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Nontraditional Baby Girl Names U.S.

Can you guess these nontraditional names that appear in the top 750 names for girls born in the United States in 2021?
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Last updated: May 11, 2022
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First submittedMay 11, 2022
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Name
32
A new star / Spanish for "not going"
N
Nova
36
The polar lights / The princess from Sleeping Beauty
A
Aurora
58
Biblical temptress who cuts Samson's hair
D
Delilah
75
The first book of the Bible
G
Genesis
86
The place good people go when they die, spelled backwards
N
Nevaeh
98
Greek goddess of wisdom
A
Athena
138
Plant whose berries flavor gin
J
Juniper
212
Elvis's last name
P
Presley
215
Last name of a famous Jamaican singer
M
Marley
267
A trip, a voyage
J
Journey
275
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, collectively
T
Trinity
280
1980s U.S. President, but with the A and E swapped
R
Raegan
298
Princess from a galaxy far, far away
L
Leia
351
R.E.M. sleep takes place during one of these
D
Dream
398
A predetermined course of events
D
Destiny
451
Branch of the military that fights at sea
N
Navy
506
A town in Massachusetts where "witches" were hung
S
Salem
524
The fifth U.S. President
M
Monroe
542
French fashion brand: Christian ___
D
Dior
543
President who Denali was formerly named after
M
McKinley
616
A country that borders Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand
M
Malaysia
618
Life, ____, and the pursuit of happiness
L
Liberty
637
Inaccurate term for the Netherlands
H
Holland
661
Capital of Wyoming
C
Cheyenne
667
A lucky number, but with a Y instead of the second E
S
Sevyn
680
Style of rock music preferred by hipsters
I
Indie
702
Female leader of the Dothraki people from "Game of Thrones"
K
Khaleesi
736
What an angel has on its head
H
Halo
736
Simba's girlfriend
N
Nala
+11
Level 71
May 12, 2022
I really hope those children named Dream aren't named after the YouTuber...
+4
Level 82
Aug 6, 2022
Unfamiliar with the YouTuber... I'm glad that nobody is naming their kid Pewdiepie... but the name "Ahlam" (Arabic for dream) is pretty popular over in the Middle East.
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Level 33
Aug 8, 2022
funny story, i named my kid dream after the youtuber :)
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Level 82
Aug 10, 2022
Not of the Endless?
+7
Level 76
Dec 30, 2022
dear lord, the dream stans have infiltrated JetPunk. Abandon ship!!!
+12
Level 83
May 12, 2022
Rather amusing to see Journey and Genesis on a list not about music
+23
Level 89
May 13, 2022
Sounds like you stopped believing.
+8
Level 84
Aug 6, 2022
...despite warnings NOT to!
+9
Level 88
May 12, 2022
I wonder if George Costanza knows all these people have stolen his name?!
+7
Level 82
Aug 6, 2022
I'm sure it will come up during the airing of grievances.
+18
Level 83
May 12, 2022
I feel like names used for ancient and mythical women aren't exactly 'nontraditional'...
+5
Level 73
Aug 6, 2022
Funny how often “nontraditional” is effectively used to mean “nonchristian”, even when the concept itself is far older
+4
Level 66
Aug 6, 2022
Seems like nontraditional clearly means uncommon (outside of top 10/top 25/top XX%) in this context.
+1
Level 83
Mar 9, 2024
Well, not really? My name has never been higher than a brief stint in the UK top 40, but I wouldn't consider it 'nontraditional'. And these names aren't all of the possible names in those categories you have named.
+16
Level 84
May 13, 2022
Spent a good while there trying to think of an inaccurate term for the Neanderthals beginning with H…
+4
Level 40
Aug 8, 2022
“Human”
+1
Level 75
Aug 17, 2022
Setting aside the quotation marks, that would be an accurate term - less precise, but accurate.
+6
Level 89
May 13, 2022
No offense if you're one of the 451 mother's who named her daughter Navy, but I just don't get it.
+4
Level 79
May 14, 2022
That one is a head-scratcher for sure, same with Sevyn.
+12
Level 73
Jun 11, 2022
Rank, not number. (So Navy was the 451st most popular girl's name. Which is worse.)
+1
Level 71
Aug 6, 2022
In Latin America the name Usnavy seems to be a thing... (for boys though)
+2
Level 84
Nov 18, 2023
I'm pretty sure you're only taking this from Usnavi from In The Heights
+2
Level 66
May 13, 2022
Who is naming their kid after the dog in Fallout New Vegas?
+4
Level 85
May 14, 2022
I've taught at least a dozen girls with these names. #398 never occurred to me because it's quite common as is 661, both are quite common among the working class. #736 (N) is quite common for certain ethnic groups -- Kurdish, Arabic, Swahili, Zulu etc.
+2
Level 60
Jul 28, 2022
Arabic is a language not an ethnic grup
+5
Level 77
Aug 6, 2022
Language is a major part of ethnicity.
+4
Level 77
May 16, 2022
Hard to believe that Cheyenne is somehow less common than Malaysia.
+1
Level 82
Aug 8, 2022
Cheyenne is pretty dated by now. It was most popular in the 1990s, whereas Malaysia only got popular in the last decade or so.
+17
Level 68
May 19, 2022
I can't say anything nice so I'm not going to say anything at all.
+1
Level 66
Aug 6, 2022
You are a good person.

