Girl Names That Start With B

These are the 87 girl names that start with B, have reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880, and still go to girls rather than boys today. Ranked by the number of girls given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 87 names

1. Brooklyn #118 2,300
2. Bella #136 2,129
3. Brielle #143 2,071
4. Blair #169 1,806
5. Blakely #191 1,638
6. Bailey #208 1,446
7. Brianna #222 1,372
8. Brynlee #243 1,282
9. Blake #295 1,035
10. Brooke #313 972
11. Briella #362 845
12. Blaire #384 802
13. Bonnie #396 785
14. Briar #400 778
15. Brynn #407 767
16. Brooklynn #488 608
17. Bianca #500 594
18. Beatrice #508 583
19. Brinley #608 481
20. Briana #661 431
21. Birdie #670 422
22. Billie #691 409
23. Bridget #724 385
24. Bristol #728 382
25. Bethany #751 362
26. Braelynn #837 325
27. Brittany #928 281
28. Barbara #968 264
29. Brylee #992 255
30. Baylee #1008 248
31. Belle #1013 247
32. Beverly #1016 246
33. Bernadette #1034 241
34. Bailee #1069 227
35. Braelyn #1080 224
36. Betty #1113 212
37. Bria #1163 199
38. Brenda #1525 139
39. Britney #1570 134
40. Brisa #1631 127
41. Beatriz #1703 120
42. Belinda #1818 110
43. Bobbi #1833 109
44. Brenna #1844 108
45. Blanca #1855 107
46. Bobbie #2064 91
47. Bridgette #2117 88
48. Bryanna #2298 79
49. Breanna #2542 69
50. Betsy #2719 63
51. Bennie #2778 61
52. Brandy #3067 53
53. Beth #3389 45
54. Becky #3975 36
55. Bernice #4067 35
56. Bertha #4546 30
57. Brandi #4758 28
58. Brittney #5099 25
59. Brianne #5238 24
60. Britany #5238 24
61. Beulah #5917 20
62. Bessie #6838 16
63. Blanche #6838 16
64. Breana #7885 13
65. Beverley #8362 12
66. Bridgett #8362 12
67. Benita #8860 11
68. Bertie #8860 11
69. Bonita #8860 11
70. Bettie #9457 10
71. Berta #10107 9
72. Bell #10917 8
73. Beryl #10917 8
74. Bette #10917 8
75. Breanne #11932 7
76. Bernadine #13208 6
77. Belva #14942 5
78. Bess #14942 5
79. Barb
80. Berniece
81. Besse
82. Bettye
83. Blanch
84. Brandie
85. Brittani
86. Brittni
87. Bulah

Also starting with B, and now given almost only to boys: Bobby

Girl names that start with B in the 2025 data

B is the thirteenth most common first letter for girls born in 2025: 42,833 of them, 2.7% of every girl in the file. It has slipped from tenth place a decade ago, and its share has fallen from 3.4% to 2.7%.

This list holds the 87 of those names that reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to girls rather than boys. The most common today is Brooklyn, #118 with 2,300 girls in 2025. 0 of the 87 are in this year's top 100, and 78 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Bobby is left out: it reached the top 500 among girls at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a girl. Together they account for 29,547 of those 42,833 girls — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Blaire, up from #1,170 in 2015 to #384 in 2025. Brooklynn has gone the other way, from #169 to #488. The shortest name here is Barb at 4 letters, the longest Bernadette at 10.

Questions about girl names that start with B

What is the most popular girl name that starts with B?

Brooklyn. 2,300 girls were given the name in 2025, which put it at #118 nationally.

How many girl names start with B?

87 have reached the top 500 as a girl's name and still go to girls today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 42,833 girls born in 2025 — 2.7% of the total — were given a name starting with B.

Are girl names that start with B getting more popular?

B is losing ground. It was tenth among first letters for girls a decade ago with 3.4% of births, and it is thirteenth in 2025 with 2.7%.