Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1961

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1961. 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 1961, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1961.

Rank	Name	Count
1	Jennifer	1,408,524
2	Jessica	1,040,116
3	Elizabeth	913,239
4	Ashley	853,122
5	Sarah	835,120
6	Lisa	833,327
7	Emily	788,024
8	Kimberly	775,654
9	Amanda	760,612
10	Michelle	751,464
11	Melissa	725,389
12	Stephanie	683,820
13	Mary	679,684
14	Amy	634,435
15	Nicole	589,519
16	Angela	588,136
17	Samantha	584,266
18	Rebecca	537,144
19	Heather	516,562
20	Laura	515,107
21	Emma	500,779
22	Olivia	493,495
23	Rachel	491,696
24	Lauren	460,957
25	Kelly	448,048
26	Megan	436,426
27	Christina	434,561
28	Karen	432,986
29	Hannah	431,292
30	Victoria	405,589
31	Madison	404,776
32	Katherine	399,802
33	Abigail	392,723
34	Maria	387,917
35	Susan	387,168
36	Andrea	385,786
37	Sophia	382,445
38	Julie	379,834
39	Isabella	374,721
40	Amber	369,746
41	Danielle	366,880
42	Patricia	363,073
43	Anna	360,808
44	Brittany	359,685
45	Christine	345,419
46	Cynthia	345,139
47	Kayla	342,714
48	Natalie	340,971
49	Alexis	339,014
50	Tiffany	337,685

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.

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.