Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1947

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1947. 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 1947, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1947.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 1,561,806
2 Jennifer 1,464,722
3 Linda 1,170,432
4 Elizabeth 1,131,147
5 Jessica 1,045,934
6 Patricia 998,351
7 Susan 969,566
8 Lisa 964,046
9 Sarah 889,185
10 Karen 867,785
11 Ashley 851,583
12 Kimberly 841,006
13 Michelle 810,526
14 Emily 799,880
15 Amanda 767,329
16 Melissa 752,972
17 Stephanie 730,302
18 Deborah 728,750
19 Barbara 722,377
20 Rebecca 683,638
21 Amy 671,755
22 Cynthia 670,629
23 Sandra 658,020
24 Laura 642,154
25 Angela 641,273
26 Nancy 622,891
27 Donna 622,511
28 Nicole 590,285
29 Samantha 582,363
30 Pamela 560,708
31 Sharon 549,113
32 Debra 548,702
33 Brenda 544,318
34 Kathleen 540,467
35 Heather 523,639
36 Rachel 513,289
37 Emma 508,173
38 Christine 498,270
39 Julie 490,578
40 Katherine 486,897
41 Olivia 486,068
42 Kelly 472,015
43 Lauren 471,067
44 Maria 469,713
45 Carol 465,803
46 Victoria 463,787
47 Christina 461,333
48 Megan 438,366
49 Margaret 431,796
50 Hannah 428,958

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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