"baby girls born in Ireland, common amongst Christians there and also popularised amongst Protestants specifically, with regard to Queen Mary II, co-monarch and wife of William III. Mary was the 179th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007, ranking behind other versions of the name. In the United States, ""Mary"" was consistently the most popular name for girls from 1880 until 1961. It has first fallen below the top 100 most popular names in 2009. By contrast, the latinate (especially Spanish) form ""Maria"" rose into the top 100 in 1944, peaking at rank 31 in"
"remained among the top 500 most popular names for girls in the United States until 1960. It was last ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls born in the United States in 1986 before it returned to the top 1,000 in 2007, when it was ranked at No. 993. It rose to No. 814 by 2011 and was given to 327 American girls born in that year. The name was among the top 1,000 names given to boys in the United States between 1880 and 1939. The name was the 223rd most common name for women and girls in"
"a feminine given name in the United States in the 1950s, when it was the 140th most popular name given to girls; in the 1960s, when it was the 13th most popular name for girls; and in the 1970s, when it was the 23rd most popular name for girls. It remained well-used throughout the 1980s and into the mid-1990s. It has not been ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls born in the United States since 1998. It was the 75th most common name for all women in the United States in the 1990 census. It was ranked as"
"England and Wales in 2007. The name was the 706th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007, down from 619th place in 2006. The name was most popular in the United States in 1999, the year after the television show ""Felicity"" debuted. It was the 390th most popular name for girls in 1999, rising from 818th place in 1998, the year it debuted on the list of 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States. Felicity Merriman is a red-headed Colonial doll produced by the American Girl company. The doll, which has a"
"became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world. It was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for females in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in 2007; the 13th most popular"
"10 during the 1980s; in 1995 it peaked as the 3rd most popular female name. A decline in popularity followed; it slid out of the top 10 in 2000 and by 2009 had fallen to 77th. In 2013, it was ranked 120th. In the United States, the name was used beginning with the colonization of the Puritans in New England in the 17th century. The name Rebecca goes up and down in the popularity rankings, but has consistently ranked in the top 200 most popular names for girls since at least 1880 (the first year for which the Social Security"
"the top 100 names for girls in the United States between 1880 and 1912 and remained in the top 1,000 names for girls until 1985. It first reappeared among the top 1,000 names for girls in 2004, after a 19 year absence. Finnish variant Aada was among the top ten most popular names given to newborn girls in Finland in 2013. The name is also commonly used in Norway, where it was the 66th most popular name for girls born in 2007. Its increase in popularity has been attributed to the popularity of other ""simple, old-fashioned names beginning with a"
"century. It has been popularized by ""Alice in Wonderland"", by Lewis Carroll. It was also popular in the Victorian era due to The Princess Alice, a daughter of Queen Victoria. In the US, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, was occasionally known as ""Princess Alice"" in the press and inspired a song called ""Alice Blue Gown."" In recent years in the US, the variants ""Alicia"", ""Alison"", and a short form, ""Allie"", have been more popular names: in 2010, Alison was the 38th most popular; Alicia was the 220th most popular,and Allie was the 189th most popular. All three names"
"has become an even more popular name, ranking in the top 1,000 female names for the past sixteen years. Most recently, it ranked the 93rd most popular name used by females in the United States for 2016, according to the Social Security Administration, breaking into the top 100 most popular girls' names for the first time. Popularity of the female name Eliana in the United States. Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States. [[Category:Spanish"
"Paris, and Phoenix are all seeing a spike in popularity as of the 2012 report by the Social Security Administration. Most place names are used for girls, but some are used for boys as well, such as Dallas. Other place names like Kenya, China, and Asia have been used by African Americans for years. Names containing ""belle"" or ""bella"" are very common, such as Isabella or Annabelle. Names that end in an ""a"" like Sophia, Mia, Olivia, and Ava are also very common for baby girls. Popular names inspired by nature include Luna (moon in some Romance languages), Autumn, Willow."
