Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1928

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1928. 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 1928, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1928.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,698,071
2 Patricia 1,512,550
3 Jennifer 1,469,289
4 Linda 1,445,582
5 Barbara 1,336,732
6 Elizabeth 1,326,815
7 Susan 1,098,647
8 Jessica 1,047,397
9 Karen 986,221
10 Lisa 965,764
11 Sarah 961,056
12 Nancy 938,729
13 Sandra 872,956
14 Ashley 851,641
15 Kimberly 841,316
16 Emily 823,958
17 Michelle 813,332
18 Donna 808,878
19 Carol 794,188
20 Amanda 771,561
21 Melissa 754,863
22 Margaret 743,263
23 Deborah 739,615
24 Stephanie 737,754
25 Betty 732,441
26 Rebecca 721,866
27 Sharon 721,558
28 Cynthia 703,644
29 Laura 693,062
30 Amy 679,023
31 Kathleen 662,381
32 Angela 655,929
33 Brenda 607,151
34 Shirley 600,823
35 Pamela 594,100
36 Nicole 590,727
37 Samantha 582,744
38 Emma 562,563
39 Debra 550,434
40 Dorothy 546,227
41 Christine 545,659
42 Katherine 542,321
43 Rachel 537,087
44 Anna 532,421
45 Carolyn 526,081
46 Heather 525,188
47 Janet 524,656
48 Diane 516,596
49 Maria 516,369
50 Julie 505,618

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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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