Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1907

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1907. 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 1907, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1907.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,803,589
2 Elizabeth 1,574,991
3 Patricia 1,571,652
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,451,668
6 Barbara 1,428,333
7 Margaret 1,159,049
8 Susan 1,113,268
9 Dorothy 1,074,289
10 Jessica 1,048,192
11 Sarah 1,043,344
12 Betty 990,903
13 Nancy 989,254
14 Karen 986,972
15 Lisa 966,037
16 Helen 927,784
17 Sandra 874,553
18 Emily 858,972
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 830,043
22 Carol 815,524
23 Michelle 813,423
24 Amanda 778,690
25 Anna 772,229
26 Laura 758,226
27 Ruth 758,221
28 Melissa 755,919
29 Rebecca 742,738
30 Stephanie 742,367
31 Deborah 741,117
32 Sharon 722,248
33 Cynthia 708,471
34 Kathleen 707,972
35 Amy 689,139
36 Shirley 684,188
37 Angela 666,985
38 Emma 650,150
39 Virginia 633,791
40 Catherine 626,551
41 Katherine 619,936
42 Brenda 607,695
43 Pamela 594,667
44 Nicole 590,727
45 Evelyn 585,764
46 Samantha 583,123
47 Christine 579,377
48 Rachel 560,681
49 Janet 554,180
50 Carolyn 552,439

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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