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Jewish Names for Girls

There are 7 Jewish names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Jewish names 1 to 7. Within these names, Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Rachel (English, French, German, and Yiddish), Naomi (English and German), Esther (Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, and Spanish), and Deborah (English, French, German, and Hebrew). The unusual Jewish names are Drusilla (English) and Salome (English, French, and German).

Jewish names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1940s up to the 1950s. Their usage peaked in 1954 with 3.159% of baby girls being given Jewish names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 5 Jewish names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 0.759% with 5 Jewish names listed among the top 1000. Among all Jewish names, Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #26 and a usage of 0.3477%.

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Anna Popularity Trend of Anna
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 26 26 God was gracious, God ... Anna was a devout Jewish prophetess who ...

Deborah Popularity Trend of Deborah
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 809 809 bee ... this has mainly been a Jewish name. ...

Drusilla Popularity Trend of Drusilla
from 1900 to 2008. fruitful, dewy-eyed ... name was borne by the Jewish wife of the Roman ...

Esther Popularity Trend of Esther
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 274 274 star ... borne by the beautiful Jewish orphan who replaced ...

Naomi Popularity Trend of Naomi
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 118 118 sweetness, pleasantness, ...It is a traditional Jewish name ...

Rachel Popularity Trend of Rachel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 75 75 ewe ... his popularity as a Jewish name ...

Salome Popularity Trend of Salome
from 1900 to 2008. peace ... via the records of the Jewish historian Josephus, ...


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