Top 100 Most Popular Japanese Names for Girls in 2011

Rank	Name	Reading	Meaning
1	結愛	Yua, Yuna, Yume, Yuina	結 is tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten. / 愛 is love, affection, favourite.
2	結衣	Yui	結 is tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten. / 衣 is garment, clothes, dressing.
3	陽菜	Hina, Haruna, Hinata	陽 is sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime. / 菜 is vegetable, side dish, greens.
4	結菜	Yuina, Yuna, Yuuna	結 is tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten. / 菜 is vegetable, side dish, greens.
5	愛菜	Mana, Aina	愛 is love, affection, favourite. / 菜 is vegetable, side dish, greens.
6	葵	Aoi	葵 is hollyhock.
7	美羽	Miu, Miwa	美 is beauty, beautiful. / 羽 is feathers, counter for birds, rabbits.
8	咲希	Saki	咲 is blossom, bloom. / 希 is hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal.
9	さくら	Sakura	さ is Hiragana. / く is Hiragana. / ら is Hiragana.
10	莉央	Rio	莉 is jasmine. / 央 is center, middle.
11	柚希	Yuzuki	柚 is citron. / 希 is hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal.
12	心結	Miyu, Miyuu, Kokoro	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 結 is tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten.
13	美咲	Misaki	美 is beauty, beautiful. / 咲 is blossom, bloom.
14	莉子	Riko	莉 is jasmine. / 子 is child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac.
15	愛莉	Airi	愛 is love, affection, favourite. / 莉 is jasmine.
16	杏奈	Anna	杏 is apricot. / 奈 is Nara, what?.
17	芽依	Mei	芽 is bud, sprout, spear, germ. / 依 is reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to.
18	心愛	Kokoa, Kokona	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 愛 is love, affection, favourite.
19	優月	Yuzuki	優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness. / 月 is month, moon.
20	七海	Nanami	七 is seven. / 海 is sea, ocean.
21	美空	Miku, Misora	美 is beauty, beautiful. / 空 is empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum.
22	優衣	Yui	優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness. / 衣 is garment, clothes, dressing.
23	優奈	Yuuna, Yuna	優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness. / 奈 is Nara, what?.
24	美桜	Mio	美 is beauty, beautiful. / 桜 is cherry.
25	花音	Kanon	花 is flower. / 音 is sound, noise.
26	杏	An, Anzu	杏 is apricot.
27	あかり	Akari	あ is Hiragana. / か is Hiragana. / り is Hiragana.
28	心優	Kokone, Miyu, Miyuu	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness.
29	愛梨	Airi	愛 is love, affection, favourite. / 梨 is pear tree.
30	美月	Mitsuki, Mitsuki, Mizuki	美 is beauty, beautiful. / 月 is month, moon.
31	琴音	Kotone	琴 is harp, koto. / 音 is sound, noise.
32	ひなた	Hinata	ひ is Hiragana. / な is Hiragana. / た is Hiragana.
33	百花	Momoka	百 is hundred. / 花 is flower.
34	凛	Rin	凛 is dignified.
35	心菜	Kokona	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 菜 is vegetable, side dish, greens.
36	芽生	Mei	芽 is bud, sprout, spear, germ. / 生 is life, genuine, birth.
37	心美	Kokomi	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 美 is beauty, beautiful.
38	玲奈	Reina, Rena	玲 is sound of jewels. / 奈 is Nara, what?.
39	和奏	Wakana	和 is harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan. / 奏 is play music, speak to a ruler, complete.
40	陽向	Hinata	陽 is sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime. / 向 is yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach.
41	希	Nozomi	希 is hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal.
42	こころ	Kokoro	こ is Hiragana. / こ is Hiragana. / ろ is Hiragana.
43	美優	Miyu, Miyuu	美 is beauty, beautiful. / 優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness.
44	楓	Kaede	楓 is maple.
45	美結	Miyu, Miyuu	美 is beauty, beautiful. / 結 is tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten.
46	愛奈	Aina, Mana	愛 is love, affection, favourite. / 奈 is Nara, what?.
47	芽衣	Mei	芽 is bud, sprout, spear, germ. / 衣 is garment, clothes, dressing.
48	優菜	Yuuna, Yuna	優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness. / 菜 is vegetable, side dish, greens.
49	心音	Kokone	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 音 is sound, noise.
50	心春	Koharu	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 春 is springtime, spring (season).
