In 2024, which girl names re-emerged most impressively in the U.S. baby name data (after an absence of at least one year)?
Here are the top 10+ girl-name returns:
- Niamani, 49 baby girls
- Angelli, 43
- Lyanni, 43
- Saroya, 42
- Nyava, 30
- Nadalia, 29
- Sanora, 25
- Briggitte, 22
- Zyrielle, 22
- Francia, 21
- Kemistry, 21
If you can think of an explanation for any of them, please leave a comment!
Source: SSA
Image: Adapted from First leaves Novosibirsk Siberia 24.04.2012 by Mikhail Koninin under CC BY 2.0.
– Saroya is a character in the Immortals After Dark book series, described as “the Soul Reaper, Deity of Blood, Protectess of Vampires, Goddess of Divine Death.”
– Francia Raisa is an actress known for her close friendship with Selena Gomez (and for giving her a kidney in 2017). I wonder if some coverage of her or their friendship in 2023/2024 led to her name cropping back up in the data.
– Briggitte is the spelling used by Venezuelan actress Briggitte Bozzo.
– Angelli is a Peruvian Tiktoker who makes videos about migrating to Europe. I’m not sure if she’s responsible for the rise of the name as she has just 11K followers, but some of her videos have 100s of 1000s of views.
Thank you for these leads, alex!