"in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. Elizabeth was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that has remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972. It has been among the top 50 names given to girls born in England and Wales as well as in Canada and in Australia in the past 10 years and"
"names in the United States between 1904 and 1940. The name remained among the top 100 most popular names for American girls until 1961. It then declined in popularity and was last ranked among the top 1,000 most popular names for American newborn girls in 2006, when it was ranked in 986th position. There were 235 newborn American girls given the name in 2010. Just 20 American girls were given the variant name Dorothea in 2010. Dorothy (given name) Dorothy is a female given name. It comes from Greek Δωροθέα (""Dōrothéa"") meaning ""God's Gift"", from δῶρον (""dōron""), ""gift"" + θεός"
"Hellqvist (popular from the 2000s). ""Sophia"" was the most popularly given girls' name in the United States during 2011–2013. The form ""Sofia"" was rarely given in the United States before the 1970s; it also steeply rose in popularity in the 1990s to 2000s and peaked at rank 12 in 2012. When combined all spelling variants (Sophia, Sofia, Sophie, etc.) together, Sophia was the most popular name for 8 years in a row during 2000-2017 in the United States. Sophie was the fifth most popular name for girls in Australia in 2013. The name had a similar rise in popularity in"
"has also become more common for girls in recent years. In England and Wales, the name entered the top 100 for girls from 1994-2004, but has not entered the top 100 again in more recent years. Outside of the anglosphere, the name 67th in Sweden for boys in the year 2007. In modern times, it has become more common for this name to be used for girls, either as a nickname for Charlotte or Charlene, or sometimes on its own. The different forms of spelling are most commonly used for the feminine forms. These spelling variants include Charlee, Charli, Charly,"
"And thus each circling Sun display, A more auspicious natal day. </poem> Melissa became a popular name in the United States during the 1950s. Very popular from the 1960s through the 1990s, today Melissa is a relatively rare baby name; in 2010, fewer than 2,500 girls were given the name, compared with around 10,000 in 1993 and well over 30,000 at the name's peak popularity in 1979. In 2007, Melissa was the 137th most popular name for girls born in the United States, dropping steadily from its peak of second place in 1977. It was among the top ten most"
"entered the top 1000 names for girls born in the United States in 2001 when its popularity shot up making it the 266th most common name, according to the US Social Security Administration. By 2010, it was the 25th most popular given name overall for all girls born in the United States in that year. It was the third most popular name for black girls born in New York City in 2010 and the third most popular name given to girls born in 2010 in New Mexico, the state where it is most popular; Nevaeh did not appear among the"
"was the 350th most popular name for baby girls, jumping 268 places up the chart from 618th place in 1997. In the year 2010 it was the fifth most popular baby girl name in the United States. One factor in its increase in popularity in English-speaking countries may have been the naming of the daughters of actress Heather Locklear and musician Richie Sambora, in 1997, and of actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe in 1999. Phillippe said in a recent magazine interview that he and Witherspoon named their child after actress Ava Gardner. It was the ninth most popular name"
"until 1964, when it reappeared in 472nd place, and leapt another 293 places to 179th place in the ratings in 1965. The name's popularity coincided with the debut in 1964 of the television show ""Bewitched,"" which featured as the lead character a young witch named Samantha Stephens. The name has remained consistently popular in the United States since the 1960s. It ranked among the top 200 names for girls since 1965 and among the top 100 names for girls since 1976. It was among the 10 most popular names for girls born in the United States between 1988 and 2006."
"English spelling of the French Madeleine, the French spelling being generally preferred in Britain. It has ranked as one of the 100 most popular girls' names in the United States for the past decade. For baby girls born in the United States in 2007, Madeline was the 61st most popular name, while its spelling variant Madelyn was ranked as the 104th, Madeleine was ranked as the 290th, and Magdalena was ranked 867th. Madeline was the 85th most popular name given to girls born in British Columbia, Canada in 2005 and the 93rd most popular name for girls born in New"
"166 in 2009. In the United States, the name Jennifer first entered the annual government-derived list of the 1,000 most commonly used names for newborn baby girls in 1938, when it ranked at No. 987. Thereafter, the name steadily gained popularity, entering the top 100 most commonly given girls names in 1956 and breaking through into the top 10 in 1966. It gained even more popularity in the 1970s—Jennifer was the single most popular name for newborn American girls every year from 1970 to 1984 (until 1985 in Delaware, Illinois and Massachusetts), inclusive. It dropped out of the top 10"
"one of Hollywood's leading actresses during the 1950s to 1970s and is the ultimate reason for the given name's continued popularity. The name is increasingly popular in the United States, where it was the most popular name given to baby girls in several states in 2006 and the fourth most popular name nationwide in 2007, and in Canada, where it is among the 10 most popular given names for baby girls in several provinces. The name has been rising in popularity in the United States since the mid-1990s, but had its most dramatic jump in popularity in 1998, when it"
"Violet (name) Violet is a given name for girls which comes from the eponymous flower. As with other such names, its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States, with usage dropping throughout the next 80 years or so; ""Violet"" was the 88th most frequent girls' given name in 1900, dropping below position 1000 by 1960. In 1990, the name appeared again in the top 1000 at position 289 and subsequently increased in popularity; it was the 69th most popular girls' name in 2013. The cognates in"
