Girl Names in the Top 500 (never in top 100) pt. 3

Names that have never been in the top 100 but are currently in the top 500 (this information comes from SSA 2018 list). The 2019 information has of right now not been released so this is as current as I can get! I’m putting their current rank, and the highest they’ve ever been plus the year that happened! For some of them, 2018 is their highest year. All these names have not been in the top 100 since at least 1880.

[name_f]Camilla[/name_f] (#302-2018)

[name_f]Miriam[/name_f] (#303, #134-1917)

[name_f]Millie[/name_f] (#304 ,#128-1881)

[name_f]Brynn[/name_f] (#305, #189-2012)

[name_u]Sage[/name_u] (#307-2018)

[name_u]Logan[/name_u] (#309, #257-1996)

[name_f]Lilliana[/name_f] (#310, #262-2013)

[name_u]Haven[/name_u] (#311, #294-2016)

[name_f]Kaia[/name_f] (#313-2018)

[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] (#314-2018)

[name_f]Amira[/name_f] (#315-2018)

[name_f]Adelynn[/name_f] (#316, #276-2015)

[name_u]Makenzie[/name_u] (#317, #139-2011)

[name_f]Nina[/name_f] (#319, #115-1887)

[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] (#320, #217-1880)

[name_f]Arielle[/name_f] (#321, #183-1991)

[name_f]Evie[/name_f] (#322, #309-1886)

[name_u]Lyric[/name_u] (#323, #272-2014)

[name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] (#324, #277-2015)

[name_f]Gabriela[/name_f] (#325, #109-2006)

[name_f]Paislee[/name_f] (#326, #278-2016)

[name_f]Raelyn[/name_f] (#327, #315-2016)

[name_f]Madilyn[/name_f] (#328, #287-2012)

[name_u]Paris[/name_u] (#329, #157-2004)

[name_f]Makenna[/name_f] (#330, #201-2010)

[name_f]Kinley[/name_f] (#331, #180-2012)

[name_f]Gracelyn[/name_f] (#332-2018)

[name_f]Talia[/name_f] (#333, #283-2015)

[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] (#334-2018)

[name_u]Rylie[/name_u] (#335, #317-2008)

[name_u]Brinley[/name_u] (#338, #326-2017)

[name_f]Evelynn[/name_f] (#337-2018)

[name_f]Gracelynn[/name_f] (#341-2018)

[name_u]Lexi[/name_u] (#342, #240-2010)

[name_f]Ariah[/name_f] (#343, #310-2016)

[name_f]Fatima[/name_f] (#344, #227-2001)

[name_f]Kehlani[/name_f] (#346-2018)

[name_u]Alani[/name_u] (#347-2018)

[name_f]Ariyah[/name_f] (#348-2018)

[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] (#349-2018)

[name_u]Allie[/name_u] (#350, #134-1883)

[name_f]Maci[/name_f] (#352, #180-2011)

[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] (#353-2018)

[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] (#354, #347-2017)

[name_f]Joy[/name_f] (#355, #109-1974)

[name_u]Kenzie[/name_u] (#356, #245-2014)

[name_f]Margot[/name_f] (#358-2018)

[name_f]Addilyn[/name_f] (#359, #312-2016)

[name_f]Lana[/name_f] (#360, #188-1948)

[name_u]Remington[/name_u] (#362-2018)

[name_u]Saylor[/name_u] (#363-2018)

[name_u]Ryan[/name_u] (#364, #342-1986)

[name_f]Keira[/name_f] (#365, #110-2006)

[name_u]Harlow[/name_u] (#366-2018)

[name_u]Angel[/name_u] (#368, #104-2001)

[name_f]Daniella[/name_f] (#370, #280-2011)

[name_u]Royalty[/name_u] (#371-2018)

[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] (#372, #112-1951/1953)

[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] (#373, #232-1882)

[name_f]Heaven[/name_f] (#374, #245-2005)

[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] (#376, #216-1998)

[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f] (#377, #133-1998)

[name_f]Kira[/name_f] (#378, #241-2005)

[name_f]Miracle[/name_f] (#379, #371-2017)

[name_f]Elle[/name_f] (#380, #373-2017)

[name_u]Amari[/name_u] (#381-2018)

[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] (#383, #266-1962)

[name_f]Willa[/name_f] (#384, #273-1932)

[name_f]Gia[/name_f] (#386, #300-2011)

[name_u]Oakley[/name_u] (#388-2018)

[name_f]Kailani[/name_f] (#389-2018)

[name_u]Winter[/name_u] (#390-2018)

[name_f]Serena[/name_f] (#392, #209-2000)

[name_f]Nadia[/name_f] (#393, #178-2005)

[name_f]Aviana[/name_f] (#394, #392-2016)

[name_f]Demi[/name_f] (#395-2018)

[name_f]Braelynn[/name_f] (#397, #389-2017)

[name_u]Dylan[/name_u] (#398, #353-2017)

[name_u]Ainsley[/name_u] (#399, #332-2013)

Which names surprised you?

Boy Names
Pt. 1
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/boy-names-in-the-top-500-never-in-top-100-pt-1/346474
Pt. 2
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/boy-names-in-the-top-500-never-in-top-100-pt-2/346479
Pt. 3
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/boy-names-in-the-top-500-never-in-top-100-pt-3/346488
Pt. 4
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/boy-names-in-the-top-500-never-in-top-100-pt-4/346493

Girl Names
Pt. 1
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/girl-names-in-top-500-never-in-top-100-pt-1/346414
Pt. 2
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/girl-names-in-top-500-never-in-top-100-pt-2/346419
Pt. 4
https://forum.nameberry.com/t/girl-names-in-the-top-500-never-in-top-100-pt-4/346430

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Lots of great names in this list! [name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_f]Millie[/name_f], [name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u], [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Gracelyn[/name_f], [name_f]Talia[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_u]Rylie[/name_u], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], [name_f]Joy[/name_f], [name_u]Kenzie[/name_u], [name_f]Elle[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], and [name_u]Ainsley[/name_u]!

I’m surprised [name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u] was never in the top 100- I know there are lots of spelling variants, but I’ve always considered it the “default” or most common one.

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Yes that version of [name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u] has been in the top 100! Sorry, my computer loves to correct names that it doesn’t think is right! So the version that has never been in the top 100 is “[name_u]Makenzie[/name_u]”! I’m going to fix it in the post! But I know, so many good ones here!

Surprises for me here are [name_f]Miriam[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Makenna[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], [name_f]Joy[/name_f] (especially [name_f]Joy[/name_f]), [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Keira[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f].

I think sometimes I just assume older names like [name_f]Joy[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] etc, just must have made the top 100 at some point in 140 years.

Makenna does surprise me in that there seemed to be a lot of Mc/Mac names when I was growing up but again there are so many variations on the spelling it probably suppresses the numbers. The same with [name_f]Daniella[/name_f] which surprised me but I imagine [name_f]Danielle[/name_f] is the most popular variant.

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