There’s a new top girl in town, and her name is Imogen.

　　Imogen seized the crown from the Hunger Games-inspired Katniss as the Number One girls’ name on Nameberry for 2013.

　　Charlotte, which had been the most popular girls’ name in previous years, now stands at Number Two, while Harper, now officially classified as a girls’ name with over 90 percent of the baby Harpers female, is a new entrant to the list at Number Three.

　　Our popularity lists are tabulated by ranking the unique page views each name attracts out of the over 20 million total views of our baby name pages in 2013.

　　Major trends in girls’ names we see based on our 2013 Popularity List:

　　— Vowel names still rule, with more than a third of the names on the Top 100 starting with A, E, I, or O.

　　— Names with literary references — Alice, Matilda, Eloise, Hadley, Esme, Louisa, Jane, and Anais — trump those with movie, TV, or celebrity influences for girls this year. While character-inspired names Katniss, Merida, and Aria remain on the Top 100, their standing has weakened.

　　— Several girl names, including some classics, made double-digit gains.  The names that have risen furthest over 2012:

　　Elodie — up 30 places

　　Maisie — up 26 places

　　Evangeline — up 25 places

　　Genevieve — up 22 spots

　　Adeline — up 20 places

　　Caroline and Emily — each up 19 places

　　Eloise — up 18 places

　　— Ten girls’ names are new (or returning) entrants on our Top 100.  Marked with an asterisk below, they are:

　　Harper

　　Everly

　　Frances

　　Ada

　　Kinsley

　　Cecilia

　　Abigail

　　Louisa

　　Isabel

　　Julia

　　The full girls’ Top 100:

　　Imogen

　　Charlotte

　　Harper *

　　Isla

　　Amelia

　　Evelyn

　　Penelope

　　Eleanor

　　Cora

　　Violet

　　Katniss

　　Olivia

　　Maeve

　　Seraphina

　　Alice

　　Claire

　　Adelaide

　　Evangeline

　　Ava

　　Hazel

　　Ivy

　　Elizabeth

　　Aurora

　　Maisie

　　Elodie

　　Grace

　　Emma

　　Clementine

　　Sophia

　　Nora

　　Genevieve

　　Beatrice

　　Willa

　　Adeline

　　Eliza

　　Rose

　　Lucy

　　Scarlett

　　Eloise

　　Clara

　　Caroline

　　Lila

　　Matilda

　　Isabella

　　Mila

　　Aurelia

　　Merida

　　Wren

　　Josephine

　　Arabella

　　Audrey

　　Aria

　　Emily

　　Iris

　　Poppy

　　Everly *

　　Ella

　　Harlow

　　Mae

　　Mia

　　Chloe

　　Ruby

　　Emmeline

　　Stella

　　Lydia

　　Margaret

　　Lily

　　Jane

　　Luna

　　Anna

　　Hadley

　　Piper

　　Juliet

　　Sadie

　　Cordelia

　　Esme

　　Olive

　　Frances*

　　Willow

　　Gemma

　　Ada*

　　Hannah

　　Ellie

　　Phoebe

　　Delilah

　　Kinsley *

　　Cecilia *

　　Abigail *

　　Lola

　　Madeline

　　Maya

　　Georgia

　　Louisa*

　　Vivian

　　Zara

　　Mabel

　　Zoe

　　Isabel *

　　Anais

　　Julia*

　　Ready for our traditional guessing game?  Every person to guess girls’ name Number 101 will win a copy of our new ebook, The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Girls in the digital format of your choice. That’s right, you can duplicate previous guesses and we’ll have an unlimited number of winners.