Three-Syllable Girl Names
Girl names with three syllables, ranked by current U.S. popularity. Compare counts, trends, and the history of this name length.
- Girls, 2025
- 36.2%
- vs 40.4% in 2000
- Girls' names in use
- 7,122
- 32,177 recorded since 1880
- Girls' peak
- 1997
- at 41.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rival, from the Roman Aemilius family | 5,451#34 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
From Aveline, an older name of uncertain meaning | 9,123#8 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Meaning uncertain; Latin form in the Mary and Miriam family | 2,887#87 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
Victory | 4,027#54 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Probably an Elizabeth familiar form; also associated with Lily | 3,966#57 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Wisdom | 12,561#5 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Son of Matthew or son of Maud | 4,945#40 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
My father is joy | 4,941#41 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Birth or birthday; traditionally associated with Christmas | 2,736#89 | Down 38 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
From Occitan Alienòr; deeper meaning disputed | 7,649#12 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
He will add, through Joseph | 4,126#53 | Up 34 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Nobility through Alison; alternatively son of Alan or Alexander | 2,564#103 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
To be healthy, strong, through Valeria | 2,221#127 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Feminine form in the Charles family; man or army root | 2,646#96 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Alive in the Latin family; also Irish and literary routes | 3,362#72 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Of Magdala; the place name means tower | 3,086#81 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
My pleasantness in Hebrew; Japanese meanings vary with the characters | 4,644#47 | Up 5 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Large grassy plain | 2,141#135 | Down 68 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
From Lydia | 2,692#92 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Wisdom | 8,252#9 | Up 8 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Violet flower | 7,546#13 | Up 24 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Elf ruler or elf counsel, through a surname | 5,267#37 | Down 18 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Son of Adam | 2,971#84 | Down 37 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Unknown; probably Etruscan, through Camillus | 6,591#19 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Of Magdala; the place name means tower | 3,362#71 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Melody; musical song | 3,095#79 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
High; lofty; sublime | 2,607#101 | Down 36 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Uncertain; probably torch, possibly related to moon | 4,836#42 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Dawn | 7,065#15 | Up 21 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Musical solo or air; independently Persian “noble” | 6,130#26 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Armoured head or misshapen head, from the Irish name Cennétig | 2,933#85 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Birth; origin | 3,527#66 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Noble | 3,864#59 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Probably healthy or whole, and wide | 4,251#49 | Up 88 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
My God is an oath | 2,370#115 | Steady | 2021 | ||
Delicate, weak, or languishing | 4,137#51 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Light | 3,012#83 | Up 77 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Heavenly lei or royal child | 3,792#60 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Greek goddess name; meaning uncertain | 2,477#109 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Noble; or white and bright, depending on the parent name | 2,204#130 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Germanic name with ruler element; full meaning uncertain | 3,208#74 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Boar woodland or clearing | 2,695#91 | Down 48 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Diminutive of Julie; deeper meaning uncertain | 2,460#110 | Up 70 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An orange-red or reddish-brown earth colour | 2,659#94 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Son of Emery | 2,241#122 | Up 33 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Grace in Igbo; other independent origins | 2,630#98 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Princess; treetop | 2,168#132 | Up 151 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Juniper tree | 2,618#100 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Joyful or happy in Basque; a separate modern English formation | 2,318#117 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Variant of Ailani; older meaning unsettled | 7,136#14 | Up 1,816 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.