By the YeahBaby.com editorial staff
Emily stayed the most popular baby girl name in 2004, but these baby girl names made the biggest leap up the charts. YeahBaby did the statistical analysis and created this list of hot names for a baby girl. Those needing a little bit more names popularity info can view this year's Top 1000 baby girl names or the 2004 baby boy names rising in popularity.
| Girls name | 2004 rank | 2003 rank | difference | comments |
| Kaydence | 373 | 993 | 620 | alternate spelling of Cadence, a rapidly rising name |
| Kadence | 388 | 880 | 492 | see above... |
| Rubi | 612 | not in top 1000 | 389 + | variation of Ruby, a top 500 girls name since the 19th century |
| Charlize | 625 | not in top 1000 | 376 + | movie star Charlize Theron |
| Keira | 258 | 622 | 364 | actress Keira Knightly |
| Saniya | 613 | 972 | 359 | Indian/Hindi name meaning 'moment' |
| Sherlyn | 577 | 920 | 343 | variant of Sherilyn, made famous by Sherilyn Fenn |
| Roselyn | 610 | 940 | 330 | the Roselyn Chapel, a central location in The DaVinci Code |
| Litzy | 524 | 840 | 316 | modern variation of Elizabeth, a long time top 10 girls name |
| Dayanara | 426 | 718 | 292 | Singer Marc Anthony's ex-wife, Miss Universe Dayanara Torres |
The girls names which had a similar decline are: Hailie -231, Samira -226, Fabiola -219, Shirley -218, Ashanti -209, Ericka -200, Ashton -191, Sydni -179, and Felicia -177.
Data is based on reports from the Social Security Administration. The above data does not necessarily reflect the greatest increase or decrease in the number of births, merely the greatest increase or decrease in rank of popularity with respect to other baby names.
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