Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1914

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1914. 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 1914, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1914.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,631,901
2 Patricia 1,569,304
3 Elizabeth 1,530,156
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,450,674
6 Barbara 1,422,753
7 Susan 1,110,264
8 Margaret 1,093,474
9 Jessica 1,048,030
10 Sarah 1,027,415
11 Dorothy 1,013,860
12 Karen 986,871
13 Nancy 983,405
14 Betty 980,579
15 Lisa 965,989
16 Sandra 874,448
17 Emily 852,550
18 Ashley 851,646
19 Helen 845,215
20 Kimberly 841,316
21 Donna 828,973
22 Carol 814,102
23 Michelle 813,423
24 Amanda 776,660
25 Melissa 755,654
26 Laura 745,032
27 Stephanie 741,637
28 Deborah 740,902
29 Rebecca 738,859
30 Anna 723,528
31 Sharon 722,213
32 Cynthia 707,746
33 Kathleen 703,029
34 Ruth 700,855
35 Amy 687,062
36 Shirley 681,523
37 Angela 665,027
38 Emma 631,045
39 Virginia 610,319
40 Brenda 607,642
41 Katherine 606,586
42 Catherine 601,753
43 Pamela 594,621
44 Nicole 590,727
45 Samantha 583,026
46 Christine 574,557
47 Rachel 556,769
48 Evelyn 556,560
49 Janet 551,563
50 Debra 550,541

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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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