Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1891

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1891. 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 1891, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1891.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 4,028,648
2 Elizabeth 1,632,761
3 Patricia 1,572,694
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,453,182
6 Barbara 1,433,280
7 Margaret 1,230,759
8 Susan 1,118,889
9 Dorothy 1,106,866
10 Sarah 1,070,596
11 Jessica 1,048,416
12 Helen 1,007,434
13 Betty 998,575
14 Nancy 997,978
15 Karen 987,096
16 Lisa 966,063
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Emily 868,167
19 Anna 859,936
20 Ashley 851,646
21 Kimberly 841,316
22 Donna 830,920
23 Ruth 822,642
24 Carol 816,456
25 Michelle 813,423
26 Amanda 784,277
27 Laura 783,854
28 Melissa 756,501
29 Rebecca 748,755
30 Stephanie 742,657
31 Deborah 741,430
32 Sharon 722,253
33 Kathleen 712,239
34 Cynthia 709,575
35 Amy 693,746
36 Emma 692,947
37 Shirley 685,581
38 Angela 668,450
39 Catherine 653,724
40 Virginia 647,281
41 Katherine 636,149
42 Brenda 607,727
43 Evelyn 600,649
44 Pamela 594,694
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Christine 584,143
47 Samantha 583,378
48 Frances 581,738
49 Rachel 566,309
50 Janet 555,873

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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