Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1908

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1908. 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 1908, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1908.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,786,009
2 Patricia 1,571,475
3 Elizabeth 1,570,367
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,451,566
6 Barbara 1,427,818
7 Margaret 1,152,336
8 Susan 1,112,913
9 Dorothy 1,069,322
10 Jessica 1,048,175
11 Sarah 1,041,545
12 Betty 989,885
13 Nancy 988,672
14 Karen 986,958
15 Lisa 966,030
16 Helen 920,205
17 Sandra 874,548
18 Emily 858,258
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 829,943
22 Carol 815,412
23 Michelle 813,423
24 Amanda 778,405
25 Anna 766,654
26 Laura 756,605
27 Melissa 755,881
28 Ruth 752,648
29 Rebecca 742,338
30 Stephanie 742,324
31 Deborah 741,096
32 Sharon 722,243
33 Cynthia 708,391
34 Kathleen 707,532
35 Amy 688,892
36 Shirley 683,941
37 Angela 666,811
38 Emma 647,794
39 Virginia 631,898
40 Catherine 624,094
41 Katherine 618,523
42 Brenda 607,695
43 Pamela 594,667
44 Nicole 590,727
45 Samantha 583,107
46 Evelyn 582,729
47 Christine 578,925
48 Rachel 560,261
49 Janet 553,983
50 Carolyn 552,255

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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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