Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1985

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1985. 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 1985, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1985.

Rank Name Count
1 Ashley 724,590
2 Jessica 669,831
3 Emily 666,110
4 Sarah 538,268
5 Elizabeth 512,947
6 Samantha 508,856
7 Emma 472,813
8 Olivia 460,007
9 Amanda 447,731
10 Hannah 412,170
11 Madison 399,227
12 Jennifer 391,516
13 Lauren 371,691
14 Abigail 368,552
15 Isabella 362,208
16 Sophia 355,597
17 Brittany 337,461
18 Megan 334,375
19 Stephanie 330,874
20 Kayla 329,173
21 Taylor 322,263
22 Rachel 319,177
23 Nicole 318,925
24 Alexis 317,853
25 Victoria 315,505
26 Alyssa 297,134
27 Ava 290,992
28 Natalie 262,464
29 Anna 257,786
30 Katherine 253,795
31 Mia 252,069
32 Brianna 251,654
33 Amber 245,612
34 Grace 241,748
35 Jasmine 239,694
36 Danielle 237,051
37 Rebecca 233,485
38 Allison 225,975
39 Melissa 225,615
40 Chloe 222,550
41 Kimberly 221,823
42 Alexandra 217,319
43 Michelle 216,103
44 Morgan 208,372
45 Courtney 196,240
46 Mary 195,015
47 Maria 191,687
48 Sara 191,367
49 Andrea 189,040
50 Julia 187,944

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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