Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1890

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1890. 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 1890, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1890.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 4,040,726
2 Elizabeth 1,635,873
3 Patricia 1,572,705
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,453,236
6 Barbara 1,433,521
7 Margaret 1,233,859
8 Susan 1,119,243
9 Dorothy 1,107,324
10 Sarah 1,072,382
11 Jessica 1,048,434
12 Helen 1,009,746
13 Betty 998,791
14 Nancy 998,490
15 Karen 987,110
16 Lisa 966,063
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Emily 868,676
19 Anna 865,169
20 Ashley 851,646
21 Kimberly 841,316
22 Donna 830,953
23 Ruth 823,837
24 Carol 816,482
25 Michelle 813,423
26 Laura 785,488
27 Amanda 784,669
28 Melissa 756,543
29 Rebecca 749,129
30 Stephanie 742,657
31 Deborah 741,454
32 Sharon 722,253
33 Kathleen 712,344
34 Cynthia 709,654
35 Emma 695,927
36 Amy 694,021
37 Shirley 685,621
38 Angela 668,495
39 Catherine 654,956
40 Virginia 647,686
41 Katherine 637,049
42 Brenda 607,727
43 Evelyn 600,965
44 Pamela 594,694
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Christine 584,363
47 Samantha 583,393
48 Frances 583,154
49 Rachel 566,627
50 Alice 556,965

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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