Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1910

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1910. 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 1910, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1910.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,748,085
2 Patricia 1,571,037
3 Elizabeth 1,560,287
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,451,368
6 Barbara 1,426,737
7 Margaret 1,138,001
8 Susan 1,112,183
9 Dorothy 1,057,366
10 Jessica 1,048,140
11 Sarah 1,037,886
12 Betty 987,675
13 Nancy 987,411
14 Karen 986,933
15 Lisa 966,030
16 Helen 902,516
17 Sandra 874,528
18 Emily 856,777
19 Ashley 851,646
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 829,722
22 Carol 815,124
23 Michelle 813,423
24 Amanda 777,874
25 Melissa 755,821
26 Anna 754,990
27 Laura 753,523
28 Stephanie 742,193
29 Rebecca 741,417
30 Deborah 741,045
31 Ruth 739,959
32 Sharon 722,236
33 Cynthia 708,259
34 Kathleen 706,478
35 Amy 688,403
36 Shirley 683,376
37 Angela 666,424
38 Emma 643,099
39 Virginia 627,283
40 Catherine 618,447
41 Katherine 615,536
42 Brenda 607,688
43 Pamela 594,667
44 Nicole 590,727
45 Samantha 583,084
46 Christine 577,897
47 Evelyn 576,715
48 Rachel 559,374
49 Janet 553,510
50 Carolyn 551,676

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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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