Girl Names of English language or origin
English names for baby girls, with 20596 entries. English girl names have become more varied since the mid-19th century. Some have been coined from surnames, plants, precious stones, and more recently, name blends – combining two names.
English names are very popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1931 with 73.759% of baby girls being given English names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 486 English names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but they are nevertheless of very heavy use in recent times. In 2018, their total usage was 46.054% with 526 English names listed among the top 1000. Among all English names, Emma (English, Armenian, Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Spanish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0123%.