Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1976

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1976. 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 1976, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1976.

Rank Name Count
1 Jessica 979,980
2 Jennifer 900,450
3 Ashley 840,618
4 Emily 751,477
5 Sarah 746,884
6 Amanda 706,112
7 Elizabeth 678,227
8 Samantha 556,794
9 Stephanie 498,174
10 Nicole 492,020
11 Emma 477,496
12 Melissa 470,856
13 Olivia 470,439
14 Lauren 441,065
15 Rachel 425,153
16 Hannah 423,929
17 Megan 417,082
18 Madison 399,275
19 Abigail 381,439
20 Michelle 380,323
21 Kimberly 374,696
22 Heather 371,808
23 Rebecca 366,324
24 Sophia 362,612
25 Isabella 362,480
26 Brittany 357,988
27 Amy 356,111
28 Amber 349,036
29 Victoria 347,374
30 Kayla 339,206
31 Alexis 333,786
32 Taylor 325,505
33 Katherine 324,449
34 Danielle 323,391
35 Christina 319,711
36 Alyssa 306,706
37 Natalie 305,370
38 Anna 300,090
39 Tiffany 295,783
40 Angela 294,784
41 Ava 292,055
42 Mary 289,157
43 Laura 284,614
44 Andrea 282,252
45 Sara 278,875
46 Allison 268,448
47 Erin 266,503
48 Crystal 260,706
49 Brianna 257,684
50 Kelly 257,068

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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