Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1926

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1926. 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 1926, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1926.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,838,644
2 Patricia 1,531,913
3 Jennifer 1,469,928
4 Linda 1,446,923
5 Barbara 1,361,243
6 Elizabeth 1,359,140
7 Susan 1,100,578
8 Jessica 1,048,088
9 Karen 986,536
10 Sarah 972,815
11 Lisa 966,099
12 Nancy 948,579
13 Sandra 873,564
14 Ashley 853,492
15 Kimberly 842,700
16 Emily 833,804
17 Donna 815,979
18 Michelle 814,174
19 Betty 801,035
20 Carol 799,339
21 Margaret 790,478
22 Amanda 772,787
23 Melissa 755,775
24 Deborah 740,118
25 Stephanie 738,699
26 Rebecca 725,335
27 Sharon 721,989
28 Cynthia 704,781
29 Laura 700,644
30 Amy 681,371
31 Kathleen 669,150
32 Angela 658,419
33 Shirley 626,031
34 Dorothy 619,475
35 Brenda 607,440
36 Pamela 594,336
37 Nicole 591,719
38 Emma 585,804
39 Samantha 585,350
40 Anna 558,278
41 Katherine 551,605
42 Debra 550,497
43 Christine 550,434
44 Rachel 541,009
45 Carolyn 531,492
46 Janet 529,771
47 Heather 525,368
48 Maria 524,143
49 Diane 516,954
50 Olivia 513,071

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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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