Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1905

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1905. 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 1905, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1905.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,836,026
2 Elizabeth 1,583,432
3 Patricia 1,571,930
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,451,871
6 Barbara 1,429,112
7 Margaret 1,170,835
8 Susan 1,113,915
9 Dorothy 1,082,552
10 Jessica 1,048,227
11 Sarah 1,046,803
12 Betty 992,575
13 Nancy 990,346
14 Karen 986,999
15 Lisa 966,042
16 Helen 941,771
17 Sandra 874,568
18 Emily 860,274
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 830,186
22 Carol 815,712
23 Michelle 813,423
24 Anna 783,155
25 Amanda 779,261
26 Ruth 768,429
27 Laura 761,259
28 Melissa 755,971
29 Rebecca 743,537
30 Stephanie 742,438
31 Deborah 741,159
32 Sharon 722,248
33 Kathleen 708,770
34 Cynthia 708,611
35 Amy 689,648
36 Shirley 684,537
37 Angela 667,256
38 Emma 654,672
39 Virginia 636,676
40 Catherine 630,979
41 Katherine 622,403
42 Brenda 607,703
43 Pamela 594,673
44 Nicole 590,727
45 Evelyn 589,502
46 Samantha 583,148
47 Christine 580,129
48 Rachel 561,468
49 Janet 554,473
50 Frances 553,150

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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