Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1949

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1949. 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 1949, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1949.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,460,830
2 Mary 1,421,520
3 Elizabeth 1,104,494
4 Jessica 1,045,022
5 Linda 974,527
6 Lisa 963,155
7 Susan 901,628
8 Patricia 900,936
9 Sarah 880,805
10 Ashley 851,559
11 Kimberly 840,436
12 Karen 824,141
13 Michelle 808,569
14 Emily 797,019
15 Amanda 766,713
16 Melissa 752,053
17 Stephanie 726,506
18 Deborah 711,668
19 Amy 670,567
20 Rebecca 670,511
21 Cynthia 647,858
22 Angela 637,824
23 Laura 632,202
24 Barbara 626,757
25 Sandra 592,182
26 Nicole 590,151
27 Samantha 582,293
28 Donna 576,959
29 Nancy 561,036
30 Debra 546,898
31 Pamela 534,029
32 Heather 523,152
33 Brenda 510,793
34 Rachel 510,453
35 Emma 503,934
36 Kathleen 495,115
37 Sharon 494,437
38 Julie 485,049
39 Olivia 484,363
40 Christine 480,216
41 Katherine 476,843
42 Kelly 471,859
43 Lauren 470,226
44 Maria 460,189
45 Christina 458,554
46 Victoria 457,917
47 Megan 438,309
48 Hannah 428,591
49 Andrea 419,669
50 Anna 408,117

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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