Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1971

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1971. 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 1971, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1971.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,204,582
2 Jessica 1,022,360
3 Ashley 847,825
4 Sarah 787,019
5 Emily 768,520
6 Elizabeth 741,107
7 Amanda 740,184
8 Melissa 586,041
9 Stephanie 580,227
10 Samantha 568,430
11 Nicole 559,511
12 Michelle 518,199
13 Kimberly 497,899
14 Amy 497,006
15 Emma 479,811
16 Olivia 473,036
17 Heather 469,979
18 Rachel 459,415
19 Lauren 447,529
20 Rebecca 435,731
21 Megan 429,203
22 Hannah 425,431
23 Angela 411,302
24 Madison 399,291
25 Abigail 383,923
26 Christina 374,511
27 Sophia 364,910
28 Victoria 362,930
29 Amber 362,705
30 Isabella 362,646
31 Brittany 359,132
32 Mary 354,634
33 Danielle 350,001
34 Katherine 347,891
35 Laura 340,632
36 Kayla 340,070
37 Alexis 336,294
38 Lisa 330,796
39 Taylor 325,651
40 Tiffany 324,938
41 Andrea 322,037
42 Anna 317,811
43 Natalie 316,652
44 Kelly 313,707
45 Alyssa 308,929
46 Sara 298,527
47 Maria 295,149
48 Ava 292,732
49 Erin 290,291
50 Crystal 287,921

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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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