My Favourite Names used in USA 2020
- Ameliajoy
- Annaclaire
- Annalucia
- Barbara
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"foreign woman"Description:
Barbara is back! Among the fastest-rising names of 2023, Barbara came back from oblivion at the very bottom of the Top 1000, gaining nearly 100 places on the popularity list.
- Beautiful
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically"Description:
Adjectives names are the latest class of word names to gain popularity in the US, a trend spurred by celebrities. Beautiful is one of the more established adjective names — first used in 1997 — yet has never been given to more than 70 baby girls in a single year.
- Beauty
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"attractiveness"Description:
Better yet, find a name with the same meaning: Belle, Cosima, Indira, Uilani, Zeynep.
- Believe
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"accept something as true"Description:
One of the spiritual word names that parents started to use in the 2010s.
- Bethlehem
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"house of bread"Description:
The Spanish name Belén is a well-established girl name, but parents have been slower to use the English equivalent. It is beginning to come into wider use, along with other New Testament place names like Galilee and Nazareth.
- Blessings
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"God's favor and protection"Description:
A spiritual name with lots of gratitude. This is one of a number of religious word names that have seen more use since the year 2000.
- Blessyn
Origin:
English word name, variation of blessingDescription:
This variation of the English word "blessing" is on the rise, while the original Blessing actually fell in use in 2022. This may soon become a Journee/Journey type of situation, where the misspelled version becomes more popular than the original. The name Blessyn was given to 149 baby girls in 2022, and Blessing to 236.
- Bellagrace
- Bellamae
- Candela
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"Candlemas"Description:
Diminutive of Candelaria, a name derived from candle and given in honor of the festival of Candlemas, which marks the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin Mother.
- Candelaria
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"Candlemas"Description:
A bright and appealing Spanish name traditionally given to honor the church festival of Candlemas, which commemorates the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary.
- Candy
Origin:
Diminutive of CandaceDescription:
Too sugary sweet and inconsequential for a modern girl.
- Carmelina
Origin:
Variation of Carmela, Italian and SpanishMeaning:
"garden"
- Carmelita
Origin:
Diminutive of Carmel, HebrewMeaning:
"garden"Description:
Carmelita is an obscure short form of an obscure name that may rise to new prominence during the 2012 Olympics, via runner Carmelita Jeter aka "The World's Fastest Woman." Carmelita has a particularly international flavor with the original Carmel a Hebrew name long popular in Ireland, with Carmelita itself most popular in Latin countries.
- Chapel
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"small Christian church"Description:
Spiritual word names are a hot trend and ever-expanding category of baby names. Chapel was notably used in 2020 by Josh Brolin for his daughter. He said of her name, "Chapel Grace is, to us, a manifestation of that celestial feeling that was always felt as we meandered and knelt."
- Charisma
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Trying to imbue your child with charisma at birth involves a certain degree of chutzpah. It was brought into the mix by ex. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Charisma Carpenter, who was named after an Avon perfume.
- Charity
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"charity"Description:
Charity is one of the Big Three abstract virtue names, along with Hope and Faith, though far less widely used than the others. But as Faith, Grace and Hope grow more common, some parents are beginning to look at the more unusual three-syllable choices like Verity, Amity, Clarity and Charity, which sound much fresher and also have that pleasingly rhythmic 'y'-ending sound.