A is by far the dominant first letter for baby girl names in the US.
And honestly, I get it. Ava and Amelia are both in the top ten right now. Aurora entered the top ten for the first time in 2025. Eliana, the fastest rising girl name on the US charts, starts with a vowel sound that lands identically to A. Something about that open vowel at the start of a name feels warm and immediate. It arrives before anything else.
But the most popular A names are just the beginning. Beyond Ava and Amelia and Aurora are hundreds of A names that most parents have never properly considered. Ancient ones. Rare ones. Beautiful ones from traditions most people have never looked at. I promise you, the perfect A name for your daughter is somewhere on this list.
Here are 202 of them.
Popular A Girl Names
Ava and Amelia have held the top spots for years. Aria has been climbing. Aurora jumped into the top ten in 2025. These names are popular because they are genuinely good, not because parents ran out of ideas.
- Ava
- Amelia
- Aurora
- Aria
- Abigail
- Alice
- Audrey
- Addison
- Avery
- Arya
- Ariel
- Arabella
- Adalyn
- Adalynn
- Adaline
- Addisyn
- Alina
- Aliyah
- Allie
- Alyssa
Classic A Girl Names
Anna has been in continuous use since the early Christian era. Alice appeared in literature before it appeared on charts, which is how the best classic names tend to work. Adelaide was the name of a Holy Roman Empress in the 10th century. Classic A names carry centuries of serious use and none of them look tired.
- Anna
- Alice
- Adelaide
- Anne
- Agnes
- Ada
- Alma
- Adele
- Agatha
- Alberta
- Althea
- Anastasia
- Andromeda
- Arabella
- Araminta
- Arcadia
- Ardelia
- Ariadne
- Aurelia
- Augusta
Modern A Girl Names
Avery is climbing. Aria is everywhere. Adaline came back from the 1800s and immediately felt current. Modern A names tend to be short, musical, and slightly international, which is exactly what parents want right now.
- Avery
- Aria
- Adaline
- Amara
- Amara — African and Latin origin, means “eternal.”
- Amira
- Anaya
- Anika
- Anisa
- Aniya
- Annalise
- Ansley
- Arabella
- Arielle
- Ariyah
- Arlee
- Armani
- Arya
- Aspen
- Astraea
Vintage A Girl Names
Ada came back quietly and is now beloved by parents who love old things done well. Agatha Christie is one of the best-selling fiction writers in history and her name is completely underused. Alma went quiet in the 1930s and is only now being rediscovered by parents who recognise how beautiful it is.
- Ada
- Agatha
- Alma
- Alberta
- Albertine
- Aldora
- Alessandra
- Aletha
- Alethea — Greek, means “truth.” Ancient and almost never used today.
- Alfrieda
- Alida
- Alina
- Alix
- Allegra — Italian, means “joyful.”
- Almeda
- Almeria
- Aloha
- Althea — Greek, means “healing.” A tennis player, a name with real history.
- Alva
- Alvina
Nature A Girl Names
Aurora is the Northern Lights and the Roman goddess of dawn. Azalea is a flowering shrub and one of the most striking flower names available. Aspen is a shimmering tree that turns gold in autumn and sounds completely modern as a name.
- Aurora
- Azalea
- Aspen
- Anemone — A sea creature and a wildflower. Rare and genuinely beautiful.
- Amaryllis — A flower name from Greek mythology. Long, lush, and lovely.
- Amber
- Amethyst — A purple gemstone.
- Aster — A star-shaped autumn flower.
- Astrid — Old Norse, means “divinely beautiful.” Rising fast.
- Aura — Latin, means “breeze.”
- Autumn
- Acacia — A flowering tree. Rare and striking.
- Alder — A tree associated with water. Gender-neutral and distinctive.
- Aloe
- Alora
- Amara
- Ambrosia — Greek, means “immortal.” The food of the gods.
- Anemone
- Anise — A flowering plant with a distinctive scent.
- Anthea — Greek, means “flower.” Ancient and rarely used.
Short A Girl Names
Ava. Ada. Amy. Ayn. Four letters or fewer and completely beautiful. Short A names have a confidence that longer names sometimes have to work for. They arrive immediately and they stay.
- Ava
- Ada
- Amy
- Ann
- Ana
- Anya
- Ayla
- Aida
- Aiko — Japanese, means “beloved child.”
- Aimi
- Aine — Pronounced “AWN-ya.” Irish goddess of love and summer.
- Airi
- Aisa
- Aita
- Aive
- Aiwa
- Aiya
- Aiza
- Ajia
- Akea
Long and Elegant A Girl Names
Alexandrina was Queen Victoria’s actual first name. Anastasia has been carried by Russian royalty and made famous by a Disney film and a Tolstoy novel all at once. Andromedea ruled a constellation. Long A names carry history in a way that short names cannot, and they sound completely extraordinary said aloud.
- Alexandrina — Queen Victoria’s actual first name.
- Anastasia
- Andromeda — The constellation and the princess from Greek mythology.
- Arabella
- Araminta — An old English name meaning “defender.” Long, unusual, and completely beautiful.
- Arcadia — A region of Greece associated with paradise and pastoral beauty.
