Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1969

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1969. 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 1969, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1969.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,284,442
2 Jessica 1,028,876
3 Ashley 849,396
4 Sarah 797,715
5 Emily 772,027
6 Elizabeth 771,520
7 Amanda 746,549
8 Melissa 632,800
9 Stephanie 610,106
10 Michelle 586,570
11 Nicole 577,415
12 Samantha 573,149
13 Kimberly 565,119
14 Amy 543,679
15 Heather 494,717
16 Emma 480,852
17 Olivia 473,736
18 Rachel 470,687
19 Rebecca 457,537
20 Angela 457,287
21 Lauren 450,144
22 Megan 431,506
23 Hannah 425,745
24 Lisa 414,788
25 Madison 399,297
26 Mary 393,687
27 Christina 393,421
28 Abigail 384,566
29 Laura 375,048
30 Victoria 371,782
31 Sophia 366,084
32 Amber 365,021
33 Isabella 362,714
34 Brittany 359,270
35 Katherine 358,500
36 Danielle 356,544
37 Kelly 344,645
38 Kayla 340,420
39 Andrea 336,948
40 Alexis 336,851
41 Tiffany 331,286
42 Taylor 325,688
43 Anna 325,326
44 Natalie 321,174
45 Maria 312,215
46 Alyssa 309,753
47 Sara 304,378
48 Erin 296,830
49 Crystal 294,727
50 Ava 293,080

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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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