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 4,003,773
2 Elizabeth 1,626,241
3 Patricia 1,572,661
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,453,021
6 Barbara 1,432,781
7 Margaret 1,224,259
8 Susan 1,118,153
9 Dorothy 1,105,674
10 Sarah 1,067,129
11 Jessica 1,048,388
12 Helen 1,002,081
13 Betty 998,081
14 Nancy 996,864
15 Karen 987,080
16 Lisa 966,063
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Emily 867,205
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Anna 849,295
21 Kimberly 841,316
22 Donna 830,840
23 Ruth 817,495
24 Carol 816,403
25 Michelle 813,423
26 Amanda 783,451
27 Laura 780,601
28 Melissa 756,437
29 Rebecca 748,082
30 Stephanie 742,643
31 Deborah 741,399
32 Sharon 722,253
33 Kathleen 711,977
34 Cynthia 709,428
35 Amy 693,149
36 Emma 686,935
37 Shirley 685,488
38 Angela 668,358
39 Catherine 651,172
40 Virginia 646,367
41 Katherine 634,385
42 Brenda 607,727
43 Evelyn 599,869
44 Pamela 594,694
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Christine 583,760
47 Samantha 583,338
48 Frances 578,671
49 Rachel 565,673
50 Janet 555,711

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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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