Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1900

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1900. 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 1900, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1900.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,911,686
2 Elizabeth 1,608,958
3 Patricia 1,572,594
4 Jennifer 1,469,987
5 Linda 1,452,710
6 Barbara 1,431,009
7 Margaret 1,198,102
8 Susan 1,115,837
9 Dorothy 1,097,120
10 Sarah 1,058,008
11 Jessica 1,048,916
12 Betty 995,803
13 Nancy 993,406
14 Karen 987,227
15 Helen 972,691
16 Lisa 966,340
17 Sandra 874,806
18 Emily 869,661
19 Ashley 853,497
20 Kimberly 842,700
21 Donna 830,614
22 Carol 816,168
23 Michelle 814,241
24 Anna 812,852
25 Ruth 792,626
26 Amanda 781,478
27 Laura 769,924
28 Melissa 756,966
29 Rebecca 746,534
30 Stephanie 743,210
31 Deborah 741,567
32 Sharon 722,452
33 Kathleen 710,629
34 Cynthia 709,265
35 Amy 692,387
36 Shirley 685,219
37 Emma 681,710
38 Angela 669,140
39 Virginia 642,391
40 Catherine 641,430
41 Katherine 629,368
42 Brenda 607,907
43 Evelyn 604,606
44 Pamela 594,776
45 Nicole 591,719
46 Samantha 585,805
47 Christine 582,014
48 Frances 565,814
49 Rachel 564,595
50 Janet 555,154

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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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