Girl Names Starting With A

75 US girl names beginning with A, each linking to scored middle, sibling and twin name pairings. Sorted A–Z; switch to popularity below.

A names at a glance

In 2025, 16.5% of US baby girls in the Social Security records got a first name starting with A — about 1 in 6, or 265,134 girls in all. That is close to the 14.5% it was in 1990.

Most popular A names on this page
NameRank in 2015Rank in 2025
Amelia#12#4
Ava#4#11
Ailany#3,842#14
Aurora#78#15
Aria#29#26

The biggest climber on this page is Ailany: #3,842 among US girls in 2015, #14 in 2025.

On the middle-name pages, a middle name that also starts with A loses points. A doubled A in the initials is something some parents like and others avoid.

Girl Names starting with A

This page lists 75 girl names beginning with the letter A that are in real current use in the United States — including popular picks like Amelia, Ava, Ailany. The count comes from US Social Security Administration public records: every name shown was given to at least a handful of US babies in the latest year, so this is not a list of invented or one-off spellings.

Open any name to see its pairing page — middle names, sibling names and twin names, each scored for how well it fits. Use the sort control above to switch between A–Z and 2025 popularity. To browse a different letter, go back to all girl names.