Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1982

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1982. 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 1982, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1982.

Rank Name Count
1 Ashley 811,515
2 Jessica 806,422
3 Emily 703,792
4 Sarah 619,869
5 Elizabeth 573,662
6 Jennifer 553,543
7 Amanda 549,609
8 Samantha 531,366
9 Emma 474,605
10 Olivia 463,386
11 Hannah 418,416
12 Lauren 410,705
13 Madison 399,269
14 Stephanie 397,086
15 Nicole 385,300
16 Megan 374,999
17 Abigail 374,190
18 Rachel 363,477
19 Isabella 362,307
20 Sophia 359,037
21 Brittany 352,607
22 Kayla 337,655
23 Victoria 329,885
24 Alexis 327,732
25 Taylor 324,423
26 Alyssa 300,983
27 Melissa 296,852
28 Ava 291,354
29 Amber 290,556
30 Katherine 282,816
31 Natalie 279,712
32 Rebecca 277,273
33 Anna 273,581
34 Danielle 273,564
35 Kimberly 267,739
36 Michelle 266,204
37 Brianna 254,871
38 Mia 253,539
39 Grace 244,714
40 Jasmine 244,641
41 Heather 242,810
42 Allison 242,158
43 Tiffany 231,137
44 Christina 227,816
45 Mary 225,058
46 Alexandra 223,360
47 Chloe 223,223
48 Sara 222,111
49 Andrea 221,179
50 Courtney 217,236

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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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