Two-Syllable Girl Names
Girl names with two syllables, ranked by current U.S. popularity. Compare counts, trends, and the history of this name length.
- Girls, 2025
- 48.1%
- vs 48.5% in 2000
- Girls' names in use
- 7,847
- 29,676 recorded since 1880
- Girls' peak
- 1882
- at 76.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lady, princess | 2,710#90 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Whole; great | 12,754#3 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Nobility, through the Adalheidis family | 3,547#65 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Favor; grace | 3,973#56 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Free man, through Charles | 13,400#2 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Ruby gemstone | 3,554#64 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Other in the Norman name; also a diminutive | 5,831#29 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Life through Eve; voice in Persian; other roots uncertain | 7,732#11 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Short form of Maria; also Italian “mine” | 11,078#6 | Up 2 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Noble strength | 2,919#86 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Hazel tree; light brown colour | 6,318#21 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Clear; bright; famous | 3,601#63 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Probably weary or grieved; alternative cow-related origin | 3,880#58 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Young green shoot | 6,203#23 | Up 2 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Light | 6,176#25 | Up 25 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Star in Latin; also pillar through Styliani | 4,136#52 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Honor or Arabic light; also a short form of Eleanor | 6,380#20 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Lily flower | 6,673#18 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Hay clearing, through Hayley | 2,556#104 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Farmer or worker of the earth, through George | 2,619#99 | Up 78 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Life | 5,646#31 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Daisy flower; older word means day eye | 3,206#75 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Lady; princess; noblewoman, through Sarah | 4,168#50 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
The autumn season | 2,805#88 | Down 6 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
English rye clearing; also Irish Reilly surname | 4,441#48 | Down 15 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Harp player or maker | 6,792#16 | Down 6 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Wisdom, through Sophia | 3,984#55 | Up 20 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Night | 5,338#36 | Down 12 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Sanskrit illusion or magic; Hebrew water; Greek good mother via Maia | 3,712#62 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Life, through Zoe | 3,427#69 | Down 37 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Scarlet-cloth maker or seller | 5,644#32 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Yahweh is gracious | 5,634#33 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Familiar form of Eleanor, Ellen, Elizabeth, and other El names | 6,176#24 | Up 5 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Rainbow in Greek; also the iris flower | 3,729#61 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Moon | 6,076#27 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Dear; gracious | 4,796#43 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Ivy, the climbing plant | 5,117#39 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
He will add, through Josephine | 3,021#82 | Up 53 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
From the Scottish place Paisley; deeper meaning uncertain | 3,508#67 | Down 18 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Willow tree | 4,763#44 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
From the island of Islay | 6,012#28 | Up 16 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
New | 4,657#46 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Possibly pleasure or delight; alternatively plain | 3,362#70 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Clearing belonging to Cyne | 2,671#93 | Down 34 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Night; alternatively island | 3,089#80 | Up 38 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Gentle strength; other meanings depend on the full name | 3,353#73 | Up 117 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Moonlight or halo in Turkish; terebinth tree in Hebrew | 3,149#77 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Keeper of the park | 2,536#106 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A form of Elaine; possibly torch | 5,738#30 | Up 336 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Pearl | 2,575#102 | Up 132 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.