Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1888

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1888. 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 1888, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1888.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 4,066,225
2 Elizabeth 1,649,119
3 Patricia 1,572,955
4 Jennifer 1,469,987
5 Linda 1,453,733
6 Barbara 1,434,291
7 Margaret 1,241,860
8 Susan 1,120,168
9 Dorothy 1,108,716
10 Sarah 1,078,647
11 Jessica 1,049,078
12 Helen 1,014,249
13 Nancy 999,804
14 Betty 999,402
15 Karen 987,321
16 Lisa 966,352
17 Anna 878,157
18 Emily 876,023
19 Sandra 874,806
20 Ashley 853,497
21 Kimberly 842,700
22 Donna 831,132
23 Ruth 827,416
24 Carol 816,612
25 Michelle 814,241
26 Laura 789,548
27 Amanda 786,167
28 Melissa 757,451
29 Rebecca 750,868
30 Stephanie 743,310
31 Deborah 741,788
32 Sharon 722,452
33 Emma 716,333
34 Kathleen 712,725
35 Cynthia 710,100
36 Amy 695,917
37 Shirley 685,828
38 Angela 669,886
39 Catherine 658,342
40 Virginia 649,035
41 Katherine 640,558
42 Evelyn 610,811
43 Brenda 607,914
44 Pamela 594,787
45 Nicole 591,719
46 Frances 586,707
47 Samantha 586,011
48 Christine 584,938
49 Rachel 568,421
50 Alice 564,810

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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