Top 100 History: Girls' 2010s

Finally, we have arrived in the modern era of names.

Changes

2010

Left: Mya, Katelyn, Isabelle, Vanessa

Entered: Natalia, Naomi, Stella, Lucy

2011

Left: Angelina, Paige, Natalia, Rachel, Gabrielle, Jessica, Valeria

Entered: Aubree, Ellie, Lydia, London, Kennedy, Scarlett, Harper

2012

Left: Maria, Brooke, Payton, Mariah, Destiny, Kaitlyn

Entered: Annabelle, Piper, Reagan, Aria, Violet, Skylar

2013

Left: Kimberly, Molly, Jasmine, Reagan, Bailey, Trinity, Andrea

Entered: Ruby, Nicole, Nora, Paisley, Mila, Penelope, Sadie

2014

Left: Kayla, Morgan, Sydney, Jocelyn, Makayla, Nicole

Entered: Hadley, Jasmine, Alice, Vivian, Isabelle, Eleanor

2015

Left: Khloe, Hadley, Sophie, London, Jasmine, Lauren

Entered: Reagan, Clara, Quinn, Cora, Aurora, Hazel

2016

Left: Ashley, Isabelle, Annabelle, Alexandra, Alexis, Alyssa

Entered: Willow, Elena, Eliana, Kinsley, Luna, Adeline

2017

Left: Katherine, Taylor, Kylie, Faith, Brianna

Entered: Nova, Valentina, Isabelle, Everly, Emilia

2018

Left: Peyton, Clara, Melanie, Mackenzie, Reagan, Aubree, Isabelle

Entered: Brielle, Sophie, Delilah, Emery, Josephine, Ivy, Isla

2019

Left: Brielle, Kaylee, Arianna, Alexa

Entered: Rylee, Peyton, Clara, Arya

Movement

  • Naomi, Ellie, Kennedy, Scarlett, Harper, Piper, Aria, Skylar, Paisley, Mila, Penelope, Quinn, Aurora, Willow, Elena, Eliana, Kinsley, Luna, Adeline, Nova, Valentina, Everly, Emilia, Delilah, Emery, Ivy, Isla, Rylee, and Arya became popular for the first time.
  • Mya, Katelyn, Isabelle, Vanessa, Angelina, Paige, Rachel, Gabrielle, Jessica, Valeria, Maria, Brooke, Payton, Mariah, Destiny, Kaitlyn, Kimberly, Molly, Jasmine, Bailey, Trinity, Andrea, Kayla, Morgan, Sydney, Jocelyn, Makayla, Nicole, Khloe, Lauren, Ashley, Alexandra, Alexis, Alyssa, Katherine, Taylor, Kylie, Faith, Brianna, Melanie, Mackenzie, Kaylee, Arianna, and Alexa left the top 100.
  • Nicole and Natalia re-entered the top 100 before leaving again.
  • Lucy, Stella, Violet, Ruby, Nora, Sadie, Alice, Vivian, Eleanor, Hazel, Cora, Clara, and Josephine were revived. 
  • Charlotte, Harper, Amelia, and Evelyn entered the top 10. 
  • Chloe, Madison, Emily, and Abigail left the top 10.
  • Harper, Aria, Sofia, Evelyn, Amelia, Camila, Charlotte, Avery, Mila, and Luna entered the top 20.
  • Chloe, Madison, Natalie, Lily, Samantha, Alexis, and Grace left the top 20.
  • Hannah returned to the top 20 before leaving again.
  • Amelia, Aria, Harper, Stella, Emilia, Violet, Everly, Willow, Bella, Aurora, Hazel, Ellie, Charlotte, Penelope, Nora, Luna, Mila, Eleanor, Lucy, Zoey, and Scarlett entered the top 50.
  • Brooklyn, Savannah, Anna, Alexa, Kaylee, Gabriella, Allison, Samantha, Alexis, Nevaeh, Brianna, Sarah, Taylor, Peyton, Julia, and Hailey left the top 50.
Trends
  • There were no more spellings of Caitlin (Kaitlyn).
  • Names ending in "ssa" fell out of favor (Vanessa, Alyssa).
  • The revival trend grew (Lucy, Stella, Alice, Nora, Sadie, Hazel, Clara, Eleanor, Ruby, Violet, etc.)
  • Place names continue to fall (Sydney).
  • Names ending in "la" grew in favor (Stella, Isla, Mila, Isabella, Ella, Bella, Delilah).
  • Names ending in "na" fell in use (Angelina, Brianna, Arianna).
  • Nature names were stylish (Ruby, Stella, Isla, Willow, Nova, Ivy, Autumn, Hazel, Luna, Aurora).
  • The middle-"v" sound remained stylish (Olivia, Everly, Nova, Evelyn, Nevaeh, Avery, Ivy, Ava).
  • Unisex names remained in favor (Avery, Harper, Quinn, Peyton, Addison, Rylee).
  • Musical names were stylish (Harper, Aria, Piper).
  • Names ending in "ora" returned to favor (Cora, Aurora, Nora).
  • Names with the "m-y" structure no longer trended (Molly, Kimberly, Melanie, Mackenzie).
  • "Mad" names were still common (Madison, Madeline, Madelyn).
  • Names ending in "aylee" went out of style (Bailey, Kaylee).
  • The "Alex" names all left (Alexandra, Alexis, Alexa).
  • Names ending in the "nee" sound were unstylish (Destiny, Sydney, Melanie).
  • Three-syllable names ending in the "ee" sound were still common (Natalie, Emily, Kennedy, Everly, Avery, Emery).
  • Single-syllable names containing "a" fell (Paige, Faith).
  • Long names ending in "a" remained fashionable (Olivia, Victoria, Isabella, Valentina, Amelia, Sophia, Aurora, Gabriella, Eliana, Gianna, Ariana, etc.)
  • The mid-"p" sound became stylish (Harper, Penelope, Piper).
This marks the end of my series for girls' names (for now). What was the most interesting change from the 2010s? 

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