Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1898

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1898. 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 1898, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1898.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,939,264
2 Elizabeth 1,615,904
3 Patricia 1,572,697
4 Jennifer 1,469,987
5 Linda 1,452,910
6 Barbara 1,431,586
7 Margaret 1,207,047
8 Susan 1,116,569
9 Dorothy 1,100,478
10 Sarah 1,061,395
11 Jessica 1,048,943
12 Betty 996,634
13 Nancy 994,427
14 Karen 987,244
15 Helen 982,969
16 Lisa 966,347
17 Sandra 874,806
18 Emily 870,858
19 Ashley 853,497
20 Kimberly 842,700
21 Donna 830,718
22 Anna 823,740
23 Carol 816,296
24 Michelle 814,241
25 Ruth 800,787
26 Amanda 782,175
27 Laura 773,164
28 Melissa 757,048
29 Rebecca 747,257
30 Stephanie 743,239
31 Deborah 741,599
32 Sharon 722,452
33 Kathleen 711,165
34 Cynthia 709,408
35 Amy 693,009
36 Emma 686,943
37 Shirley 685,363
38 Angela 669,318
39 Catherine 644,763
40 Virginia 643,968
41 Katherine 631,224
42 Brenda 607,907
43 Evelyn 606,244
44 Pamela 594,782
45 Nicole 591,719
46 Samantha 585,841
47 Christine 582,615
48 Frances 570,251
49 Rachel 565,286
50 Janet 555,356

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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