Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1924

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1924. 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 1924, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1924.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,980,669
2 Patricia 1,546,745
3 Jennifer 1,469,324
4 Linda 1,447,469
5 Elizabeth 1,381,062
6 Barbara 1,378,433
7 Susan 1,102,066
8 Jessica 1,047,546
9 Karen 986,447
10 Sarah 979,766
11 Lisa 965,846
12 Nancy 956,631
13 Sandra 873,656
14 Betty 864,241
15 Ashley 851,641
16 Kimberly 841,316
17 Margaret 839,309
18 Emily 831,154
19 Donna 820,432
20 Michelle 813,381
21 Carol 803,639
22 Amanda 772,757
23 Melissa 755,061
24 Deborah 740,029
25 Stephanie 738,436
26 Rebecca 726,832
27 Sharon 721,934
28 Laura 707,192
29 Cynthia 705,175
30 Dorothy 697,402
31 Amy 681,128
32 Kathleen 676,089
33 Angela 658,263
34 Shirley 645,901
35 Brenda 607,356
36 Pamela 594,369
37 Nicole 590,727
38 Samantha 582,798
39 Emma 580,980
40 Anna 580,662
41 Katherine 558,814
42 Christine 554,797
43 Debra 550,477
44 Rachel 542,801
45 Carolyn 535,711
46 Janet 534,391
47 Maria 525,964
48 Heather 525,188
49 Helen 520,446
50 Catherine 517,884

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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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