Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1968

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1968. 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 1968, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1968.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,311,294
2 Jessica 1,030,717
3 Ashley 849,938
4 Sarah 802,202
5 Elizabeth 786,406
6 Emily 773,355
7 Amanda 748,979
8 Melissa 654,527
9 Stephanie 623,061
10 Michelle 619,793
11 Kimberly 597,027
12 Nicole 580,500
13 Samantha 575,485
14 Amy 560,770
15 Heather 500,218
16 Emma 481,343
17 Angela 477,955
18 Rachel 474,413
19 Olivia 474,060
20 Rebecca 467,765
21 Lisa 464,322
22 Lauren 451,284
23 Megan 432,318
24 Hannah 425,887
25 Mary 415,410
26 Christina 401,433
27 Madison 399,297
28 Laura 393,790
29 Abigail 384,829
30 Victoria 376,067
31 Sophia 366,632
32 Amber 365,908
33 Katherine 363,219
34 Isabella 362,736
35 Kelly 361,784
36 Brittany 359,303
37 Danielle 358,951
38 Andrea 344,037
39 Kayla 340,559
40 Alexis 337,025
41 Tiffany 333,117
42 Anna 328,892
43 Taylor 325,697
44 Natalie 323,061
45 Maria 320,597
46 Alyssa 309,952
47 Sara 306,835
48 Erin 298,693
49 Crystal 297,479
50 Ava 293,257

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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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