"in medieval and Elizabethan times to 'Agnes', though Anne/Ann/Anna are derived from the Hebrew Hannah ('God favored me') rather than the Greek. It remained a widely used name throughout the 1960s in the United States. It was last ranked among the top 1,000 names for American girls during that decade. The peak of its popularity was between 1900 and 1920, when it was among the top 50 names for American girls. Agnes was the 16th most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2007, having risen as high as third place in Sweden and Poland in 2006. It was"
"2,000 American baby girls were named Carly each year between 1991-1998. Carly and its variants may refer to: Carly Carly is a given name, a feminine form of Carl. It is also a pet form of given names such as Carla. Variant spellings include Carley, Carlie, and Carli, as well as Karli, Karly, Karley and Karlie. The name became popular in large part, if not primarily, because of the success of Carly Simon's music in the 1970s - its' first appearance in the top 1000 US baby names was in 1973, soon after her first success. It was most popular"
"""Vanessa"" was adopted as the name of a genus of butterfly by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807. Vanessa was the 71st most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007. It has been among the top 200 names for girls in the United States since 1953 and among the top 100 names for girls since 1977. It first appeared among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States in 1950, when it appeared on the list ranked in 939th place. In Germany, Vanessa has been among the top 100 names for girls since 1976. The"
"1994 by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest lived triplets. Faith has been a consistently popular name for girls in the United States, ranking among the top 1,000 names since 1880 and the top 500 names since 1921. It has ranked among the top 100 names in the United States since 1999 and was ranked as the 71st most popular name for newborn girls in 2011. Other cultures also give names in reference to religious faith. The name Iman is used by Muslims for both boys and girls in reference to faith in Islam. Faith (name)"
"virtues, are names traditionally given to triplet girls, just as Faith and Hope remain common names for twin girls. One example were the American triplets Faith, Hope and Charity Cardwell, who were born in 1899 in Texas and were recognized in 1994 by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest lived triplets. Charity has never been as popular a name in the United States as Faith or Hope. It ranked in the top 500 names for American girls between 1880 and 1898 and in the top 1,000 between 1880 and 1927, when it disappeared from the top"
"female baby name in Sweden in 2009 and has been among the top 10 names given to girls for the past five years. The name ranks in the top 100 most popular names for baby girls in Australia, Belgium, France, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland. In England and Wales it was ranked the 24th most popular name in 2015. It ranked as the 172nd most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2010. The name was most popular in the US in the Victorian era and at the turn of the 20th"
"from the Persian لاله or lâleh. The short form Lola has been rising in popularity in several countries in the past decade. It was the 270th most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2007, up from 279th place in 2006 and 375th place in 2005; was ranked as the 64th most popular name for baby girls in Spain in 2006; was ranked as the 51st most popular name for baby girls in England and Wales in 2007; was the 17th most popular name for baby girls in France in 2004; and was the 20th most"
"other languages are ""Viola"", ""Violeta, Violetta"", or ""Violette"". These are also common girls' given names, whose popularity varies by time and country. Violet (name) Violet is a given name for girls which comes from the eponymous flower. As with other such names, its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States, with usage dropping throughout the next 80 years or so; ""Violet"" was the 88th most frequent girls' given name in 1900, dropping below position 1000 by 1960. In 1990, the name appeared again in the top"
"years. Jada, a variant of the name, was the 97th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and was the 89th most popular name for girls in British Columbia, Canada in 2006. Jayda, a spelling variant, was the 262nd most popular name for girls born in 2007 in the United States. Spelling variant Jaida was the 536th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 Giada, an Italian variant of the name, was the 839th most popular name for girls in the United States in 2007. Jaden, also a popular name"
"Lily (name) Lily is a feminine given name directly derived from lily, the flower. The popularity of the name increased steadily in most English-speaking countries during the late 20th century. In the United States, ""Lily"" became one of the top-100 names for newborn girls in 2002 and reached a rank of 18 by 2009. In England in 2011, Lily was the 3rd most popular name for baby girls. In Northern Ireland, ""Lily"" increased in rank by 90 places in 2003, reaching the top 100. Following is a short annotated list of persons, real and fictional, sharing ""Lily"" as a given"
"in private correspondence. President Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter Martha was known by the nickname ""Patsy"", while his daughter Mary was called ""Polly"". The popularity of the name has waned with the rise of its, chiefly North American, meaning as ""dupe"" or ""scapegoat"". This usage may come from the vaudevillian Billy B. Van, whose 1890s character, Patsy Bolivar, was more often than not an innocent victim of unscrupulous or nefarious characters. Van's character became a broad vaudeville ""type,"" imitated by many comedians including Fred Allen who later wrote, ""Patsy Bolivar was a slang name applied to a bumpkin character; later, it"