Jane Austen Names
Austen’s characters offer names that range from the familiar Elizabeth to the more formal Georgiana and Fitzwilliam. This collection identifies the novel behind each character and includes protagonists, relatives, friends, and foils.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Bennet, the bookish Bennet sister. | 2,230#125 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine of Pride and Prejudice. | 6,760#17 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Susan Price, Fanny's younger sister. | 222#1,091 | Down 116 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
Emma Woodhouse, the heroine of Emma. | 12,754#3 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Catherine Morland, the heroine of Northanger Abbey. | 972#314 | Down 47 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Maria Bertram, a central figure in Mansfield Park. | 2,887#87 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
Julia Bertram, Maria's younger sister. | 2,172#131 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth Bennet's friend. | 13,400#2 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Isabella Knightley, Emma Woodhouse's elder sister. | 10,666#7 | Steady | 2010 | ||
Jane Bennet, Elizabeth's elder sister in Pride and Prejudice. | 1,380#221 | Up 43 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Eleanor Tilney, Catherine's friend in Northanger Abbey. | 7,649#12 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Anne Elliot, the heroine of Persuasion. | 472#619 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Caroline Bingley, Charles's sister in Pride and Prejudice. | 2,646#96 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Lucy Steele, whose secret shapes Sense and Sensibility. | 6,176#25 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Lydia Bennet, the youngest Bennet sister. | 2,692#92 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Harriet Smith, Emma's friend and matchmaking project. | 226#1,073 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Marianne Dashwood, Elinor's younger sister. | 110#1,828 | Up 229 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Henrietta Musgrove, Louisa's sister in Persuasion. | 65#2,666 | Down 239 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Louisa Musgrove, a character in Persuasion. | 407#697 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Elinor Dashwood, the elder heroine of Sense and Sensibility. | 142#1,502 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Augusta Elton, the new bride in Emma. | 49#3,215 | Up 523 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
Kitty Bennet, one of Elizabeth's younger sisters. | —Unranked | — | 1947 | ||
Georgiana Darcy, Fitzwilliam Darcy's younger sister. | 153#1,418 | Up 480 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Fanny Price, the heroine of Mansfield Park. | 18#6,396 | Up 3,386 rank positions in five years | 1916 |
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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.