Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1906

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1906. 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 1906, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1906.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,822,056
2 Elizabeth 1,586,275
3 Patricia 1,572,030
4 Jennifer 1,469,987
5 Linda 1,452,112
6 Barbara 1,429,017
7 Margaret 1,167,325
8 Susan 1,113,801
9 Dorothy 1,079,257
10 Jessica 1,048,827
11 Sarah 1,047,821
12 Betty 991,976
13 Nancy 990,073
14 Karen 987,184
15 Lisa 966,326
16 Helen 935,707
17 Sandra 874,793
18 Emily 866,052
19 Ashley 853,497
20 Kimberly 842,700
21 Donna 830,228
22 Carol 815,701
23 Michelle 814,241
24 Anna 780,675
25 Amanda 779,631
26 Ruth 765,017
27 Laura 760,562
28 Melissa 756,763
29 Rebecca 744,200
30 Stephanie 743,055
31 Deborah 741,437
32 Sharon 722,447
33 Cynthia 708,860
34 Kathleen 708,611
35 Amy 690,787
36 Shirley 684,508
37 Angela 668,424
38 Emma 666,809
39 Virginia 635,851
40 Catherine 629,757
41 Katherine 622,940
42 Brenda 607,882
43 Evelyn 597,130
44 Pamela 594,766
45 Nicole 591,719
46 Samantha 585,722
47 Christine 580,001
48 Rachel 562,294
49 Janet 554,422
50 Carolyn 552,815

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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