Gender-Neutral Names for Baby Girls

girl names - lists

Gender-neutral names for baby girls have become vastly more popular over the past generation, with more than twice as many girls receiving gender-neutral names now than in 1980. Surname-names, occupational names, nature names, place-names, and word names are all growing categories of girls' names that transcend traditional gender lines.

Badass Names for Baby Girls

badass girl names

Give your baby girl a strong dose of attitude with one of these badass names. A badass name will set your daughter up for a lifetime of getting noticed, admired, and sometimes feared.

Talk About Girl Names

girl names forums

Talk about girl names with other expectant parents and name lovers on our forums. You can sift through your choices and get new ideas and advice. The Berries are brilliant baby namers and love to dispense excellent naming ideas. Below are the most active forums on girls' names right now. Jump in!

Get Expert Advice Naming Your Little Girl

expert name advice

Our private name consulting service, staffed by our own baby name experts, can give you the individualized advIce you need to make the choice of a lifetime. We can offer you one name or help you decide which names are best on your list, guide you to hidden treasures on your family tree or advise you through the naming process.

How to Change Your Baby's Name

baby names that start with r

So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change.

Tips for Naming Your Baby Girl

girl with stuffed bear

Congratulations, it's a girl! Now comes the challenging part: Choosing the perfect name. As you start your search through the thousands of baby girl names for the right one for your daughter, some advice:

Determine your baby name style

Do you prefer established names that have been used over the centuries or those that are newly-created, maybe even by you? Girl names that attract attention or those that blend in with the crowd? There are a lot of ways to define baby name style and having a sense of yours -- cute girl names vs. classic?, edgy or sedate? -- can be a good place to start your search for a girls' name.

Consider gender identity

Gender identity is an important consideration today. Are you looking for a girl's name that's distinctly feminine or one that's gender neutral? Do you want a traditionally female name that is down-to-earth and straightforward, or a name that's primarily used for girls but has a unisex feel?

Find your popularity sweet spot

We mark the divide between popular and rare names at the cutoff for the Top 1000 Baby Names in the US, and that might be a good place for you to draw the line too (even though the difference is only a few babies). Names in the Top 1000 tend to be more visible than names below that point, but that can help your child's journey through the world. Another popularity consideration may be traditional vs. unique in the sense of unconventional. A name like Sawyer is both popular and unique, while Ottilie and Bronwen are traditional but rare.

Start the search

Create a collection of baby girl names that speak to you, even if you don't have the answers to any of the questions above. You may determine your preferences for your daughter's name starting with the names first and moving on to their characteristics.

Narrow it down

How do you reduce your long list of preferred names to a manageable short list, which we'd cap at 10? You can make a spreadsheet and rate names on their various qualities. You and your partner can trade one list back and forth, crossing off those you don't like and adding new ideas. Or you can go the Marie Kondo route and favor the names that spark joy, no further analysis necessary.

Make a choice

How and when do you make your final choice? Some parents like to wait until they see the baby to make a selection between three or four finalists, while others need to settle on a name before dealing with the excitement and stress of childbirth and caring for a newborn. There's no right answer except the one that feels most comfortable for you.

Need more help?

Subscribe to our newsletter and get an exclusive link to our new e-book, The Expert's Guide to Naming Your Baby.