There are 473 Century names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Century names 1 to 20. Within these names, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular in 2008 with a rank of #8 and a usage of 0.725%, followed in descending order by Alexandra (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish), Amanda (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian), Alison (English, French, and Scottish), Alice (Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese), Adelaide (English and Italian), Amara (English), and Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, and Hebrew). The unusual Century names are Acadia (English), Adela (Czech, English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish), Afric (Irish), Agatha (English, German, and Italian), Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Aisling (Irish), Alethea (English), Alfhild (Scandinavian), Alfreda (English, German, Italian, and Polish), Althea (English), and Amalia (German, Scandinavian, Czech, English, Hungarian, and Italian). Century names are classic favorites. Today they are still very popular as baby girl names, but not as much as they were in the past. Their usage peaked in 1915 with 50.628% of baby girls being given Century names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 222 Century names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of very heavy use. In 2008, their total usage was 21.719% with 180 Century names listed among the top 1000. Among all Century names, Isabella (Spanish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, and Scandinavian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.8941%.
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DESCRIPTION MATCH: Abigail  8 | my father rejoices, ... Puritans in the 17th century ... |
| Acadia | place of plenty ... are descendants of 17th-century French settlers who ... |
Ada  598 | noble, honorable; of ... was borne in the 4th century by the sister of ... |
Adela  | noble, honorable; of ... the Normans in the 11th century ... |
Adelaide  551 | of a noble kind ... revived in the 19th century by King William IV's ... |
| Afric | pleasant ... first used in the 11th century, with no relation to ... |
Agatha  | kind, good ... name was borne by a 3rd-century virgin martyr, known as ... |
Agnes  | pure, chaste; hunger; ... Agnes was a 4th-century Roman virgin martyred in ... |
| Aisling | dream, vision ...The name was coined in the 20th century. ... |
Alethea  | truth ... first used in the 17th century, during the Puritan ... |
Alexandra  61 | defender of men ... in the late 19th century by Queen Alexandra ... |
| Alfhild | elf, supernatural being; ... from that of a 9th-century Viking pirate. ... |
Alfreda  | inspired advice; old ... in the late 19th century. ... |
Alice  326 | of a noble kind ... and by the 12th century it became widely used ... |
Alicia  178 | of a noble kind ... as early as the 12th century, and in the 19th century ... |
Alison  273 | of a noble kind ... sharply after the 15th century, and the name ... |
Althea  | wholesome, healing; ... his beloved in his 17th-century poem 'To Althea, from ... |
Amalia  | work; beloved; imitating, ... the 18th century, the name was known from Anna ... |
Amanda  138 | lovable ... appeared in the 17th century, probably under the ... |
Amara  578 | unfading flower; grace ... by Lovelace in his 17th-century poem 'To Amarantha, ... |
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