Three-Syllable Baby Names
Baby 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
- Boys, 2025
- 22.1%
- vs 21.2% in 2000
- Boys' names in use
- 2,898
- 9,749 recorded since 1880
- Boys' peak
- 2025
- at 22.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Will + helmet; often resolute protector | 10,545#9 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Christ-bearer | 4,748#68 | Down 21 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
English form of Antonius; original meaning unknown | 5,967#46 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Yahweh is salvation | 4,773#66 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Honoring God | 1,734#203 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Victory of the people | 3,115#112 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Rival, from the Roman Aemilius family | 5,451#34 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Yahweh has given | 3,822#89 | Down 19 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Son of the right hand or son of the south | 9,762#11 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Name of God; also interpreted as God has heard | 8,334#18 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
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 | ||
Yahweh has remembered, through Zacharias | 1,646#216 | Down 81 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
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 | ||
God is my strong man | 6,569#37 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
My God is Yahweh | 11,111#7 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
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 | ||
Gift of God | 13,355#4 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Crooked nose, through a Scottish surname | 4,348#76 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
God has given | 2,565#140 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
To be healthy, strong, through Valeria | 2,221#127 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
From Hadria | 4,464#74 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Possibly olive tree; origin disputed | 14,939#3 | Steady | 2024 | ||
From the Julius family; deeper meaning disputed | 7,603#25 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Yahweh is salvation | 5,267#57 | Down 6 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
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 | ||
From Sebaste; venerable in the Greek root | 8,605#16 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Of Magdala; the place name means tower | 3,086#81 | Up 15 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Of the Lord | 3,277#106 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
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 | ||
Yahweh supports | 5,509#54 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Son of Adam | 2,971#84 | Down 37 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Brave boar, through Everard | 4,287#77 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
My God is Yahweh, through Elijah | 8,837#13 | Up 41 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Gift of Yahweh, through Matthew | 11,045#8 | Up 12 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Possibly a Santiago short form or Greek teaching (Didacus) | 2,351#158 | Down 32 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Unknown; probably Etruscan, through Camillus | 6,591#19 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2020 |
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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.