Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1950

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1950. 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 1950, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1950.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,458,836
2 Mary 1,356,752
3 Elizabeth 1,097,745
4 Jessica 1,045,233
5 Lisa 962,847
6 Linda 883,854
7 Sarah 879,290
8 Susan 864,126
9 Patricia 854,827
10 Ashley 853,399
11 Kimberly 841,457
12 Michelle 808,139
13 Emily 802,088
14 Karen 801,869
15 Amanda 767,061
16 Melissa 752,096
17 Stephanie 724,644
18 Deborah 692,755
19 Amy 670,991
20 Rebecca 662,800
21 Angela 637,172
22 Cynthia 635,273
23 Laura 627,686
24 Nicole 591,075
25 Samantha 584,835
26 Barbara 584,427
27 Sandra 561,768
28 Donna 555,002
29 Debra 544,545
30 Nancy 532,049
31 Heather 523,083
32 Pamela 518,990
33 Emma 516,370
34 Rachel 510,263
35 Olivia 500,082
36 Brenda 490,437
37 Julie 482,607
38 Katherine 472,531
39 Kelly 472,088
40 Lauren 470,761
41 Kathleen 468,985
42 Sharon 468,922
43 Christine 468,635
44 Victoria 459,011
45 Maria 457,899
46 Christina 457,114
47 Megan 438,677
48 Hannah 432,871
49 Andrea 419,376
50 Anna 407,164

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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