Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1915

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1915. 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 1915, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1915.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,586,556
2 Patricia 1,568,648
3 Elizabeth 1,518,789
4 Jennifer 1,469,363
5 Linda 1,450,455
6 Barbara 1,420,692
7 Susan 1,109,603
8 Margaret 1,075,711
9 Jessica 1,047,988
10 Sarah 1,023,736
11 Dorothy 995,078
12 Karen 986,837
13 Nancy 981,830
14 Betty 977,646
15 Lisa 965,977
16 Sandra 874,408
17 Ashley 851,646
18 Emily 850,900
19 Kimberly 841,316
20 Donna 828,690
21 Helen 821,994
22 Carol 813,665
23 Michelle 813,423
24 Amanda 776,285
25 Melissa 755,602
26 Laura 741,973
27 Stephanie 741,357
28 Deborah 740,840
29 Rebecca 737,969
30 Sharon 722,205
31 Anna 711,663
32 Cynthia 707,563
33 Kathleen 701,554
34 Amy 686,590
35 Ruth 685,016
36 Shirley 680,617
37 Angela 664,437
38 Emma 627,073
39 Brenda 607,627
40 Katherine 602,934
41 Virginia 602,718
42 Catherine 595,140
43 Pamela 594,608
44 Nicole 590,727
45 Samantha 583,006
46 Christine 573,183
47 Rachel 555,794
48 Janet 550,680
49 Debra 550,536
50 Carolyn 548,930

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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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