Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1965

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1965. 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 1965, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1965.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,362,944
2 Jessica 1,035,677
3 Ashley 850,806
4 Elizabeth 834,728
5 Sarah 814,432
6 Emily 777,099
7 Amanda 755,617
8 Melissa 697,722
9 Michelle 693,983
10 Kimberly 691,195
11 Stephanie 656,337
12 Lisa 633,944
13 Amy 601,426
14 Nicole 586,203
15 Samantha 581,045
16 Angela 534,782
17 Heather 509,519
18 Mary 503,882
19 Rebecca 497,575
20 Emma 483,165
21 Rachel 482,016
22 Olivia 475,183
23 Lauren 454,959
24 Laura 441,370
25 Megan 434,290
26 Hannah 426,267
27 Christina 418,350
28 Kelly 401,510
29 Madison 399,297
30 Victoria 386,568
31 Abigail 385,474
32 Katherine 376,977
33 Sophia 368,330
34 Amber 367,588
35 Andrea 364,679
36 Danielle 363,190
37 Isabella 362,863
38 Brittany 359,344
39 Maria 348,070
40 Kayla 340,985
41 Anna 340,216
42 Alexis 337,561
43 Tiffany 336,535
44 Natalie 329,344
45 Taylor 325,726
46 Sara 313,082
47 Julie 311,713
48 Alyssa 310,353
49 Crystal 304,966
50 Erin 303,365

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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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