Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1987

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1987. 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 1987, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1987.

Rank Name Count
1 Emily 639,738
2 Ashley 627,908
3 Jessica 568,801
4 Sarah 485,225
5 Samantha 484,105
6 Elizabeth 473,330
7 Emma 470,609
8 Olivia 457,750
9 Hannah 406,334
10 Madison 398,278
11 Amanda 368,145
12 Abigail 364,708
13 Isabella 362,114
14 Sophia 353,438
15 Lauren 339,243
16 Kayla 321,909
17 Taylor 319,996
18 Alexis 313,140
19 Jennifer 312,677
20 Victoria 304,402
21 Brittany 301,709
22 Megan 295,770
23 Alyssa 291,652
24 Ava 290,691
25 Rachel 287,362
26 Stephanie 284,983
27 Nicole 274,671
28 Natalie 251,221
29 Mia 251,078
30 Brianna 248,418
31 Anna 245,993
32 Grace 239,527
33 Jasmine 233,995
34 Katherine 233,092
35 Chloe 221,733
36 Amber 213,155
37 Allison 211,369
38 Alexandra 210,501
39 Rebecca 208,992
40 Danielle 206,697
41 Morgan 203,614
42 Kimberly 192,493
43 Michelle 188,829
44 Melissa 187,989
45 Julia 181,632
46 Courtney 179,584
47 Maria 179,541
48 Mary 177,264
49 Savannah 172,232
50 Ella 171,934

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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