Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1913

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1913. 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 1913, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1913.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,670,640
2 Patricia 1,570,113
3 Elizabeth 1,546,625
4 Jennifer 1,469,987
5 Linda 1,451,258
6 Barbara 1,424,475
7 Susan 1,111,013
8 Margaret 1,110,140
9 Jessica 1,048,672
10 Sarah 1,033,373
11 Dorothy 1,029,176
12 Karen 987,079
13 Nancy 984,957
14 Betty 983,027
15 Lisa 966,294
16 Sandra 874,714
17 Helen 864,850
18 Emily 860,397
19 Ashley 853,497
20 Kimberly 842,700
21 Donna 829,340
22 Carol 814,514
23 Michelle 814,241
24 Amanda 777,687
25 Melissa 756,523
26 Laura 748,355
27 Stephanie 742,475
28 Deborah 741,240
29 Rebecca 740,663
30 Anna 736,159
31 Sharon 722,423
32 Ruth 715,120
33 Cynthia 708,223
34 Kathleen 704,435
35 Amy 688,857
36 Shirley 682,340
37 Angela 666,790
38 Emma 648,954
39 Virginia 616,924
40 Katherine 611,107
41 Catherine 608,031
42 Brenda 607,841
43 Pamela 594,730
44 Nicole 591,719
45 Samantha 585,625
46 Christine 575,818
47 Evelyn 572,532
48 Rachel 558,843
49 Janet 552,378
50 Carolyn 550,633

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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