Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1920

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1920. 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 1920, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1920.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,271,544
2 Patricia 1,561,551
3 Jennifer 1,469,976
4 Elizabeth 1,450,440
5 Linda 1,449,319
6 Barbara 1,403,304
7 Susan 1,105,575
8 Jessica 1,048,346
9 Sarah 1,002,546
10 Karen 986,825
11 Nancy 970,389
12 Lisa 966,199
13 Margaret 950,947
14 Betty 942,989
15 Sandra 874,325
16 Ashley 853,492
17 Dorothy 850,532
18 Emily 846,169
19 Kimberly 842,700
20 Donna 825,530
21 Michelle 814,224
22 Carol 809,619
23 Amanda 774,912
24 Melissa 756,127
25 Deborah 740,690
26 Stephanie 740,173
27 Rebecca 733,008
28 Laura 723,843
29 Sharon 722,302
30 Cynthia 706,660
31 Kathleen 690,113
32 Amy 684,987
33 Shirley 670,767
34 Angela 662,222
35 Helen 655,108
36 Anna 638,936
37 Emma 615,715
38 Brenda 607,694
39 Pamela 594,610
40 Nicole 591,719
41 Samantha 585,489
42 Katherine 580,379
43 Ruth 567,939
44 Christine 564,019
45 Catherine 553,600
46 Debra 550,538
47 Rachel 550,139
48 Carolyn 542,928
49 Janet 542,900
50 Maria 536,687

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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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