Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1974

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1974. 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 1974, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1974.

Rank Name Count
1 Jennifer 1,021,752
2 Jessica 1,003,565
3 Ashley 844,232
4 Sarah 767,844
5 Emily 761,290
6 Amanda 726,244
7 Elizabeth 702,961
8 Samantha 561,881
9 Stephanie 530,930
10 Nicole 519,413
11 Melissa 517,186
12 Emma 478,466
13 Olivia 471,995
14 Lauren 444,305
15 Rachel 440,778
16 Michelle 428,818
17 Hannah 424,701
18 Megan 424,094
19 Heather 419,290
20 Amy 417,929
21 Kimberly 417,381
22 Madison 399,281
23 Rebecca 395,418
24 Abigail 382,658
25 Sophia 363,378
26 Isabella 362,539
27 Brittany 358,565
28 Amber 356,991
29 Victoria 352,933
30 Christina 343,537
31 Angela 340,949
32 Kayla 339,571
33 Danielle 336,436
34 Alexis 335,063
35 Katherine 333,834
36 Taylor 325,581
37 Mary 311,864
38 Natalie 310,476
39 Tiffany 309,179
40 Alyssa 307,733
41 Anna 307,280
42 Laura 304,641
43 Andrea 297,769
44 Ava 292,310
45 Sara 288,659
46 Kelly 279,652
47 Erin 279,267
48 Allison 274,757
49 Crystal 272,571
50 Maria 271,653

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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