Girls Names: Meanings, Nicknames


Helga

The years 1899 produced 29 American-born Helgas, giving the name its highest rank in the Top 1000 popular names at No. 572

Helena

Helena was a Top 500 name until 1941. Its popularity declined steadily until the turn of century, when it rose to No. 511 by 2006

Helen

Helen was a Top 5 American baby girl name between 1894 and 1930. It was the No. 2 name continuously between 1900 and 1919

Heidi

Heidi was a Top 100 female name in the USA between 1966 and 1983

Hedda

Hedwig was somewhat popular in the early 20th century; likewise Hedy in the 1940s, but Hedda has never made the Top 1000 female names in the USA

Heather

Heather remains a popular female name in Scotland and Ireland

Hazel

Re-emerging in the Top 1000 American baby names in 1998 at No. 942, Hazel climbed all the way up to No. 52 by 2016

Hayley

Hayley was headed into the Top 100 American girl baby names in 1996. It reached a high rank of No. 120 but then declined as Hailey and Haley rose

Haifa

Haifa is also the name of the largest city in Northern Israel

Haviva

A number of streets in Israel are in honor of Haviva Reik

Hattie

Hattie was a Top 100 American baby girl name from 1880 to 1914

Harriet

No. 73 in 1880, Harriet’s popularity steadily declined but it still stayed in the Top 500 most popular American girl names until 1962

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