Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1937

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1937. 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 1937, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1937.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,161,466
2 Jennifer 1,469,048
3 Linda 1,437,297
4 Patricia 1,350,116
5 Elizabeth 1,236,219
6 Barbara 1,120,860
7 Susan 1,087,015
8 Jessica 1,047,019
9 Karen 981,651
10 Lisa 965,495
11 Sarah 927,491
12 Sandra 857,366
13 Ashley 851,641
14 Kimberly 841,291
15 Nancy 839,583
16 Michelle 813,164
17 Emily 812,929
18 Amanda 769,694
19 Melissa 754,403
20 Donna 748,375
21 Deborah 737,691
22 Stephanie 736,651
23 Carol 725,755
24 Rebecca 711,624
25 Sharon 710,915
26 Cynthia 697,054
27 Amy 675,956
28 Laura 669,068
29 Angela 650,349
30 Kathleen 634,365
31 Brenda 606,322
32 Pamela 592,932
33 Margaret 591,817
34 Nicole 590,727
35 Samantha 582,604
36 Debra 550,150
37 Emma 532,825
38 Christine 528,554
39 Rachel 526,277
40 Heather 524,966
41 Katherine 518,250
42 Diane 504,328
43 Julie 503,006
44 Maria 496,672
45 Olivia 491,977
46 Carolyn 481,252
47 Victoria 476,892
48 Kelly 472,343
49 Janet 472,140
50 Lauren 471,964

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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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