Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1935

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1935. 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 1935, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1935.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,273,009
2 Jennifer 1,469,750
3 Linda 1,441,279
4 Patricia 1,397,129
5 Elizabeth 1,261,117
6 Barbara 1,183,512
7 Susan 1,091,175
8 Jessica 1,047,726
9 Karen 984,662
10 Lisa 965,862
11 Sarah 937,403
12 Nancy 871,145
13 Sandra 867,210
14 Ashley 853,492
15 Kimberly 842,687
16 Emily 821,607
17 Michelle 814,038
18 Amanda 770,780
19 Donna 764,200
20 Melissa 755,344
21 Carol 752,086
22 Deborah 738,568
23 Stephanie 737,629
24 Sharon 717,114
25 Rebecca 715,098
26 Cynthia 699,339
27 Amy 678,023
28 Laura 674,550
29 Angela 652,878
30 Kathleen 641,297
31 Margaret 623,317
32 Brenda 606,804
33 Pamela 593,439
34 Nicole 591,719
35 Samantha 585,232
36 Emma 552,894
37 Debra 550,297
38 Christine 532,235
39 Rachel 529,930
40 Heather 525,261
41 Katherine 524,671
42 Olivia 509,296
43 Diane 508,753
44 Julie 504,220
45 Maria 503,477
46 Carolyn 496,319
47 Shirley 491,347
48 Betty 488,519
49 Janet 488,180
50 Victoria 482,765

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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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