Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1939

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1939. 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 1939, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1939.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 2,049,608
2 Jennifer 1,468,959
3 Linda 1,425,871
4 Patricia 1,295,722
5 Elizabeth 1,217,032
6 Susan 1,080,817
7 Jessica 1,046,897
8 Barbara 1,046,672
9 Karen 974,911
10 Lisa 965,362
11 Sarah 920,154
12 Ashley 851,634
13 Kimberly 841,275
14 Sandra 839,039
15 Michelle 813,073
16 Emily 810,328
17 Nancy 803,563
18 Amanda 769,326
19 Melissa 754,228
20 Deborah 736,959
21 Stephanie 736,210
22 Donna 729,796
23 Rebecca 708,840
24 Sharon 698,966
25 Cynthia 694,508
26 Carol 688,994
27 Amy 675,276
28 Laura 664,262
29 Angela 648,848
30 Kathleen 626,393
31 Brenda 605,413
32 Pamela 592,354
33 Nicole 590,711
34 Samantha 582,564
35 Margaret 561,342
36 Debra 550,011
37 Emma 527,408
38 Christine 524,970
39 Heather 524,838
40 Rachel 523,769
41 Katherine 513,191
42 Julie 501,945
43 Diane 497,327
44 Maria 492,708
45 Olivia 491,139
46 Victoria 475,675
47 Kelly 472,311
48 Lauren 471,964
49 Christina 465,823
50 Carolyn 461,727

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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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