Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1933

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1933. 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 1933, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1933.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,383,360
2 Jennifer 1,469,197
3 Linda 1,442,718
4 Patricia 1,436,384
5 Elizabeth 1,272,516
6 Barbara 1,239,427
7 Susan 1,093,725
8 Jessica 1,047,198
9 Karen 985,507
10 Lisa 965,627
11 Sarah 941,843
12 Nancy 896,271
13 Sandra 870,895
14 Ashley 851,641
15 Kimberly 841,316
16 Emily 817,276
17 Michelle 813,272
18 Donna 779,328
19 Carol 770,501
20 Amanda 770,487
21 Melissa 754,616
22 Deborah 738,794
23 Stephanie 737,210
24 Sharon 719,232
25 Rebecca 716,266
26 Cynthia 700,820
27 Laura 678,655
28 Amy 677,240
29 Angela 652,765
30 Margaret 651,520
31 Kathleen 647,470
32 Brenda 606,813
33 Pamela 593,601
34 Nicole 590,727
35 Samantha 582,676
36 Betty 550,924
37 Debra 550,346
38 Emma 544,551
39 Christine 535,732
40 Rachel 531,006
41 Shirley 528,374
42 Katherine 527,662
43 Heather 525,152
44 Diane 512,146
45 Carolyn 507,641
46 Maria 504,498
47 Julie 504,446
48 Janet 503,487
49 Olivia 493,451
50 Anna 486,663

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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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