Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1923

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1923. 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 1923, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1923.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 3,052,304
2 Patricia 1,551,545
3 Jennifer 1,469,333
4 Linda 1,447,892
5 Elizabeth 1,396,523
6 Barbara 1,385,642
7 Susan 1,102,878
8 Jessica 1,047,598
9 Karen 986,495
10 Sarah 984,729
11 Lisa 965,861
12 Nancy 960,304
13 Betty 890,232
14 Sandra 873,766
15 Margaret 865,442
16 Ashley 851,641
17 Kimberly 841,316
18 Emily 833,210
19 Donna 822,010
20 Michelle 813,387
21 Carol 805,503
22 Amanda 773,119
23 Melissa 755,112
24 Deborah 740,147
25 Stephanie 738,679
26 Dorothy 736,445
27 Rebecca 728,106
28 Sharon 721,989
29 Laura 710,903
30 Cynthia 705,485
31 Amy 681,724
32 Kathleen 679,843
33 Angela 658,929
34 Shirley 653,819
35 Brenda 607,399
36 Pamela 594,419
37 Anna 593,526
38 Nicole 590,727
39 Emma 585,957
40 Samantha 582,820
41 Katherine 563,393
42 Christine 557,054
43 Helen 551,933
44 Debra 550,487
45 Rachel 544,284
46 Carolyn 537,721
47 Janet 536,613
48 Maria 527,964
49 Catherine 526,322
50 Heather 525,196

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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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