Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1955

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1955. 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 1955, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1955.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,441,572
2 Jessica 1,042,377
3 Mary 1,025,420
4 Elizabeth 1,012,622
5 Lisa 947,323
6 Sarah 856,165
7 Ashley 851,459
8 Kimberly 834,657
9 Michelle 792,612
10 Emily 788,966
11 Amanda 764,320
12 Melissa 743,655
13 Stephanie 709,393
14 Amy 660,221
15 Karen 658,270
16 Susan 652,870
17 Angela 622,291
18 Rebecca 602,980
19 Patricia 596,953
20 Laura 591,091
21 Nicole 589,567
22 Samantha 582,076
23 Linda 545,362
24 Cynthia 531,583
25 Heather 520,936
26 Rachel 500,942
27 Emma 493,481
28 Olivia 480,116
29 Kelly 470,505
30 Lauren 467,101
31 Deborah 464,649
32 Julie 458,927
33 Christina 447,709
34 Megan 437,705
35 Katherine 437,479
36 Donna 433,827
37 Victoria 429,813
38 Hannah 427,633
39 Sandra 427,316
40 Maria 426,481
41 Debra 411,676
42 Pamela 410,117
43 Andrea 404,674
44 Christine 402,600
45 Madison 399,297
46 Abigail 387,654
47 Barbara 387,275
48 Brenda 386,552
49 Anna 384,987
50 Nancy 379,196

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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