It can be hard to say because these names are pretty much unisex.

Common american female first names. Today we will look at the most common girls names from the period 1811-1850 as well as the popular names of girls born during the civil war 1861-1865 and compare that with the most popular girls names from 2011 150 years later. It says one who brings light. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

Rank 1 is assigned to the name with the highest number of occurrences rank 2 to the name with the next highest. It means favoured grace. It also means brave and knows when to plow on.

10 Alabama 2008 Emma. Among the Top 1980-1989 baby girl names in the US Mallory 1816 Katelyn 1811 Kaitlin 1782 Kaitlyn 1761 Krystle 1759 Savannah 1714 Chelsey 1613 Britney 1612 Breanna 1593 and Tiara 1549 surged the most in popularity compared to 10 years ago in 1970-1979. Mehan Data Byra Dirr and Daro are some suggested forms of these trending names.

Most Popular African American First Names. Popular Given Names US Females. Rank Name Number Name Number.

Elizabeth Alaska 2008 Emma. Census of 1850. Girl Names on the Decline Over the past year the name Cora declined sharply as did names beginning with the Cove- prefix.

Before then most names were heavily influenced by European-American culture. Denisse Jianna Capri Rosalia Denise Zhuri Haisley and Novah. It means an eternal ruler.