I'm a huge lover of the name Olivia, and always thought it'd be the girls' name I chose for a daughter — until it became one of the most popular names [1] in the US with no sign of losing its status any time soon. As someone with a unique name [2] that's often hard to pronounce, I definitely want to give my kids names that roll off the tongue, but aren't ones that every other kid in their kindergarten class will have. To find beautiful names for girls [3] that fit this criteria, I scoured the bottom of the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 names list [4] to see which monikers were less popular, but still uncommon [5] all the same.

See 30 of my favourite names from that search below — Which would you choose?

Related:

30 Uncommon Boys' Names That You're Going to Put at the Top of Your Baby Name List [6]

1. Alora
2. Aranza
3. Arely
4. Bexley
5. Brenna
6. Briar
7. Elliana
8. Ellison
9. Emerald
10. Ensley
11. Halle
12. Hadley
13. Holland
14. Jana
15. Kimora

16. Kyra
17. Lizbeth
18. Marlowe
19. Nayeli
20. Oaklee
21. Riya
22. Rosalyn
23. Samira
24. Saoirse
25. Sarai
26. Selene
27. Vada
28. Vienna
29. Yara
30. Zion