Girl Names That Start With C
These are the 144 girl names that start with C, 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 144 names
- Charlotte
- Camila
- Chloe
- Clara
- Claire
- Caroline
- Cecilia
- Catalina
- Cora
- Charlie
- Callie
- Celeste
- Celine
- Cataleya
- Camille
- Collins
- Catherine
- Colette
- Camilla
- Carmen
- Carolina
- Charlee
- Calliope
- Clementine
- Camryn
- Cameron
- Charli
- Cecelia
- Cassidy
- Cali
- Cleo
- Cassandra
- Charley
- Christina
- Celia
- Charleigh
- Celina
- Chelsea
- Chandler
- Cheyenne
- Clare
- Cordelia
- Corinne
- Carly
- Cynthia
- Cadence
- Casey
- Carla
- Claudia
- Clarissa
- Crystal
- Carmela
- Carolyn
- Christine
- Cassie
- Carmella
- Chanel
- Cara
- Ciara
- Constance
- Cecily
- Carina
- Cristina
- Cindy
- Coral
- Cori
- Charlene
- Charity
- Caylee
- Carol
- Caitlin
- Courtney
- Caitlyn
- Carlie
- Carley
- Carrie
- Cierra
- Colleen
- Connie
- Clarice
- Cornelia
- Candace
- Celestine
- Carissa
- Cheyanne
- Cherry
- Corrine
- Cristal
- Christy
- Corrie
- Cheryl
- Candy
- Chasity
- Chyna
- Candice
- Cecile
- Chelsey
- Chelsie
- Christa
- Concetta
- Cristy
- Chantel
- Chrissy
- Christie
- Consuelo
- Cathy
- Catrina
- Cherie
- Cari
- Cathleen
- Christen
- Carole
- Casandra
- Claudette
- Cathryn
- Chrystal
- Ciera
- Cheri
- Carlene
- Carolann
- Caren
- Carey
- Carolee
- Caryn
- Catharine
- Cathrine
- Catina
- Chanda
- Chandra
- Charmaine
- Chastity
- Cheryle
- Christena
- Christi
- Christin
- Cindi
- Claudie
- Claudine
- Clemmie
- Clora
- Coleen
- Cordie
- Corine
- Cortney
Also starting with C, and now given almost only to boys: Carter, Charles, Christopher, Christian, Chris, Clyde, Cecil
Girl names that start with C in the 2025 data
C is the sixth most common first letter for girls born in 2025: 92,030 of them, 5.7% of every girl in the file. It has climbed from seventh place a decade ago, and its share has barely moved: 5.7% then, 5.7% now.
This list holds the 144 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 Charlotte, #2 with 13,400 girls in 2025. 6 of the 144 are in this year's top 100, and 120 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Seven other names starting with C are left out — Carter, Charles and Christopher among them. Each 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 74,539 of those 92,030 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 Calliope, up from #1,146 in 2015 to #451 in 2025. Catherine has gone the other way, from #177 to #313. The shortest name here is Cali at 4 letters, the longest Clementine at 10.
Questions about girl names that start with C
What is the most popular girl name that starts with C?
Charlotte. 13,400 girls were given the name in 2025, which put it at #2 nationally.
How many girl names start with C?
144 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, 92,030 girls born in 2025 — 5.7% of the total — were given a name starting with C.
Are girl names that start with C getting more popular?
C is holding steady. It was seventh among first letters for girls a decade ago with 5.7% of births, and it is sixth in 2025 with 5.7%.