Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1988

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1988. 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 1988, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1988.

Rank Name Count
1 Emily 631,493
2 Ashley 574,906
3 Jessica 513,423
4 Emma 483,456
5 Olivia 472,625
6 Samantha 468,748
7 Elizabeth 461,687
8 Sarah 460,113
9 Hannah 406,191
10 Madison 403,008
11 Isabella 373,702
12 Abigail 368,961
13 Sophia 364,624
14 Amanda 327,040
15 Lauren 323,519
16 Taylor 319,652
17 Kayla 312,459
18 Alexis 311,550
19 Victoria 302,910
20 Ava 301,554
21 Alyssa 287,615
22 Jennifer 280,597
23 Brittany 279,806
24 Megan 278,344
25 Rachel 272,965
26 Stephanie 263,237
27 Mia 261,552
28 Nicole 255,374
29 Natalie 249,824
30 Brianna 247,828
31 Grace 243,404
32 Anna 242,768
33 Jasmine 231,934
34 Chloe 227,672
35 Katherine 224,384
36 Alexandra 206,828
37 Allison 206,727
38 Morgan 202,063
39 Rebecca 198,427
40 Amber 196,972
41 Danielle 190,357
42 Amelia 180,882
43 Kimberly 180,847
44 Julia 180,833
45 Ella 178,049
46 Charlotte 177,214
47 Maria 176,697
48 Michelle 176,613
49 Savannah 173,797
50 Evelyn 173,182

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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