These baby girl names are hot, and getting hotter. If you're looking for a traditional, up-and-coming, trendy or unique baby girl name, take a look at the current most popular choices - and the trends affecting what names are on the rise, affecting the baby names of 2021. The most popular baby girl names in the top spots are pretty steady, and the boys' names shift every few years. Now, it seems as the rules governing the most popular baby names have flipped.
With the exception of one year, Michael was the most popular boy's name in the country from 1954 to 1998, for example, while the girls rotated through six number ones in the same period ( Mary, Lisa, Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley and Emily). The conventional wisdom around baby-naming used to be that the most popular baby boy names never changed, while the most popular baby girl names were more subject to whims and trends.
