Rare Girl Names: 60 Uncommon Picks Outside the Top 100

Rare girl names that are real, not made up

Looking for a girl’s name you won’t hear three times at daycare? Our list has 60 rare ones: names that American parents do give, but that sit outside the top 100 of the Social Security Administration for 2025. The 10 at random mode is already on, so you see ten names at once; press More names for a new set, and the names you have seen will not come back until you have been through the whole list. Tap the heart on any name to keep it in your Favorites.

Five corners of the list

Great-grandmother names that have not made their comeback yet: Agnes, Beatrix, Cecily, Henrietta, Mabel, Winifred.
Shakespeare heroines: Cordelia, Imogen, Nerissa, Rosalind and Viola all appear in his plays.
Blooms beyond Rose and Lily: Azalea, Camellia, Linnea, Marigold, Zinnia.
Myth and sky: Clio, Persephone, Selene, Thalia, Minerva.
Names from other languages that read easily in English: Liv, Paloma, Soleil, Marisol, Hana.

The table further down lists all 60 with their origin and, when the etymology is well established, their meaning. Latin is the most common root, with 19 names, ahead of Greek with 11.

Before you fall for a rare name

Say the full name out loud, first, middle and last, and listen for awkward rhythms or unfortunate initials. Imagine giving it for a coffee order: if you would have to spell it every time, decide whether that is part of the charm or a chore. And if you are torn, a rare name works beautifully in the middle slot, where it adds personality without being the name your child uses every day.

All 60 names on the list

In the 2025 top 100: 0
Most common origin (19): Latin

Name	Origin	Meaning
Agnes	Greek	Pure, holy
Alba	Latin	Dawn, white
Alma	Latin	Soul (Spanish); nourishing (Latin)
Azalea	Greek	The azalea flower
Beatrix	Latin	She who brings joy
Camellia	Latin	The camellia flower
Carys	Celtic	Love
Cecily	Latin
Celia	Latin
Clio	Greek	To celebrate, make famous
Coralie	French	Coral
Cordelia
Delia	Greek	From Delos
Delphine	Greek	From Delphi
Elowen	Celtic	Elm tree
Elspeth	Hebrew	God is my oath
Fern	English	The fern plant
Flora	Latin	Flower
Guinevere	Celtic	White, fair
Hana	Japanese	Flower (Japanese)
Henrietta	Germanic	Ruler of the home
Ida	Germanic	Work, labor
Ilana	Hebrew	Tree
Imogen	Celtic
Ingrid	Norse	Ing is beautiful
Isolde
Junia	Latin
Lark	English	The lark, a songbird
Laurel	Latin	The laurel tree
Lenore	French
Leonie	Latin	Lioness
Linnea	Norse	The twinflower
Liora	Hebrew	My light
Liv	Norse	Life
Lucienne	Latin	Light
Mabel	Latin	Lovable
Maren	Latin	Of the sea
Margaux	Greek	Pearl
Marigold	English	Mary's gold, the flower
Marina	Latin	Of the sea
Marisol	Spanish
Minerva	Latin
Nadia	Slavic	Hope
Nerissa	Greek	Sea nymph
Odette	Germanic	Wealth (from Oda)
Paloma	Spanish	Dove
Pearl	Latin	The pearl gem
Persephone	Greek
Philippa	Greek	Lover of horses
Romy
Rosa	Latin	Rose
Rosalind	Germanic
Selene	Greek	Moon
Soleil	French	Sun
Sylvie	Latin	Of the forest
Tamsin	Aramaic	Twin
Thalia	Greek	To blossom, flourish
Viola	Latin	Violet
Winifred	Celtic	Blessed reconciliation
Zinnia		The zinnia flower

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, births in 2025.

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Questions

How can I check how rare a girl name really is?

The Social Security Administration publishes the number of babies given each name every year, for every name given to at least five babies of the same sex. None of the names on this page is in the 2025 top 100, and you can look up any of them on the SSA website before you decide.

Is a rare name hard for a child to carry?

Not if people can read and say it on the first try. What tends to cause friction day to day is an unusual spelling, not an unusual name. Every name here is an established name with a familiar spelling.

What is the difference between rare and unique?

A rare name is uncommon today but has a history; a unique name may be newly invented or spelled in a new way. This list sticks to the first kind: names that have been worn for generations.

Do you have rare boy names too?

Yes: the rare boy names page follows the same rule, with 60 more ideas.

Is the baby name generator free?

Yes. It is free, funded by advertising, with no account and no app to install.

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