Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1953

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1953. 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 1953, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1953.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,448,911
2 Mary 1,157,828
3 Elizabeth 1,045,308
4 Jessica 1,043,296
5 Lisa 956,839
6 Sarah 864,288
7 Ashley 851,495
8 Kimberly 838,175
9 Michelle 800,675
10 Emily 791,632
11 Amanda 765,175
12 Melissa 747,723
13 Susan 744,329
14 Karen 720,583
15 Stephanie 715,844
16 Patricia 697,121
17 Amy 665,203
18 Linda 662,019
19 Rebecca 629,152
20 Angela 629,019
21 Laura 607,441
22 Nicole 589,797
23 Cynthia 584,336
24 Samantha 582,137
25 Deborah 571,532
26 Heather 521,904
27 Rachel 504,528
28 Emma 496,598
29 Debra 494,431
30 Donna 485,480
31 Olivia 481,382
32 Sandra 478,876
33 Kelly 471,185
34 Julie 470,871
35 Lauren 468,422
36 Pamela 463,244
37 Barbara 462,119
38 Christina 450,868
39 Katherine 450,779
40 Nancy 440,084
41 Victoria 439,956
42 Maria 439,060
43 Megan 438,014
44 Hannah 427,940
45 Brenda 426,291
46 Christine 423,180
47 Andrea 410,117
48 Madison 399,297
49 Sharon 396,802
50 Anna 392,822

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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