Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1954

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1954. 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 1954, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1954.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,445,538
2 Mary 1,093,439
3 Jessica 1,042,801
4 Elizabeth 1,029,208
5 Lisa 953,236
6 Sarah 860,205
7 Ashley 851,480
8 Kimberly 836,747
9 Michelle 797,044
10 Emily 790,307
11 Amanda 764,748
12 Melissa 745,717
13 Stephanie 712,761
14 Susan 700,033
15 Karen 690,725
16 Amy 662,897
17 Patricia 646,100
18 Angela 625,834
19 Rebecca 616,190
20 Linda 600,737
21 Laura 599,811
22 Nicole 589,677
23 Samantha 582,106
24 Cynthia 559,202
25 Heather 521,477
26 Deborah 519,333
27 Rachel 502,748
28 Emma 495,009
29 Olivia 480,762
30 Kelly 470,959
31 Lauren 467,836
32 Julie 465,203
33 Donna 461,254
34 Debra 457,574
35 Sandra 453,375
36 Christina 449,096
37 Katherine 444,221
38 Megan 437,858
39 Pamela 437,485
40 Victoria 434,792
41 Maria 433,072
42 Hannah 427,786
43 Barbara 423,645
44 Christine 411,387
45 Nancy 409,467
46 Andrea 407,396
47 Brenda 406,165
48 Madison 399,297
49 Anna 388,986
50 Abigail 387,801

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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