Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1973

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1973. 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 1973, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1973.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,084,198
2 Jessica 1,010,791
3 Ashley 845,485
4 Sarah 775,060
5 Emily 764,319
6 Amanda 731,871
7 Elizabeth 715,319
8 Samantha 563,999
9 Stephanie 548,196
10 Melissa 539,667
11 Nicole 533,337
12 Emma 478,885
13 Olivia 472,356
14 Michelle 455,752
15 Rachel 446,884
16 Lauren 445,402
17 Amy 444,894
18 Kimberly 440,913
19 Heather 438,640
20 Megan 426,116
21 Hannah 425,001
22 Rebecca 410,289
23 Madison 399,281
24 Abigail 383,138
25 Sophia 363,833
26 Isabella 362,571
27 Angela 361,846
28 Amber 359,172
29 Brittany 358,784
30 Victoria 356,004
31 Christina 354,426
32 Danielle 342,085
33 Kayla 339,720
34 Katherine 338,254
35 Alexis 335,554
36 Taylor 325,608
37 Mary 324,177
38 Laura 314,981
39 Tiffany 314,679
40 Natalie 312,536
41 Anna 310,784
42 Alyssa 308,182
43 Andrea 305,537
44 Ava 292,419
45 Sara 292,138
46 Kelly 290,169
47 Erin 283,144
48 Maria 279,312
49 Crystal 278,342
50 Allison 277,661

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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