Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1944

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1944. 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 1944, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1944.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 1,751,027
2 Jennifer 1,468,124
3 Linda 1,303,017
4 Elizabeth 1,164,272
5 Patricia 1,117,367
6 Jessica 1,046,430
7 Susan 1,033,385
8 Lisa 964,817
9 Karen 919,055
10 Sarah 900,543
11 Ashley 851,610
12 Barbara 844,970
13 Kimberly 841,183
14 Michelle 812,186
15 Emily 803,644
16 Amanda 768,121
17 Melissa 753,533
18 Sandra 740,437
19 Deborah 733,977
20 Stephanie 733,579
21 Nancy 695,907
22 Rebecca 695,056
23 Cynthia 683,220
24 Amy 673,161
25 Donna 672,848
26 Laura 652,463
27 Angela 644,618
28 Sharon 620,204
29 Nicole 590,484
30 Kathleen 586,031
31 Samantha 582,451
32 Pamela 582,446
33 Brenda 575,209
34 Carol 560,930
35 Debra 549,545
36 Heather 524,182
37 Rachel 516,979
38 Emma 514,543
39 Christine 512,134
40 Katherine 498,010
41 Julie 495,738
42 Olivia 488,147
43 Margaret 481,934
44 Maria 480,349
45 Kelly 472,177
46 Lauren 471,909
47 Victoria 470,659
48 Christina 463,831
49 Diane 460,511
50 Megan 438,428

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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