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Widespread Names for Girls

There are 9 Widespread names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Widespread names 1 to 9. Within these names, Samantha (English, French, and German) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Katherine (English), Brooke (English), Rachel (English, French, German, and Yiddish), Diana (Catalan, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish), Carmen (English, Romanian, and Spanish), Joy (English, German, and Spanish), and Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish). Agnes, which is used in Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian

Widespread names are rather popular as baby girl names. 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 4.218% of baby girls being given Widespread names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 7 Widespread names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 1.466% with 8 Widespread names listed among the top 1000. Among all Widespread names, Samantha (English, French, and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #11 and a usage of 0.5384%.

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Agnes Popularity Trend of Agnes
from 1900 to 2008. pure, chaste; hunger; ... Ages and contributed to widespread adoption of the name; ...

Barbara Popularity Trend of Barbara
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 758 758 foreign woman ... onwards, leading to a widespread adoption of the name ...

Brooke Popularity Trend of Brooke
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 52 52 dweller by the brook ... it later gained widespread adoption as a feminine ...

Carmen Popularity Trend of Carmen
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 262 262 fruit garden, fruitful ... to the name's widespread use among English ...

Diana Popularity Trend of Diana
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 137 137 light, deity ... (1961-1997), but her widespread popularity did not ...

Joy Popularity Trend of Joy
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 548 548 joy; an inexpensive ... England, but was only widespread in the 17th century, ...

Katherine Popularity Trend of Katherine
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 45 45 pure; torture ... popularity led to a widespread adoption of the name by ...

Rachel Popularity Trend of Rachel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 75 75 ewe ... it later became more widespread among Christians and ...

Samantha Popularity Trend of Samantha
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 11 11 became more widespread among general English speakers by ...


Popularity Trend
for Widespread Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Widespread Names
in 2006