Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1893

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1893. 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 1893, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1893.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 4,005,870
2 Elizabeth 1,633,205
3 Patricia 1,572,882
4 Jennifer 1,469,987
5 Linda 1,453,367
6 Barbara 1,433,052
7 Margaret 1,226,439
8 Susan 1,118,359
9 Dorothy 1,106,316
10 Sarah 1,069,909
11 Jessica 1,049,005
12 Helen 1,002,828
13 Betty 998,289
14 Nancy 997,126
15 Karen 987,276
16 Lisa 966,352
17 Sandra 874,806
18 Emily 873,666
19 Ashley 853,497
20 Anna 852,239
21 Kimberly 842,700
22 Donna 830,941
23 Ruth 819,151
24 Carol 816,483
25 Michelle 814,241
26 Amanda 784,132
27 Laura 781,470
28 Melissa 757,259
29 Rebecca 749,147
30 Stephanie 743,296
31 Deborah 741,695
32 Sharon 722,452
33 Kathleen 712,204
34 Cynthia 709,740
35 Emma 701,370
36 Amy 694,557
37 Shirley 685,621
38 Angela 669,674
39 Catherine 652,148
40 Virginia 646,936
41 Katherine 636,112
42 Evelyn 609,158
43 Brenda 607,914
44 Pamela 594,787
45 Nicole 591,719
46 Samantha 585,924
47 Christine 583,976
48 Frances 579,421
49 Rachel 566,920
50 Janet 555,814

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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