The top 100 middle names for girls

Middle names for girls used to be limited to the same basic options. For decades, it seemed like every baby girl got the middle name Ann, Marie, Lynn, Sue or Elizabeth.

The good news is that the list of middle names for girls has expanded quite a bit with time.

Pamela Redmond, baby name consultant and founder of Nameberry, told TODAY Parents that the middle name Rose has gained popularity.

"Everyone has an ancestor with Rose in their name, but it feels too simple for many to use as a first name and works well in the middle," Redmond said.

Redmond said the "Rose trend" has expanded to include a lot of other nature names, including: Rue, River, Sage and Lark.

"Grace has been another recently popular middle name for girls, and you can expand that to other virtue names, such as Hope or Justice," Redmond told TODAY.

Another popular trend? Masculine middle names.

"The boys’ name James has become a popular middle name for girls and started a trend for traditional masculine names in the middle," Redmond explained. "This might be a way to honor a male relative or hero in your daughter’s name without 'feminizing' it."

Redmond said that creating gender neutral names can add gender fluidity to a daughter's name.

"So a conventionally feminine name such as Olivia might be balanced out by a unisex name in the middle, such as River or Zephyr," she said.

Redmond told TODAY that honor names might be more important for girls now than in the past.

"These might include mother’s or grandmother’s surname or a heroine or female ancestor’s name, though sometimes made more contemporary," she said. "Grandma Mary or Maria might have a contemporary namesake with the middle name Mae or Maeve."

1. Rose

2. Elizabeth

3. Grace

4. Jane

5. Marie

1. Pearl

2. Violet

3. Josephine

4. June

5. Beatrice

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"Parents today see the child’s entire name, including surname, as a package deal," Redmond said. "They look to the middle name to do everything the first name and last name haven’t done — represent one parent’s ethnic heritage, for example, or make the overall name more exciting or down-to-earth."

Here are the top middle names for girls, according to Nameberry.com:

1. Maeve
2. Alice
3. Wren
4. Rose
5. Willow
6. Mae
7. Sage
8. Claire
9. Nova
10. Grace
11. Elizabeth
12. Jane
13. Margaret
14. Rue
15. Harper
16. Aria
17. Briar
18. Frances
19. Elise
20. Catherine
21. Faye
22. Arden
23. Jade
24. Birdie
25. Blythe
26. June
27. Eve
28. Pearl
29. Nyx
30. Blair
31. Scout
32. Ruth
33. Alma
34. Rain
35. Mary
36. Indigo
37. Neve
38. Rae
39. Avalon
40. Gwen
41. Lennon
42. Belle
43. Louise
44. Hope
45. Zora
46. Winter
47. Coco
48. Brooke
49. Bea
50. Echo
51. Lux
52. Arya
53. Rumi
54. Honey
55. Paige
56. Raven
57. Fleur
58. Kate
59. Reese
60. Summer
61. Anne
62. Faith
63. Maude
64. River
65. Joy
66. Liv
67. Kai
68. Kit
69. Tess
70. Fern
71. Blue
72. Dove
73. Bee
74. Venus
75. Marie
76. Lark
77. Reign
78. Arcadia
79. Peyton
80. May
81. Shea
82. Alba
83. Shay
84. Sunny
85. James
86. Bree
87. Moon
88. Kennedy
89. Zephyr
90. Sierra
91. Ellen
92. Lou
93. Jean
94. India
95. Maple
96. Rio
97. Love
98. Greer
99. Bryn
100. Joan

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