Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1963

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1963. 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 1963, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1963.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,388,281
2 Jessica 1,038,585
3 Elizabeth 876,579
4 Ashley 852,946
5 Sarah 826,369
6 Emily 785,798
7 Amanda 758,609
8 Lisa 744,547
9 Kimberly 737,936
10 Michelle 725,369
11 Melissa 714,180
12 Stephanie 671,747
13 Amy 620,640
14 Nicole 588,683
15 Mary 588,516
16 Samantha 584,118
17 Angela 565,638
18 Rebecca 517,504
19 Heather 514,173
20 Emma 499,093
21 Olivia 492,631
22 Rachel 487,703
23 Laura 479,720
24 Lauren 458,575
25 Megan 435,633
26 Hannah 431,000
27 Christina 427,466
28 Kelly 426,881
29 Madison 404,776
30 Victoria 397,734
31 Abigail 392,227
32 Katherine 388,902
33 Sophia 381,635
34 Andrea 376,925
35 Isabella 374,621
36 Maria 370,888
37 Amber 369,034
38 Danielle 365,599
39 Karen 363,102
40 Brittany 359,685
41 Anna 351,700
42 Julie 345,708
43 Kayla 342,432
44 Alexis 338,706
45 Tiffany 337,479
46 Natalie 337,399
47 Taylor 327,106
48 Christine 323,635
49 Sara 319,592
50 Susan 313,906

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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