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Ballet names from the great roles
21 names · 21 girls · 0 boys · records through 2025
Two centuries of ballet produced a compact set of heroine names, most of them French or Italian, and a surprising number are in genuine American use.
This guide has 21 names: 21 girl names and 0 boy names. A curated set of ballet role and dancer names matched against the latest US records; only names in real use appear. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
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Aurora and Clara are the strongest performers by a distance, though both have other routes into the language — which is the honest caveat on any list like this.
Every name below appears in current birth records, with today's rank alongside.
Girl names
21 names
- Aurora#15 today
- Grace#38 today
- Maya#62 today
- Clara#63 today
- Margot#102 today
- Anna#107 today
- Alina#130 today
- Bella#136 today
- Natalia#144 today
- Vera#205 today
- Diana#244 today
- Sylvie#282 today
- Nina#324 today
- Esmeralda#373 today
- Giselle#382 today
- Alicia#460 today
- Marie#617 today
- Odette#881 today
- Isadora#1261 today
- Petra#1367 today
- Tamara#1808 today
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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