Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1934

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1934. 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 1934, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1934.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,327,844
2 Jennifer 1,469,167
3 Linda 1,441,933
4 Patricia 1,417,753
5 Elizabeth 1,263,499
6 Barbara 1,212,478
7 Susan 1,092,461
8 Jessica 1,047,155
9 Karen 985,054
10 Lisa 965,606
11 Sarah 938,223
12 Nancy 884,402
13 Sandra 869,530
14 Ashley 851,641
15 Kimberly 841,309
16 Emily 816,214
17 Michelle 813,244
18 Donna 771,968
19 Amanda 770,288
20 Carol 762,281
21 Melissa 754,565
22 Deborah 738,552
23 Stephanie 737,104
24 Sharon 718,270
25 Rebecca 715,194
26 Cynthia 700,048
27 Amy 676,937
28 Laura 676,118
29 Angela 652,188
30 Kathleen 644,349
31 Margaret 636,281
32 Brenda 606,723
33 Pamela 593,493
34 Nicole 590,727
35 Samantha 582,661
36 Debra 550,309
37 Emma 541,400
38 Christine 533,938
39 Rachel 529,864
40 Katherine 525,332
41 Heather 525,122
42 Betty 519,397
43 Shirley 514,058
44 Diane 510,543
45 Julie 504,159
46 Maria 502,637
47 Carolyn 502,599
48 Janet 496,145
49 Olivia 493,082
50 Anna 479,591

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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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