Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1892

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1892. 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 1892, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1892.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 4,016,945
2 Elizabeth 1,629,702
3 Patricia 1,572,682
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,453,104
6 Barbara 1,433,059
7 Margaret 1,227,694
8 Susan 1,118,519
9 Dorothy 1,106,300
10 Sarah 1,068,927
11 Jessica 1,048,402
12 Helen 1,005,017
13 Betty 998,336
14 Nancy 997,455
15 Karen 987,090
16 Lisa 966,063
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Emily 867,723
19 Anna 854,837
20 Ashley 851,646
21 Kimberly 841,316
22 Donna 830,883
23 Ruth 820,785
24 Carol 816,432
25 Michelle 813,423
26 Amanda 783,906
27 Laura 782,345
28 Melissa 756,471
29 Rebecca 748,435
30 Stephanie 742,652
31 Deborah 741,415
32 Sharon 722,253
33 Kathleen 712,126
34 Cynthia 709,508
35 Amy 693,480
36 Emma 690,063
37 Shirley 685,546
38 Angela 668,421
39 Catherine 652,505
40 Virginia 646,842
41 Katherine 635,346
42 Brenda 607,727
43 Evelyn 600,287
44 Pamela 594,694
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Christine 583,982
47 Samantha 583,358
48 Frances 580,341
49 Rachel 566,042
50 Janet 555,789

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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