Girl Names Starting With C

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

How common are C names?

About 1 in 17 US girls born in 2025 has a first name beginning with C: 92,030 girls, or 5.73% of the year's recorded births. That is down from 9.04% in 1990.

Top C names by 2025 rank
NameRank in 2015Rank in 2025
Charlotte#9#2
Camila#43#19
Chloe#17#23
Clara#98#63
Claire#49#68

Of these names, Charlotte has moved up the most in ten years — #9 for girls in 2015, #2 in 2025.

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

Girl Names starting with C

This page lists 21 girl names beginning with the letter C that are in real current use in the United States — including popular picks like Charlotte, Camila, Chloe. 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.