Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1931

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1931. 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 1931, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1931.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,503,538
2 Patricia 1,470,843
3 Jennifer 1,469,248
4 Linda 1,444,027
5 Elizabeth 1,292,805
6 Barbara 1,287,540
7 Susan 1,095,957
8 Jessica 1,047,281
9 Karen 985,964
10 Lisa 965,696
11 Sarah 949,077
12 Nancy 917,252
13 Sandra 872,170
14 Ashley 851,641
15 Kimberly 841,316
16 Emily 819,610
17 Michelle 813,294
18 Donna 793,290
19 Carol 781,962
20 Amanda 770,909
21 Melissa 754,721
22 Deborah 739,159
23 Stephanie 737,430
24 Sharon 720,516
25 Rebecca 718,546
26 Cynthia 702,089
27 Margaret 685,406
28 Laura 684,072
29 Amy 677,928
30 Angela 653,992
31 Kathleen 653,214
32 Betty 621,448
33 Brenda 606,974
34 Pamela 593,796
35 Nicole 590,727
36 Samantha 582,702
37 Shirley 557,256
38 Emma 551,189
39 Debra 550,388
40 Christine 539,474
41 Rachel 533,431
42 Katherine 532,875
43 Heather 525,170
44 Carolyn 516,236
45 Diane 514,442
46 Janet 514,221
47 Maria 508,727
48 Julie 504,949
49 Anna 503,017
50 Olivia 494,231

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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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