Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1966

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1966. 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 1966, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1966.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,347,737
2 Jessica 1,034,147
3 Ashley 850,588
4 Elizabeth 818,406
5 Sarah 810,373
6 Emily 775,811
7 Amanda 753,968
8 Melissa 687,157
9 Michelle 677,770
10 Kimberly 662,362
11 Stephanie 646,573
12 Amy 589,896
13 Nicole 585,305
14 Samantha 579,084
15 Lisa 573,674
16 Angela 516,033
17 Heather 507,020
18 Rebecca 487,363
19 Emma 482,526
20 Rachel 480,004
21 Olivia 474,741
22 Mary 469,612
23 Lauren 453,657
24 Megan 433,682
25 Hannah 426,144
26 Laura 425,156
27 Christina 413,376
28 Madison 399,297
29 Kelly 388,749
30 Abigail 385,264
31 Victoria 383,090
32 Katherine 372,270
33 Sophia 367,822
34 Amber 367,062
35 Isabella 362,824
36 Danielle 361,885
37 Brittany 359,334
38 Andrea 358,597
39 Kayla 340,838
40 Maria 338,595
41 Alexis 337,395
42 Anna 336,294
43 Tiffany 335,969
44 Natalie 327,402
45 Taylor 325,721
46 Sara 311,108
47 Alyssa 310,232
48 Crystal 302,424
49 Erin 301,902
50 Julie 294,727

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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