Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1952

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1952. 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 1952, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1952.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,452,437
2 Mary 1,223,453
3 Elizabeth 1,061,328
4 Jessica 1,043,748
5 Lisa 959,684
6 Sarah 868,336
7 Ashley 851,518
8 Kimberly 839,141
9 Michelle 803,555
10 Emily 793,024
11 Susan 785,675
12 Amanda 765,591
13 Patricia 750,219
14 Karen 749,538
15 Melissa 749,165
16 Linda 729,098
17 Stephanie 718,774
18 Amy 666,953
19 Rebecca 641,377
20 Angela 631,661
21 Deborah 621,341
22 Laura 614,627
23 Cynthia 604,220
24 Nicole 589,900
25 Samantha 582,175
26 Heather 522,285
27 Debra 521,262
28 Donna 509,196
29 Rachel 506,127
30 Sandra 504,976
31 Barbara 501,984
32 Emma 498,309
33 Pamela 484,124
34 Olivia 482,075
35 Julie 475,368
36 Nancy 471,822
37 Kelly 471,481
38 Lauren 468,937
39 Katherine 457,669
40 Christina 453,037
41 Brenda 447,733
42 Victoria 445,560
43 Maria 444,756
44 Christine 440,727
45 Megan 438,132
46 Hannah 428,091
47 Sharon 420,188
48 Kathleen 416,337
49 Andrea 412,887
50 Madison 399,297

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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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