Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1918

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1918. 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 1918, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1918.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,404,748
2 Patricia 1,565,455
3 Elizabeth 1,481,580
4 Jennifer 1,469,982
5 Linda 1,449,923
6 Barbara 1,411,612
7 Susan 1,107,311
8 Jessica 1,048,442
9 Sarah 1,012,537
10 Margaret 1,004,324
11 Karen 986,908
12 Nancy 975,528
13 Lisa 966,228
14 Betty 961,898
15 Dorothy 914,296
16 Sandra 874,483
17 Ashley 853,492
18 Emily 850,837
19 Kimberly 842,700
20 Donna 827,050
21 Michelle 814,236
22 Carol 811,562
23 Amanda 775,688
24 Melissa 756,239
25 Stephanie 740,858
26 Deborah 740,852
27 Rebecca 735,518
28 Laura 731,568
29 Helen 724,962
30 Sharon 722,354
31 Cynthia 707,195
32 Kathleen 695,329
33 Amy 686,169
34 Shirley 676,570
35 Anna 669,100
36 Angela 663,597
37 Emma 626,126
38 Ruth 618,036
39 Brenda 607,752
40 Pamela 594,650
41 Nicole 591,719
42 Katherine 590,416
43 Samantha 585,529
44 Catherine 570,777
45 Christine 568,144
46 Virginia 565,587
47 Rachel 553,169
48 Debra 550,554
49 Janet 546,576
50 Carolyn 545,587

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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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