Baby name list

Popular Baby Girl Names for Couples

The most popular baby girl names right now, straight from real popularity data: the England & Wales top 20 with birth counts and ten-year movement, then in-depth guides — meaning, origin and a decade-by-decade trend chart — for the girl names in Settle’s starter deck.

England & Wales top 20 (2024)

The 20 most popular girls’ names in England & Wales in 2024, with real birth counts, movement since 2014, and each name’s United States rank from the 2020 SSA data. Linked names have a full Settle name guide.

Ranks and birth counts: ONS ‘Baby names in England and Wales’ 2024; US ranks: SSA national data, 2020. Movement compares the 2024 rank with 2014.
2024 rankNameBirths (2024)Since 2014US rank
#1Olivia2,761▲ 1#1
#2Amelia2,448▼ 1#6
#3Lily2,185▲ 6#35
#4Isla2,056▼ 1#44
#5Ivy1,956▲ 49#57
#6Florence1,936▲ 20#763
#7Freya1,929▲ 14#178
#8Poppy1,888▼ 3#457
#9Ava1,774▼ 3#3
#10Elsie1,727▲ 22#233
#11Isabella1,708▼ 4#7
#12Sofia1,626▲ 16#17
#13Sophia1,610▼ 1#4
#14Mia1,609▼ 1#8
#15Maya1,592▲ 30#61
#16Bonnie1,583▲ 126#606
#17Phoebe1,549▲ 5#254
#18Daisy1,548▲ 6#143
#19Sienna1,537▲ 1#166
#20Evelyn1,512▲ 11#9

Girl name guides: meaning, origin & trend

Every name below links to a full guide — meaning and origin, decade-by-decade popularity in England & Wales and the US with an inline trend chart, and famous namesakes.

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