Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1959

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1959. 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 1959, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1959.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,421,378
2 Jessica 1,040,579
3 Elizabeth 943,556
4 Lisa 892,435
5 Ashley 851,363
6 Sarah 840,419
7 Kimberly 803,905
8 Emily 784,001
9 Mary 783,542
10 Michelle 769,315
11 Amanda 761,766
12 Melissa 732,610
13 Stephanie 693,262
14 Amy 644,583
15 Angela 602,273
16 Nicole 588,975
17 Samantha 581,873
18 Rebecca 556,520
19 Laura 545,825
20 Heather 518,264
21 Karen 505,942
22 Rachel 493,987
23 Emma 488,380
24 Olivia 477,895
25 Susan 467,766
26 Kelly 462,759
27 Lauren 462,661
28 Christina 439,227
29 Megan 436,750
30 Patricia 430,174
31 Hannah 427,110
32 Julie 411,719
33 Katherine 410,091
34 Victoria 409,273
35 Cynthia 401,718
36 Maria 399,866
37 Madison 399,297
38 Andrea 391,905
39 Abigail 386,903
40 Sophia 370,674
41 Amber 369,670
42 Anna 367,399
43 Danielle 366,735
44 Christine 364,551
45 Isabella 363,161
46 Linda 359,581
47 Brittany 359,356
48 Kayla 341,832
49 Natalie 339,820
50 Alexis 338,481

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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