Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1919

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1919. 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 1919, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1919.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,335,285
2 Patricia 1,563,474
3 Jennifer 1,469,358
4 Elizabeth 1,458,763
5 Linda 1,449,255
6 Barbara 1,407,117
7 Susan 1,106,193
8 Jessica 1,047,769
9 Sarah 1,004,788
10 Karen 986,656
11 Margaret 975,005
12 Nancy 972,756
13 Lisa 965,924
14 Betty 952,887
15 Dorothy 881,624
16 Sandra 874,181
17 Ashley 851,641
18 Emily 842,015
19 Kimberly 841,316
20 Donna 826,203
21 Michelle 813,413
22 Carol 810,471
23 Amanda 774,610
24 Melissa 755,354
25 Deborah 740,464
26 Stephanie 739,831
27 Rebecca 733,210
28 Laura 726,637
29 Sharon 722,130
30 Cynthia 706,612
31 Kathleen 692,473
32 Helen 688,067
33 Amy 684,188
34 Shirley 673,783
35 Angela 661,560
36 Anna 650,490
37 Brenda 607,537
38 Emma 606,367
39 Pamela 594,539
40 Ruth 590,846
41 Nicole 590,727
42 Katherine 583,498
43 Samantha 582,926
44 Christine 565,914
45 Catherine 560,959
46 Debra 550,506
47 Rachel 550,380
48 Virginia 548,597
49 Janet 544,661
50 Carolyn 544,066

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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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