Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1941

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1941. 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 1941, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1941.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 1,938,497
2 Jennifer 1,468,795
3 Linda 1,396,790
4 Patricia 1,233,350
5 Elizabeth 1,197,370
6 Susan 1,069,176
7 Jessica 1,046,759
8 Barbara 972,676
9 Lisa 965,195
10 Karen 962,086
11 Sarah 912,613
12 Ashley 851,634
13 Kimberly 841,250
14 Michelle 812,922
15 Sandra 810,919
16 Emily 807,767
17 Amanda 768,923
18 Nancy 764,104
19 Melissa 754,017
20 Deborah 736,047
21 Stephanie 735,533
22 Donna 711,194
23 Rebecca 704,489
24 Cynthia 691,137
25 Sharon 678,834
26 Amy 674,522
27 Laura 659,537
28 Angela 647,389
29 Carol 647,067
30 Kathleen 616,040
31 Brenda 597,215
32 Pamela 591,385
33 Nicole 590,674
34 Samantha 582,522
35 Debra 549,852
36 Margaret 531,332
37 Heather 524,638
38 Emma 522,116
39 Rachel 521,160
40 Christine 520,820
41 Katherine 508,006
42 Julie 500,195
43 Olivia 490,170
44 Maria 488,497
45 Diane 487,815
46 Victoria 474,313
47 Kelly 472,277
48 Lauren 471,950
49 Christina 465,217
50 Anna 440,785

More Popular Baby Names

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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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