One-Syllable Girl Names
Girl names with one syllable, ranked by current U.S. popularity. Compare counts, trends, and the history of this name length.
- Girls, 2025
- 4.9%
- vs 4.0% in 2000
- Girls' names in use
- 784
- 2,953 recorded since 1880
- Girls' peak
- 1933
- at 11.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Probably female friend; companion | 1,781#173 | Up 46 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Grace; favor, with virtue and religious associations | 5,127#38 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Rose flower; an older name also has Germanic roots | 2,386#114 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
God is gracious | 1,380#221 | Up 43 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Grace in the Anna family; eagle in the Frisian masculine name | 472#619 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Bright; clear | 3,487#68 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
The month of June, associated with Juno | 1,978#150 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
Brook; small stream | 972#313 | Down 77 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
Pearl, the gemstone | 350#777 | Steady | 1918 | ||
Faith; trust or belief | 1,212#254 | Down 120 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Page or young attendant | 884#346 | Down 69 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
English word name: joy | 747#419 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
May month name; also a short form of Mary, Margaret, or Mabel | 594#501 | Up 75 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Jade gemstone | 2,658#95 | Up 2 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Hope; expectation of something good | 868#352 | Down 149 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Short form of Katherine, traditionally associated with “pure” | 576#522 | Down 110 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Fairy; also a familiar form of Faith | 579#515 | Up 173 rank positions in five years | 1943 | ||
Good mother in the Maia family; emerald in Burmese | 697#444 | Down 201 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Descendant of Conn; deeper meaning disputed | 2,634#97 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Green shoot | 1,149#272 | Down 111 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Probably ardor or enthusiasm | 1,631#192 | Down 46 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Uncertain (Leah form) | 321#848 | Down 97 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
White, blessed | 384#725 | Up 98 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Clear; bright; famous | 283#924 | Down 93 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Wise person; also the sage herb | 1,853#160 | Up 63 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Hill or mound | 767#407 | Down 74 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Intoxicating | 3,153#76 | Up 98 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Life or breathing | 577#519 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Light | 324#839 | Up 171 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
From an Irish name associated with raids or mobilization | 2,077#141 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The Isle of Skye; also associated with the sky | 569#532 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Plain, field, or battlefield | 1,806#169 | Up 166 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Italian short form of Gianna | 1,069#287 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Sweet | 352#771 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Black or pale, from Old English surname roots | 1,035#295 | Down 73 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
She; also a short form of El names | 668#461 | Down 91 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Wren, the small songbird | 1,331#231 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Wise person; also the herb sage | 640#480 | Up 118 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Motion in Hebrew; other meanings depend on naming tradition | 1,348#226 | Up 239 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Probably esteemed; also short for Esmeralda; derivation partly unconfirmed | 1,032#298 | Up 97 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Manly, through Andrew; also a medieval form of Drogo | 399#706 | Up 236 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Variant of Sloane | 324#840 | Down 175 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Light | 435#659 | Up 228 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Raine | 293#906 | Down 138 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Sovereign rule or a monarch's period of rule | 682#452 | Down 95 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Field, plain, through Blair | 802#384 | Up 289 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
English word name: dream | 718#432 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 296#896 | Down 230 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Sun; also a short form of Solomon | 389#722 | Up 504 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Dream | 578#518 | Up 745 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.