Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1899

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1899. 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 1899, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1899.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,922,761
2 Elizabeth 1,605,281
3 Patricia 1,572,429
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,452,462
6 Barbara 1,431,011
7 Margaret 1,200,171
8 Susan 1,115,981
9 Dorothy 1,098,165
10 Sarah 1,056,815
11 Jessica 1,048,313
12 Betty 996,005
13 Nancy 993,619
14 Karen 987,040
15 Helen 976,992
16 Lisa 966,058
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Emily 863,769
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 830,565
22 Carol 816,153
23 Anna 815,023
24 Michelle 813,423
25 Ruth 794,882
26 Amanda 781,123
27 Laura 770,527
28 Melissa 756,191
29 Rebecca 745,816
30 Stephanie 742,572
31 Deborah 741,282
32 Sharon 722,253
33 Kathleen 710,632
34 Cynthia 709,024
35 Amy 691,260
36 Shirley 685,160
37 Emma 669,720
38 Angela 667,904
39 Virginia 642,598
40 Catherine 642,082
41 Katherine 628,583
42 Brenda 607,720
43 Evelyn 596,119
44 Pamela 594,683
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Samantha 583,234
47 Christine 582,097
48 Frances 567,122
49 Rachel 563,672
50 Janet 555,131

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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