Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1957

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1957. 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 1957, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1957.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,433,364
2 Jessica 1,042,201
3 Elizabeth 986,548
4 Lisa 928,062
5 Mary 902,601
6 Ashley 853,279
7 Sarah 851,094
8 Kimberly 825,448
9 Emily 792,840
10 Michelle 783,571
11 Amanda 763,907
12 Melissa 739,535
13 Stephanie 702,382
14 Amy 654,889
15 Angela 614,678
16 Nicole 590,288
17 Karen 585,190
18 Samantha 584,606
19 Rebecca 579,478
20 Laura 572,383
21 Susan 559,091
22 Heather 519,840
23 Patricia 507,618
24 Emma 505,115
25 Rachel 498,717
26 Olivia 495,545
27 Cynthia 472,368
28 Kelly 469,482
29 Lauren 466,293
30 Linda 446,334
31 Christina 444,175
32 Julie 443,972
33 Megan 437,708
34 Hannah 431,809
35 Katherine 424,887
36 Victoria 423,830
37 Maria 416,373
38 Madison 404,776
39 Andrea 400,366
40 Abigail 393,538
41 Christine 384,399
42 Sophia 383,399
43 Anna 379,450
44 Sandra 378,131
45 Donna 376,129
46 Isabella 374,941
47 Amber 370,536
48 Danielle 367,750
49 Deborah 364,791
50 Brittany 359,685

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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