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 3,937,167
2 Elizabeth 1,608,940
3 Patricia 1,572,476
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,452,564
6 Barbara 1,431,315
7 Margaret 1,204,867
8 Susan 1,116,363
9 Dorothy 1,099,836
10 Sarah 1,058,615
11 Jessica 1,048,326
12 Betty 996,426
13 Nancy 994,165
14 Karen 987,048
15 Helen 982,222
16 Lisa 966,058
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Emily 864,397
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 830,617
22 Anna 820,796
23 Carol 816,216
24 Michelle 813,423
25 Ruth 799,131
26 Amanda 781,494
27 Laura 772,295
28 Melissa 756,226
29 Rebecca 746,192
30 Stephanie 742,586
31 Deborah 741,303
32 Sharon 722,253
33 Kathleen 710,938
34 Cynthia 709,096
35 Amy 691,601
36 Shirley 685,230
37 Emma 672,508
38 Angela 668,002
39 Catherine 643,787
40 Virginia 643,399
41 Katherine 629,497
42 Brenda 607,720
43 Evelyn 596,955
44 Pamela 594,689
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Samantha 583,255
47 Christine 582,399
48 Frances 569,501
49 Rachel 564,039
50 Janet 555,253

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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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