- Artemisia — Italian artist who painted some of the most powerful works of the Baroque era.
- Ascension
- Astronomia
- Athenaïs — The birth name of a Byzantine empress.
- Augustina
- Aureliana
- Aurianthe
- Avelina
- Avigayil
- Axiokersa
- Ayasha
- Azerbaijana
- Azzurrina — Italian, means “little blue one.” Rare and extraordinary.
- Apollonia — The feminine form of Apollo. Ancient and completely striking.
Mythological A Girl Names
Athena ruled wisdom and war simultaneously. Aphrodite gave the world the concept of beauty as a divine force. Ariadne saved the man she loved from the labyrinth and was rewarded with abandonment, which did not diminish her name at all. Mythological A names carry stories that have been told for three thousand years.
- Athena
- Aphrodite
- Ariadne
- Artemis
- Andromeda
- Asteria — Greek Titan goddess of the stars.
- Astraea — Greek goddess of justice and innocence.
- Alcyone — The brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
- Alecto — One of the three Furies in Greek mythology.
- Atalanta — The Greek huntress who could outrun any man.
- Atropos — One of the three Fates who cut the thread of life.
- Aura — Greek goddess of the breeze.
- Aoife — Pronounced “EE-fa.” The greatest woman warrior in Irish mythology.
- Aine — Pronounced “AWN-ya.” Irish goddess of love and summer.
- Arianrhod — Welsh goddess of the moon and stars. Pronounced “ah-ree-AN-rod.”
- Aife — Alternate form of Aoife.
- Airmed — Irish goddess of healing herbs.
- Abnoba — Gallo-Roman goddess of the Black Forest.
- Abundantia — Roman goddess of abundance and prosperity.
- Acca — Roman goddess and legendary nurse of Romulus and Remus.
Unique A Girl Names
Not invented. Not unusual spellings of common names.
These are real names with genuine roots that most parents have simply never thought to look at. Every single one of them is beautiful. And not one of them will belong to anyone else in your daughter’s class.
- Alethea — Greek, means “truth.” Ancient and almost never used.
- Alida — Germanic, means “noble kind.”
- Allegra — Italian, means “joyful and lively.”
- Althea — Greek, means “healing.”
- Amalthea — The goat who nursed Zeus. Rare and mythological.
- Ambrosia — The food of the gods.
- Amelie — French form of Amelia. More distinctive than the English spelling.
- Aminta — Rare variation of Araminta.
- Amora
- Amoret — A character in Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene.” Literary and rare.
- Amparo — Spanish, means “shelter and protection.”
- Annunciata — Italian, means “announced.” Connected to the Annunciation.
- Anthea — Greek, means “flower.”
- Aoibheann — Pronounced “EE-van.” Irish, means “of radiant beauty.”
- Apollonia — Ancient and completely striking.
- Arantxa — Basque origin. Rare and beautiful.
- Arcadia
- Arethusa — A nymph transformed into a spring in Greek mythology.
- Arianrhod — Welsh goddess of the moon.
- Arietta — A short aria in opera. Musical and rare.
Irish A Girl Names
Aoife is the greatest woman warrior in Irish mythology and the fourth most popular girl name in Ireland right now. Aisling means “dream or vision” and is a name most people outside Ireland have never properly heard. Aine is the goddess of love and summer and pronounced nothing like it looks.
- Aoife — Pronounced “EE-fa.”
- Aisling — Pronounced “ASH-ling.” Means “dream or vision.”
- Aine — Pronounced “AWN-ya.” Goddess of love and summer.
- Aoibheann — Pronounced “EE-van.” Means “of radiant beauty.”
- Aifric — Pronounced “AFF-ric.” An early Irish saint.
- Aibhilin — Pronounced “AV-a-leen.” Irish form of Evelyn.
- Aobh — Pronounced “EEV.” Means “beauty.”
- Aislin — Variant spelling of Aisling.
- Ashling — Anglicised form of Aisling.
- Aisleen — Another variant of Aisling.
- Aille — Pronounced “AHL-ya.” Means “beauty” in Irish.
- Ainnle — From Irish mythology. Rare and extraordinary.
- Aisne — Connected to Irish river mythology.
- Aoibhinn — Pronounced “EE-vin.” Means “pleasant.”
- Arlaith — An ancient Irish saint’s name.
- Attracta — A fifth-century Irish saint. Wildly unusual and completely real.
- Ariu
- Aralt
- Aoibhe — Pronounced “EE-va.” A variant of Aobh.
- Aislinne — A poetic variant of Aisling.
A Girl Names Rising in 2025
Eliana entered the US top ten in 2025 as the fastest rising girl name on the charts. Aurora joined it. Amira is climbing fast. These are the A names with real momentum right now, names that feel genuinely current without being trends.
- Eliana — The fastest rising girl name on the US charts in 2025.
- Aurora — Entered the US top ten for girls in 2025.
Wrapping Up
202 baby girl names starting with A, from the most popular to the genuinely rare.
A is the best letter to start a girl’s name. I will stand by that. It opens immediately, it sounds warm in every accent, and the options it gives you span every tradition and style imaginable. Go back through the ones that stopped you. Say them out loud. You will know.