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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
New house, through Xavier | 1,252#274 | Down 24 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Traditionally father of many or father of a multitude | 1,664#209 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Saint James | 7,554#26 | Up 45 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Victory of the people, through Nicholas | 2,053#177 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Son of Harry | 3,072#116 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
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 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through John | 2,939#123 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
From Laurentum | 3,065#117 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
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 | ||
Independent person | 5,894#49 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
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 | ||
My messenger or my angel | 2,692#134 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
My God is Yahweh | 2,287#160 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Son of James | 2,609#137 | Down 58 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Light | 3,012#83 | Up 77 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
My God is Yahweh | 2,417#151 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
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 | ||
Portuguese form in the James and Jacob family | 5,835#50 | Up 118 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Son of Emery | 2,241#122 | Up 33 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Flock of God | 3,921#84 | Up 56 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Son of Emery | 1,371#254 | Up 14 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Gift of God | 2,455#146 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Meaning uncertain | 2,000#185 | Up 32 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
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 | ||
Praised; commendable | 1,473#239 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Juniper tree | 2,618#100 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Lord; master | 1,462#241 | Down 18 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
My messenger or my angel | 1,657#213 | Up 72 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 Elijah | 2,448#147 | Up 208 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Ailani; older meaning unsettled | 7,136#14 | Up 1,816 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Variant of Jaasiel | 1,780#198 | Up 381 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Possibly God comforts | 1,975#186 | Up 309 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Irish surname transferred into given-name use | 1,566#227 | Up 579 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.