Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1902

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1902. 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 1902, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1902.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,879,748
2 Elizabeth 1,594,682
3 Patricia 1,572,218
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,452,153
6 Barbara 1,430,121
7 Margaret 1,186,194
8 Susan 1,114,879
9 Dorothy 1,091,814
10 Sarah 1,051,660
11 Jessica 1,048,268
12 Betty 994,458
13 Nancy 991,952
14 Karen 987,018
15 Lisa 966,051
16 Helen 960,355
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Emily 862,037
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 830,380
22 Carol 815,957
23 Michelle 813,423
24 Anna 798,871
25 Ruth 782,231
26 Amanda 780,103
27 Laura 765,829
28 Melissa 756,070
29 Rebecca 744,624
30 Stephanie 742,515
31 Deborah 741,224
32 Sharon 722,248
33 Kathleen 709,809
34 Cynthia 708,799
35 Amy 690,400
36 Shirley 684,881
37 Angela 667,628
38 Emma 661,806
39 Virginia 639,929
40 Catherine 636,774
41 Katherine 625,550
42 Brenda 607,714
43 Pamela 594,678
44 Evelyn 593,235
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Samantha 583,176
47 Christine 581,140
48 Rachel 562,600
49 Frances 560,498
50 Janet 554,835

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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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