Top 5-10 Most Classic Girl Names

Girl Names
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Hello! I’m writing in for a neighbor, who is seeking advice on the name for her first child, a girl. They really like classic names, and are curious as to which 5-10 girl names, ranked, are the most classic and timeless to you. Thanks in advance!

Mine are:

  1. Sarah
  2. Jane
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Mary
  5. Anna
  6. Catherine
  7. Eve
  8. Alice
  9. Caroline
  10. Charlotte
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  1. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].
  2. [name_f]Jane[/name_f].
  3. [name_f]Mary[/name_f].
  4. [name_f]Anna[/name_f].
  5. [name_f]Alice[/name_f].
  6. [name_f]Isabella[/name_f].
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In no particular order:
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] / [name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] / [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] / [name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] / [name_f]Maria[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] / [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]

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[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]

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My top 6 most English classic names would be:

  1. [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (the most popular girls name for centuries)
  2. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Anna[/name_f]/[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]

Other notable names:

  • [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Leah[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Julia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Hannah[/name_f]

All of these names have never been outside of the U.S. top 1000.

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I would say:

  1. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]/[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Anne[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Frances[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
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  1. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Susan[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
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In no specific order:

[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]

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I would say:

  1. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Anne[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]

Other notables:
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Emily[/name_f]

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  1. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Anne[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Jane[/name_f]

Others that come to mind:
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]

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Names with the longest history of use, and are still used often today…

[name_f]Mary[/name_f] – I think this one just has to be #1 in the classic/timeless category due to its use (and subsequent popularity) through centuries!
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]

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Top 10 would be:
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]

Honorable Mentions:
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]

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[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]

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In no particular order:

[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]/[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

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Thank you all so much, and wow, such great names, including lots that I’d forgotten about! They are considering the combo [name_f]Julia[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], but also love [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], and [name_f]Sophia[/name_f].

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Idk about ranking but
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]

I know some don’t seem very ‘classic’ (cough cough [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] & [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]) but they were the names of many (many many many) Medieval English queens/princesses

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This is a great question! Some of the other responses here have intrigued me, so it’s interesting to see how people’s perceptions are different.

Here are mine:

  1. [name_f]Mary[/name_f] - The most significant and well-used name in [name_m]Christian[/name_m] countries, [name_f]Mary[/name_f] definitely comes out top here.
  2. [name_f]Jane[/name_f]/[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
  3. [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]/[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Anne[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]/[name_f]Helen[/name_f]/[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]

Honourable Mentions:

  • [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Susan[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Emma[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] (this one has fallen out of use lately, but it was so well-used over the centuries that it definitely deserves a look-in)
  • [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
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By the way, [name_f]Julia[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] is lovely - a beautiful combination of tradition and style. Good luck to your neighbour!

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  1. [name_f]Anna[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Mary[/name_f]/[name_f]Maria[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Jane[/name_f]/[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
  9. [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Louise[/name_f]/[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
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  1. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Anne[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Rose[/name_f]