51	栞奈	Kanna	栞 is bookmark, guidebook. / 奈 is Nara, what?.
52	彩花	Ayaka	彩 is coloring, paint, makeup. / 花 is flower.
53	凜	Rin	凜 is cold, strict, severe.
54	菜々美	Nanami	菜 is vegetable, side dish, greens. / 々 is kanji iteration mark. / 美 is beauty, beautiful.
55	優芽	Yume	優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness. / 芽 is bud, sprout, spear, germ.
56	咲良	Sakura, Sara	咲 is blossom, bloom. / 良 is good, pleasing, skilled.
57	美海	Miu	美 is beauty, beautiful. / 海 is sea, ocean.
58	陽愛	Hina, Hiyori	陽 is sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime. / 愛 is love, affection, favourite.
59	真央	Mao	真 is true, reality, Buddhist sect. / 央 is center, middle.
60	彩乃	Ayano	彩 is coloring, paint, makeup. / 乃 is from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly.
61	桃花	Momoka	桃 is peach. / 花 is flower.
62	莉奈	Rina	莉 is jasmine. / 奈 is Nara, what?.
63	愛美	Manami	愛 is love, affection, favourite. / 美 is beauty, beautiful.
64	未来	Miku, Mirai	未 is un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac. / 来 is come, due, next, cause, become.
65	結月	Yuzuki	結 is tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten. / 月 is month, moon.
66	莉愛	Ria	莉 is jasmine. / 愛 is love, affection, favourite.
67	彩羽	Iroha	彩 is coloring, paint, makeup. / 羽 is feathers, counter for birds, rabbits.
68	彩葉	Iroha	彩 is coloring, paint, makeup. / 葉 is leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece.
69	ひなの	Hinano	ひ is Hiragana. / な is Hiragana. / の is Hiragana.
70	叶愛	Kanoa	叶 is grant, answer. / 愛 is love, affection, favourite.
71	心花	Kokona, Konoka, Konoka, Kohana	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 花 is flower.
72	夢	Yume	夢 is dream, vision, illusion.
73	陽葵	Himari, Hinata, Haruki	陽 is sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime. / 葵 is hollyhock.
74	里桜	Rio	里 is ri, village, parent's home, league. / 桜 is cherry.
75	咲	Saki	咲 is blossom, bloom.
76	夏帆	Kaho	夏 is summer. / 帆 is sail.
77	優花	Yuuka	優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness. / 花 is flower.
78	ひより	Hiyori	ひ is Hiragana, よ is Hiragana, り is Hiragana
79	愛	Ai	愛 is love, affection, favourite.
80	あおい	Aoi	あ is Hiragana. / お is Hiragana. / い is Hiragana.
81	華音	Kanon, Kaon	華 is splendor, flower, petal, shine, luster, ostentatious, showy, gay, gorgeous. / 音 is sound, noise.
82	桜	Sakura	桜 is cherry.
83	萌愛	Moa	萌 is show symptoms of, sprout, bud, malt. / 愛 is love, affection, favourite.
84	優香	Yuuka, Yuka	優 is tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness. / 香 is incense, smell, perfume.
85	和	Nagomi, Ai	和 is harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan.
86	莉桜	Rio	莉 is jasmine. / 桜 is cherry.
87	心咲	Misaki	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61). / 咲 is blossom, bloom.
88	遥	Haruka, Haru	遥 is far off, distant, long ago.
89	莉緒	Rio	莉 is jasmine. / 緒 is thong, beginning, inception, end, cord, strap, mental or emotional state.
90	一花	Ichika	一 is one, one radical (no.1). / 花 is flower.
91	澪	Mio, Rei	澪 is water route, shipping channel.
92	絢音	Ayane	絢 is brilliant fabric design. / 音 is sound, noise.
93	結	Yui, Yuu	結 is tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten.
94	心	Kokoro, Shin	心 is heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61).
95	ひまり	Himari	ひ is Hiragana, ま is Hiragana, り is Hiragana
96	愛桜	Aoi	愛 is love, affection, favourite. / 桜 is cherry.
97	綾乃	Ayano	綾 is design, figured cloth, twill. / 乃 is from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly.
98	杏樹	Anju	杏 is apricot. / 樹 is timber, trees, wood, establish, set up.
99	光希	Koki, Mitsuki	光 is ray, light. / 希 is hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal.
100	紗希	Saki	紗 is gauze, gossamer. / 希 is hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal.