Most popular baby girl names (length by length) in the U.S. in 2023

Going length by length (e.g., 2 letters long, 3 letters long, 4 letters long…), what were last year’s most popular baby girl names?

Before we get to the lists, a few quick facts:

• The most common length for girl names in 2023 was 6 letters (used 28.67% of the time), followed by 5 letters (22.02%).
• The length that increased the most in usage for girl names (from 2022 to 2023) was 5 letters.
• The length that decreased the most in usage for girl names (from 2022 to 2023) was 7 letters.

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Top girl names with 2 letters:

1. Jo, 46 baby girls
2. An, 40
3. Vy, 28
4. Bo, 22
5. Zo, 16
6. Vi, 14
7. Lu, 11 (tie)
8. Yi, 11 (tie)
9. Io, 10
10. Eh, 9

Top girl names with 3 letters:

1. Mia, 11,359 baby girls
2. Ava, 9,682
3. Zoe, 5,160
4. Ivy, 5,036
5. Eva, 2,405
6. Ada, 1,647
7. Amy, 1,483
8. Lia, 1,425
9. Ana, 1,327
10. Gia, 1,155

Top girl names with 4 letters:

1. Emma, 13,527 baby girls
2. Luna, 7,811
3. Lily, 6,146
4. Aria, 5,996
5. Nora, 5,994
6. Mila, 5,895
7. Ella, 5,643
8. Isla, 5,357
9. Nova, 5,248
10. Lucy, 4,858

Top girl names with 5 letters:

1. Sofia, 7,641 baby girls
2. Emily, 6,154
3. Hazel, 6,154
4. Chloe, 5,960
5. Ellie, 5,951
6. Avery, 5,859
7. Layla, 5,678
8. Grace, 4,886
9. Riley, 4,617
10. Naomi, 4,456

Top girl names with 6 letters:

1. Olivia, 15,270 baby girls
2. Amelia, 12,311
3. Sophia, 11,944
4. Evelyn, 9,082
5. Harper, 7,769
6. Camila, 7,565
7. Violet, 6,342
8. Gianna, 6,129
9. Aurora, 6,054
10. Eliana, 5,329

Top girl names with 7 letters:

1. Eleanor, 6,739 baby girls
2. Abigail, 5,661
3. Madison, 5,160
4. Delilah, 4,031
5. Lillian, 3,927
6. Paisley, 3,727
7. Genesis, 3,651
8. Madelyn, 3,632
9. Leilani, 3,543
10. Addison, 3,520

Top girl names with 8 letters:

1. Isabella, 10,808 baby girls
2. Scarlett, 6,288
3. Penelope, 6,041
4. Victoria, 4,434
5. Caroline, 2,859
6. Brooklyn, 2,850
7. Savannah, 2,739
8. Madeline, 2,726
9. Serenity, 2,548
10. Samantha, 2,363

Top girl names with 9 letters:

1. Charlotte, 12,596 baby girls
2. Elizabeth, 6,566
3. Valentina, 4,075
4. Josephine, 3,347
5. Gabriella, 2,782
6. Everleigh, 1,920
7. Mackenzie, 1,737
8. Genevieve, 1,734
9. Anastasia, 1,725
10. Katherine, 1,697

Top girl names with 10 letters:

1. Evangeline, 1,407 baby girls
2. Alessandra, 788
3. Alexandria, 755
4. Jacqueline, 560
5. Clementine, 554
6. Persephone, 376
7. Bernadette, 185
8. Montserrat, 169
9. Evangelina, 149
10. Wilhelmina, 139

Top girl names with 11 letters:

1. Christianna, 17 baby girls
2. Anavictoria, 15
3. Heavenleigh, 13
4. Alejandrina, 11 (tie)
5. Oliviagrace, 11 (tie)
6. Aadhyareddy, 10
7. Anjolaoluwa, 9 (6-way tie)
8. Charlierose, 9 (6-way tie)
9. Mariahelena, 9 (6-way tie)
10. Mariaisabel, 9 (6-way tie)
11. Oluwanifemi, 9 (6-way tie)
12. Stellamarie, 9 (6-way tie)

(I’m excluding the longer names because they’re quite rare overall.)

Source: SSA