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Top 300 baby girl names in all countries combined during year 2012

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RankNameBirths
201201Delilah2,323
202202Catherine2,313
203203Jennifer2,312
204204Valentina2,308
205205Vivian2,307
206206Quinn2,289
207207Lisa2,269
208208Kate2,264
209209Michelle2,255
210210Ambre2,249
211211Elsa2,241
212212Melody2,205
213213Amelie2,183
214214Alana2,182
215215Valeria2,176
216216Mckenzie2,159
217217Iris2,153
218218Izabella2,153
219219Stephanie2,147
220220Makenzie2,139
221221Jeanne2,125
222222Aurora2,111
223223Jenna2,082
224224Lacey2,066
225225Kylee2,064
226226Maisie2,059
227227Hazel2,035
228228Marie2,030
229229Julie1,999
230230Alaina1,989
231231Ana1,984
232232Célia1,979
233233Hope1,969
234234Alexia1,954
235235Esther1,938
236236Adele1,933
237237Valerie1,933
238238Clémence1,924
239239Fatima1,921
240240Margaret1,917
241241Gabriela1,915
242242Angela1,912
243243Tessa1,907
244244Inaya1,904
245245Angel1,900
246246Léonie1,891
247247Norah1,887
248248Bethany1,884
249249Charlie1,872
250250Jayla1,865
251251Lucia1,863
252252Matilda1,838
253253Lou1,819
254254Harmony1,798
255255Heidi1,797
256256Haley1,786
257257Kinsley1,774
258258Amaya1,773
259259Daniela1,770
260260Alivia1,765
261261Kinley1,765
262262Ariel1,762
263263Callie1,761
264264Elsie1,761
265265Julianna1,753
266266Zara1,746
267267Noémie1,740
268268Ryleigh1,738
269269Mathilde1,735
270270Giselle1,732
271271Madeleine1,729
272272Ayla1,722
273273Rosie1,715
274274Fiona1,707
275275Florence1,698
276276Hayden1,691
277277Maddison1,682
278278Aniyah1,680
279279Brynn1,678
280280Cecilia1,678
281281Chelsea1,662
282282Alayna1,654
283283Imogen1,654
284284Margaux1,640
285285Maci1,636
286286Maryam1,636
287287Mélina1,635
288288Hanna1,632
289289Arabella1,625
290290Londyn1,625
291291Margot1,623
292292Adalyn1,620
293293Caitlin1,608
294294Selena1,605
295295Allie1,602
296296Danielle1,601
297297Jada1,581
298298Alexandria1,577
299299Diana1,577
300300Maggie1,575

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