"Indie" sounds like a dog's name..

+2
Level 67
Aug 6, 2022
It is. I believe that's where George Lucas got the name for Indiana Jones. His dog was named Indy.
+1
Level 20
Mar 9, 2024
indie IS a dogs name in Bluey lol
+4
Level 75
May 20, 2022
I can see the appeal of some of these. But McKinley? As a first name? What?
+7
Level 73
May 22, 2022
I do wonder if there's a McKinley Williams out there. Or a Monroe James.
+3
Level 80
May 25, 2022
How do feminists feel about the names Dream and Halo? That sounds like quite a can of worms to open up. Also the name Nevaeh is just terrible. How do you even pronounce that?
+2
Level 75
May 26, 2022
Nuh-vay-uh

Believe it or not, I have met two people with that name, one of which ironically has a sister named #275

+1
Level 66
Aug 6, 2022
Is it a Mormon thing? Or like a regional Christian thing?
+1
Level 15
Jun 8, 2022
@AlmostAGenius My cousin's name is Naveah
+7
Level 73
Aug 6, 2022
Why would feminists dislike the names Dream and Halo??
+2
Level 56
Aug 7, 2022
I've taught way too many students name Neveah, often with spelling variations.
+14
Level 77
Jun 25, 2022
if you are naming your daughter Khaleesi she has every right to hate you
+2
Level 82
Aug 6, 2022
Probably still going to have a less dysfunctional family than her namesake's.
+5
Level 74
Aug 6, 2022
When Daenerys is literally a better name, too. Or... you know, Dany. The fact that people are picking Khaleesi shows how stupid the average person is.
+2
Level 82
Aug 6, 2022
You know that the character in the show was made up, right?
+1
Level 95
Sep 8, 2022
lol

Years (and years) ago when I ran a video store (I said years ago, right?), I had a job application form which contained the question, "What is your favourite movie, and why?"

One young man put "Lord of the Rings because it's neat to see what it was like back then."

I regret not calling him to this day.

+1
Level 84
Aug 6, 2022
Dated a girl named #618. She was born in 1976. Fitting, I guess.
+2
Level 73
Aug 6, 2022
Witches are hanged, horses are hung
+1
Level 75
Aug 17, 2022
I learned the same as you, but this is a losing battle. Language evolves.
+1
Level 82
Aug 6, 2022
None of these are as bad as some of the ones on the boy names version of this quiz.
+1
Level 82
Aug 6, 2022
though, that said... IMO the weirdest of the whole bunch shows up at #32?? That is strange. Was there a character named Nova that showed up in popular media somewhere I wasn't aware of? The MCU movie probably isn't coming out until 2025 at the earliest.
+1
Level 82
Aug 8, 2022
I know someone who named their child Nova about 5 years ago. As far as I know, they just liked it -- no popular associations or anything.

It sounds kind of historical (Latin) and science-y (supernova) and phonetically is in line with other currently trendy names like Ava and Nora. Personally, I think its one of the least weird names on this list!

+1
Level 82
Aug 10, 2022
I suppose it's all subjective.
+2
Level 47
Aug 6, 2022
I've known a couple of dogs named Nala, but never a baby.
+1
Level 78
Mar 15, 2023
I've known of several cats and dogs named Nala. Never a human being.
+2
Level 46
Aug 6, 2022
i don't know what i would do with myself if i was named malaysia
+1
Level 43
Aug 7, 2022
Go to Malaysia? Duh, how could your parents make it more clear?
+3
Level 40
Aug 8, 2022
Tf is naming their kid “Malaysia” lmao
+1
Level 78
Mar 15, 2023
If I had to guess, not Malaysians.
+1
Level 95
Sep 8, 2022
Also likely Simba's half-sister. Just saying. :)
+1
Level 73
Dec 22, 2022
Half are these sound like stereotypical cheap stripper names. And those poor girls having to be named after Game of Thrones characters.
+1
Level 78
Mar 15, 2023
:(
+1
Level 69
Jul 10, 2023
Imagine being named McKinley as a first name. How will anyone not think you're a hillbilly
+1
Level 83
Nov 13, 2023
I'm not American and I've only heard of people called Reagan and delilah from this list . Even in popular culture/fiction I've can't recall ever hearing of anybody with these names.
+1
Level 44
Jan 16, 2024
i'm sorry, Malaysia? how did this name even occur?? i am actually shocked and intrigued at the same time
+1
Level 61
Jan 29, 2024
If you're going to specify that the A and E should be switched, isn't it wrong to accept the non-switched version as an answer?
+1
Level 20
Mar 9, 2024
ok but fr raegan isnt really an uncommon name
+1
Level 67
Mar 14, 2024
This is nitpicky but I feel like "not going" is a bad translation of "no va", as "va" is not the participle of "ir". A better translation would be "he/she does not go".