Recent Names for Girls

There are 42 Recent names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Recent names 1 to 20. Within these names, Ava (German and English) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Alexis (English), Andrea (Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Amanda (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Anahi (Spanish), America (English), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), Alma (English, German, Italian, and Spanish), Brandy (English), and Ashanti (African and English). The unusual Recent names are Amice (English), Aretha (English), Ariadne (German), Ariela (Italian), Arlene (English), Arlinda (Albanian), Callista (English and German), Charis (English and German), Charlene (English and French), and Chastity (English).

Recent names are very popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as trendy. The names' popularity increased from the 1900s up to the 1930s; before that, they were of moderate use only. Their usage peaked in 1938 with 4.588% of baby girls being given Recent names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 13 Recent names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 3.625% with 20 Recent names listed among the top 1000. Among all Recent names, Ava (German and English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #4 and a usage of 0.8572%.

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Alexis 19 ... defender ... form Lexus was in recent times promoted by ...

Alma 713 ... nourishing, kind; soul; ... name has in recent times appeared as the names of ...

Amanda 112 ... lovable ... of the name in recent times ...

America 462 ... America ... saw a recent revival, possibly due to renewed ...

Amice ... friendship ...The forms Amity and Amita are recent coinages. ...

Anahi 328 ... name has in recent times been made known in the US ...

Andrea 59 ... male, manly, brave, ... as an English name is a recent 20th century ...

Aretha ... excellence, virtue ... name Aretha was in recent times popularized by the ...

Ariadne ... very holy woman ... recent times, forms of the name have been made known ...

Ariela ... lion of God ... name was in recent times popularized by the mermaid ...

Arlene ... as independent names in recent times, initially in the ...

Arlinda ... golden birth ... name is a recent coinage, from the combination of ...

Ashanti 922 ... recent times, the name has been popularized by the ...

Ava 4 ... strength; desired; bird; voice, song, sound; alive ... recent times, it was made popular by a number of ...

Barbara 633 ... foreign woman ...It saw a recent revival in the 20th century ...

Brandy 888 ... brandy ... has in recent times been made known through the pop ...

Callista ... most beautiful ... recent times, a variant of the name has been ...

Charis ... grace, kindness ... recent times, the appearance of a beautiful ...

Charlene ... man, free man ... name is a recent coinage from the mid 20th century, ...

Chastity ... chastity ... recent times, it was given a boost in popularity ...