Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1964

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1964. 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 1964, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1964.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,375,899
2 Jessica 1,036,848
3 Elizabeth 852,022
4 Ashley 850,987
5 Sarah 819,016
6 Emily 778,230
7 Amanda 756,893
8 Kimberly 715,324
9 Michelle 710,168
10 Melissa 706,039
11 Lisa 688,216
12 Stephanie 664,273
13 Amy 611,002
14 Nicole 587,036
15 Samantha 581,461
16 Angela 551,041
17 Mary 544,867
18 Heather 511,903
19 Rebecca 507,048
20 Rachel 484,277
21 Emma 483,935
22 Olivia 475,608
23 Laura 460,342
24 Lauren 456,336
25 Megan 434,803
26 Hannah 426,403
27 Christina 423,051
28 Kelly 413,984
29 Madison 399,297
30 Victoria 389,727
31 Abigail 385,718
32 Katherine 382,050
33 Andrea 370,063
34 Sophia 368,801
35 Amber 368,067
36 Danielle 364,243
37 Isabella 362,909
38 Brittany 359,349
39 Maria 358,218
40 Anna 344,507
41 Kayla 341,148
42 Alexis 337,665
43 Tiffany 336,977
44 Natalie 331,472
45 Karen 330,420
46 Julie 328,999
47 Taylor 325,740
48 Sara 315,436
49 Alyssa 310,471
50 Christine 310,031

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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