Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1930

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1930. 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 1930, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1930.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,567,687
2 Patricia 1,486,594
3 Jennifer 1,469,265
4 Linda 1,444,519
5 Barbara 1,305,820
6 Elizabeth 1,303,801
7 Susan 1,096,960
8 Jessica 1,047,319
9 Karen 986,064
10 Lisa 965,730
11 Sarah 952,997
12 Nancy 926,322
13 Sandra 872,468
14 Ashley 851,641
15 Kimberly 841,316
16 Emily 820,954
17 Michelle 813,307
18 Donna 799,269
19 Carol 786,559
20 Amanda 771,105
21 Melissa 754,778
22 Deborah 739,324
23 Stephanie 737,532
24 Sharon 721,039
25 Rebecca 719,660
26 Margaret 703,759
27 Cynthia 702,685
28 Laura 686,981
29 Amy 678,314
30 Betty 659,683
31 Kathleen 656,288
32 Angela 654,632
33 Brenda 607,037
34 Pamela 593,890
35 Nicole 590,727
36 Samantha 582,716
37 Shirley 572,032
38 Emma 554,743
39 Debra 550,405
40 Christine 541,468
41 Katherine 535,907
42 Rachel 534,692
43 Heather 525,179
44 Carolyn 519,961
45 Janet 518,822
46 Diane 515,184
47 Anna 512,096
48 Maria 511,268
49 Julie 505,197
50 Olivia 494,633

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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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