Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1889

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1889. 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 1889, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1889.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 4,052,374
2 Elizabeth 1,638,931
3 Patricia 1,572,722
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,453,310
6 Barbara 1,433,767
7 Margaret 1,236,776
8 Susan 1,119,599
9 Dorothy 1,107,701
10 Sarah 1,074,112
11 Jessica 1,048,443
12 Helen 1,011,655
13 Betty 998,980
14 Nancy 998,960
15 Karen 987,120
16 Lisa 966,063
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Anna 870,231
19 Emily 869,105
20 Ashley 851,646
21 Kimberly 841,316
22 Donna 830,994
23 Ruth 824,910
24 Carol 816,512
25 Michelle 813,423
26 Laura 787,055
27 Amanda 785,082
28 Melissa 756,589
29 Rebecca 749,466
30 Stephanie 742,657
31 Deborah 741,466
32 Sharon 722,253
33 Kathleen 712,431
34 Cynthia 709,730
35 Emma 698,811
36 Amy 694,273
37 Shirley 685,663
38 Angela 668,537
39 Catherine 656,154
40 Virginia 648,081
41 Katherine 637,938
42 Brenda 607,727
43 Evelyn 601,285
44 Pamela 594,694
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Christine 584,552
47 Frances 584,505
48 Samantha 583,407
49 Rachel 566,893
50 Alice 559,110

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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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