Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1925

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1925. 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 1925, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1925.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,909,230
2 Patricia 1,540,008
3 Jennifer 1,469,937
4 Linda 1,447,361
5 Elizabeth 1,373,076
6 Barbara 1,370,399
7 Susan 1,101,440
8 Jessica 1,048,122
9 Karen 986,585
10 Sarah 977,501
11 Lisa 966,112
12 Nancy 952,904
13 Sandra 873,741
14 Ashley 853,492
15 Kimberly 842,700
16 Emily 835,571
17 Betty 833,849
18 Donna 818,408
19 Margaret 814,941
20 Michelle 814,188
21 Carol 801,625
22 Amanda 773,097
23 Melissa 755,830
24 Deborah 740,200
25 Stephanie 738,864
26 Rebecca 726,539
27 Sharon 722,076
28 Cynthia 705,121
29 Laura 704,233
30 Amy 681,931
31 Kathleen 672,653
32 Angela 658,979
33 Dorothy 658,045
34 Shirley 636,544
35 Brenda 607,498
36 Pamela 594,411
37 Nicole 591,719
38 Emma 590,518
39 Samantha 585,369
40 Anna 570,529
41 Katherine 555,845
42 Christine 552,688
43 Debra 550,508
44 Rachel 542,448
45 Carolyn 533,681
46 Janet 532,200
47 Maria 526,503
48 Heather 525,368
49 Diane 517,076
50 Olivia 513,598

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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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