Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1903

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1903. 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 1903, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1903.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,865,262
2 Elizabeth 1,590,988
3 Patricia 1,572,133
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,452,062
6 Barbara 1,429,815
7 Margaret 1,181,183
8 Susan 1,114,544
9 Dorothy 1,089,107
10 Sarah 1,049,950
11 Jessica 1,048,259
12 Betty 993,878
13 Nancy 991,381
14 Karen 987,018
15 Lisa 966,051
16 Helen 954,388
17 Sandra 874,576
18 Emily 861,431
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 830,325
22 Carol 815,877
23 Michelle 813,423
24 Anna 793,583
25 Amanda 779,802
26 Ruth 777,847
27 Laura 764,270
28 Melissa 756,030
29 Rebecca 744,242
30 Stephanie 742,503
31 Deborah 741,203
32 Sharon 722,248
33 Kathleen 709,484
34 Cynthia 708,736
35 Amy 690,145
36 Shirley 684,777
37 Angela 667,512
38 Emma 659,292
39 Virginia 638,921
40 Catherine 634,878
41 Katherine 624,546
42 Brenda 607,714
43 Pamela 594,678
44 Evelyn 592,084
45 Nicole 590,727
46 Samantha 583,161
47 Christine 580,817
48 Rachel 562,207
49 Frances 558,172
50 Janet 554,720

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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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