Four-Syllable Baby Names
Baby names with four syllables, ranked by current U.S. popularity. Compare counts, trends, and the history of this name length.
- Girls, 2025
- 10.6%
- vs 6.8% in 2000
- Girls' names in use
- 1,397
- 6,841 recorded since 1880
- Girls' peak
- 2025
- at 10.6% of names
- Boys, 2025
- 3.0%
- vs 2.8% in 2000
- Boys' names in use
- 620
- 2,885 recorded since 1880
- Boys' peak
- 2008
- at 3.4% of names
How this name length has fared since 1880
Share of published U.S. births, year by year.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lily; also an Elizabeth-family name | 695#446 | Down 103 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Lion of God | 1,756#174 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Yahweh comforts | 743#429 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
God will strengthen | 943#348 | Up 14 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Older meaning unknown; later associated with fire | 298#830 | Up 185 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Greatest | 497#590 | Down 97 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Golden | 1,056#290 | Up 241 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Noble | 1,007#304 | Up 234 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Eliana | 1,404#218 | Up 172 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Spanish name; deeper origin and meaning uncertain | 665#463 | Up 146 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Defender of men | 608#497 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
God is my salvation | 547#550 | Up 238 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Orchid name derived from Cattleya | 1,314#238 | Up 149 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Strong, healthy | 710#444 | Up 176 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Azalea flower | 1,109#278 | Up 205 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Form of Juliet; deeper meaning unconfirmed | 1,086#285 | Up 331 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Eighth | 154#1,278 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
The Lord has remembered | 285#856 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
The Lord strengthens | 621#485 | Up 93 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Diminutive of Antonia | 1,087#284 | Up 274 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Son of Leon or of a lion | 591#510 | Down 53 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Form of Marianus; deeper meaning unconfirmed | 198#1,087 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Beloved of Yahweh | 274#876 | Down 153 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Variant of Catalina | 720#430 | Up 127 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Form of Aurelius | 399#681 | Up 523 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
My God is help | 266#893 | Up 82 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through Giovanni | 148#1,312 | Down 154 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Form of Marcellinus | 102#1,649 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Yahweh has helped | 645#472 | Up 206 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
God is with us | 168#1,207 | Down 76 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Beautiful + voice | 682#451 | Up 241 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Man + ruler | 241#962 | Up 132 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yahweh exalt | 286#854 | Up 85 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Variant of Cataleya | 674#459 | Up 313 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Surname transferred into given-name use | 405#672 | Up 101 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
| 151#1,291 | Up 172 rank positions in five years | 2004 | |||
To ward off, defend + man | 126#1,425 | Down 82 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Form of Elijah | 162#1,236 | Up 218 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yahweh has hidden | 123#1,458 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Alternate transcription of Abd ar-Rahman | 109#1,564 | Up 331 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
The Lord has remembered | 114#1,528 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
| 120#1,481 | Up 186 rank positions in five years | 2009 | |||
| 108#1,577 | Down 119 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
Servant of Yahweh | 104#1,630 | Down 64 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Alternate transcription of Zakariyya | 189#1,130 | Up 266 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Form of Alexius | 276#867 | Up 636 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
| 111#1,550 | Up 246 rank positions in five years | 2025 | |||
Golden, gilded | 230#991 | Up 987 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Love + god | 103#1,634 | Up 124 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
| 171#1,191 | Up 8,428 rank positions in five years | 2025 |
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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.
Syllables use recorded Wiktionary pronunciations when available and spelling estimates otherwise; pronunciations can vary. The list shows the most popular names for each sex. Historical shares are measured over published names only. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.