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Fastest-Rising Girl Names 2025
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What girl names are rising the fastest and the furthest on the US name popularity list?
The fastest-rising girl names on the list are here, including all names that rose at least 20 places from 2024 to 2025. Note that the Social Security Administration issues the official baby name count for the US more than a year later, so 2025 is the most recent year counted.
All of these fast-moving names for girls rank among the official Top 1000 girl names, though many have until recently been quite rare and may be new to you. What they have in common is that they're hot right now.
Some of these names for girls rose quickly because of a pop culture event or a celebrity and may fade just as fast. But some — and these are the names you'll probably want to pay the most attention to — are female names that have been slowly gathering steam but now are zooming toward the top of the list.
Among these are names long considered classics now heating up for a new moment in the sun. Classic girls' names moving up fast right now include Winifred, Marcella, Theodora, Beatrice, and Priscilla.
Other girl names moving up fast include names in trendy categories like girl names ending in TT — Merritt, Odette, Bennett — and nature names such as Briar, Marigold, and Sol.
Here are the fastest-rising girl names of 2025.
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Ailany
Variation of Ailani, Ailyn, Aileen, or Aylin, Hispanic, Hawaiian, Irish, Turkish
"high chief; shining light; of the moon"
Fun, bright, and melodic, Ailany is a modern Hispanic name with multicultural influences. It broke into the US top 1000 for the first time in 2023 and by 2024, it had risen over 750 places to sit…
Sienna
Italian color name
"orange red"
Sienna has been a Top 100 choice in England & Wales since 2005, the year after Sienna Miller's acting breakthrough in the hit movies Alfie and Layer Cake . In the US, it also got a big boost in the…
Amara
Igbo, Sanskrit, Arabic
"grace, immortal, tribe"
Strong, attractive, and stylish, Amara is a true multicultural choice enjoying some popularity in both the US and the UK. In the US Top 1000 since the turn of this century, Amara has been holding…
Margot
French, diminutive of Margaret
"pearl"
Margot is suddenly a star again. After a nearly-half century absence, it hopped back on the Top 1000 list in 2013 and is on the rise. The Margot spelling is now given to three times as many baby…
Hallie
English
"dweller at the meadow by the manor"
Hallie -- it rhymes with alley and is not to be confused with Halle or Hailey or Holly -- is one of those comfy nicknamish names that are in favor in these complicated times. Hallie's popularity has…
Emerson
English
"son of Emery"
The combination of Emily and Emma's popularity -- and the fact that Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher's daughter is named Emerson -- have put this formerly strictly boys’ name , embodying the…
Elsie
Diminutive of Elizabeth via its Scottish variation, Elspeth
"pledged to God"
Elsie is a sweet vintage nickname-name turned modern star. After a 30-year hiatus, Elsie started climbing the US popularity list 20 years ago and is still headed for the top. In its native Britain,…
Scottie
English nickname
"Scot"
With its sassy, old school vibes, its cheerful, snappy sounds, and its fresh, unisex image, Scottie was one of the fastest rising names for girls in the US in 2023, and then again in 2024. Managing…
Valerie
French variation of Valeria
"strength, health"
The name of a martyred medieval saint, Valerie has been on the popularity list since its earliest publication in 1880. Though it peaked in the 1960s, remaining in the Top 100 until 1988, it still…
Evangeline
Greek
"bearer of good news"
Evangeline is a romantic old name enjoying a major comeback, thanks to its religious overtones, Eva's popularity, and the star of the TV megahit Lost , Evangeline Lilly. Evangelia and Evangelina —…
