Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1948

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1948. 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 1948, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1948.

Rank Name Count
1 Mary 1,490,119
2 Jennifer 1,462,712
3 Elizabeth 1,117,707
4 Linda 1,070,739
5 Jessica 1,045,504
6 Lisa 963,623
7 Patricia 947,073
8 Susan 937,613
9 Sarah 884,962
10 Ashley 851,572
11 Karen 846,137
12 Kimberly 840,751
13 Michelle 809,613
14 Emily 798,410
15 Amanda 767,019
16 Melissa 752,653
17 Stephanie 728,609
18 Deborah 722,913
19 Rebecca 677,306
20 Barbara 673,583
21 Amy 671,178
22 Cynthia 660,099
23 Angela 639,625
24 Laura 637,103
25 Sandra 623,242
26 Donna 598,992
27 Nancy 590,446
28 Nicole 590,219
29 Samantha 582,333
30 Pamela 548,309
31 Debra 548,023
32 Brenda 528,490
33 Heather 523,367
34 Sharon 520,579
35 Kathleen 518,371
36 Rachel 511,841
37 Emma 506,031
38 Christine 489,894
39 Julie 487,843
40 Olivia 485,211
41 Katherine 482,012
42 Kelly 471,942
43 Lauren 470,648
44 Maria 465,004
45 Victoria 461,048
46 Christina 460,048
47 Megan 438,337
48 Carol 432,263
49 Hannah 428,774
50 Andrea 422,035

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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