Disney Heroine Names
Disney’s animated heroines include far more than the official princess lineup. These names come from princess stories, adventures, and animal-led films, with each character and film identified.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One of the sisters in Frozen. | 2,521#107 | Down 39 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
The heroine of Alice in Wonderland. | 3,547#65 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Jane Porter, a central character in Tarzan. | 1,380#221 | Up 43 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Wendy Darling, the girl who travels to Never Land in Peter Pan. | 165#1,347 | Down 159 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
The princess in Aladdin. | 1,481#206 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Anita Radcliffe, the human character in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. | 165#1,342 | Up 192 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Maid Marian, the heroine in Robin Hood. | 217#1,103 | Up 244 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
The girl rescued in The Rescuers. | 368#740 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
The princess in Sleeping Beauty. | 7,065#15 | Up 21 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The heroine of The Little Mermaid. | 851#356 | Down 156 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
The mouse heroine of The Rescuers. | 594#500 | Down 80 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Simba's daughter in The Lion King II. | 1,335#229 | Up 78 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
A central character in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. | 823#373 | Up 21 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
The queen in Frozen. | 216#1,104 | Down 187 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
The heroine of The Princess and the Frog. | 491#598 | Up 95 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
The heroine of Beauty and the Beast. | 247#1,013 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
The lioness in The Lion King. | 317#856 | Down 161 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Megara's familiar name in Hercules. | —Unranked | — | 1959 | ||
The heroine of Brave. | 65#2,677 | Down 632 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
The voyager at the center of Moana. | 35#4,140 | Down 875 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
The heroine of Mulan. | 72#2,475 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The princess in Atlantis: The Lost Empire. | 11#9,180 | Down 2,397 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
The princess in The Black Cauldron. | —Unranked | — | 2021 | ||
The heroine of Tangled. | —Unranked | — | 1959 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.