Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Top 200 baby girl names in all countries combined during year 2005

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
101101Michelle4,622
102102Caroline4,540
103103Lucie4,533
104104Vanessa4,486
105105Jada4,418
106106Julie4,382
107107Daisy4,355
108108Amanda4,339
109109Marie4,327
110110Melanie4,274
111111Claire4,269
112112Caitlin4,245
113113Brooklyn4,229
114114Holly4,130
115115Gracie4,074
116116Alice4,054
117117Ariana4,044
118118Océane4,028
119119Aaliyah4,016
120120Anaïs3,913
121121Mariah3,898
122122Lisa3,887
123123Jocelyn3,780
124124Arianna3,768
125125Jordan3,764
126126Marissa3,757
127127Mya3,703
128128Lydia3,690
129129Autumn3,688
130130Danielle3,648
131131Catherine3,508
132132Elise3,470
133133Lena3,392
134134Diana3,389
135135Summer3,369
136136Naomi3,351
137137Courtney3,319
138138Ciara3,308
139139Keira3,304
140140Kate3,295
141141Leslie3,288
142142Bethany3,192
143143Angela3,151
144144Juliette3,149
145145Sierra3,106
146146Alexia3,089
147147Bailey3,088
148148Mathilde3,087
149149Madelyn3,062
150150Addison3,035
151151Louise3,026
152152Shelby3,006
153153Layla3,001
154154Gabriela2,985
155155Gianna2,985
156156Romane2,968
157157Cassandra2,966
158158Angel2,947
159159Jacqueline2,924
160160Célia2,916
161161Kennedy2,894
162162Nina2,893
163163Natalia2,879
164164Adriana2,865
165165Kathryn2,819
166166Georgia2,812
167167Lilly2,783
168168Millie2,753
169169Daniela2,748
170170Breanna2,740
171171Christina2,734
172172Alondra2,724
173173Ana2,699
174174Eleanor2,698
175175Kelly2,679
176176Briana2,618
177177Emilie2,616
178178Carla2,615
179179Ashlyn2,605
180180Elena2,550
181181Rylee2,545
182182Alexandria2,526
183183Kelsey2,505
184184Peyton2,497
185185Mikayla2,488
186186Kendall2,480
187187Kiara2,456
188188Margaret2,454
189189Miranda2,453
190190Valeria2,447
191191Sabrina2,444
192192Reagan2,440
193193Pauline2,429
194194Phoebe2,418
195195Lilou2,408
196196Elisa2,405
197197Chelsea2,365
198198Shannon2,365
199199Justine2,358
200200Alana2,355

Combined births from USA, England & Wales, France, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and British Columbia, for the years where all of them have data. Each country counts only the names it publishes (see the notes on the single-country lists).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence