Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1880

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1880. These names are taken directly from the Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

The table below shows the top 50 most popular baby girl names since 1880, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1880.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 4,134,491
2 Elizabeth 1,667,843
3 Patricia 1,572,984
4 Jennifer 1,469,987
5 Linda 1,454,075
6 Barbara 1,435,612
7 Margaret 1,257,838
8 Susan 1,122,680
9 Dorothy 1,110,054
10 Sarah 1,089,877
11 Jessica 1,049,145
12 Helen 1,021,989
13 Nancy 1,003,544
14 Betty 1,000,518
15 Karen 987,355
16 Lisa 966,358
17 Anna 906,272
18 Emily 878,505
19 Sandra 874,806
20 Ashley 853,497
21 Kimberly 842,700
22 Donna 831,320
23 Ruth 830,791
24 Carol 816,682
25 Michelle 814,241
26 Laura 799,163
27 Amanda 788,630
28 Melissa 757,792
29 Rebecca 753,043
30 Stephanie 743,310
31 Deborah 741,893
32 Emma 735,766
33 Sharon 722,452
34 Kathleen 712,960
35 Cynthia 710,548
36 Amy 697,556
37 Shirley 685,933
38 Angela 670,043
39 Catherine 664,847
40 Virginia 651,203
41 Katherine 645,698
42 Evelyn 612,071
43 Brenda 607,914
44 Pamela 594,787
45 Frances 593,086
46 Nicole 591,719
47 Samantha 586,138
48 Christine 585,845
49 Alice 577,605
50 Rachel 570,002

More Popular Baby Names

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Top 1000 most popular boy names: 1-250 | 251-500 | 501-750 | 751-1000

Top 1000 most popular girl names: 1-250 | 251-500 | 501-750 | 751-1000

Historical Data for Baby Names

If you're interested to see how the trends and popularity of baby names have changed, you can use the links below to view the historical data by decade.

Most popular first names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Most popular boy names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Most popular girl names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Data Source(s)

All of the data on this page is sourced from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and excludes any names with fewer than 5 occurrences in any geographic area.

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