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 625,032
2 Ashley 573,055
3 Jessica 512,806
4 Emma 469,021
5 Samantha 466,162
6 Sarah 457,333
7 Olivia 456,052
8 Elizabeth 454,723
9 Hannah 401,740
10 Madison 397,529
11 Abigail 362,707
12 Isabella 362,040
13 Sophia 352,314
14 Amanda 326,359
15 Lauren 322,537
16 Taylor 318,291
17 Kayla 311,331
18 Alexis 310,681
19 Victoria 298,147
20 Ava 290,515
21 Alyssa 286,518
22 Jennifer 279,973
23 Brittany 279,477
24 Megan 277,946
25 Rachel 271,718
26 Stephanie 262,584
27 Nicole 254,382
28 Mia 250,534
29 Brianna 246,131
30 Natalie 245,892
31 Anna 239,824
32 Grace 238,149
33 Jasmine 230,270
34 Katherine 222,657
35 Chloe 221,227
36 Alexandra 205,284
37 Allison 204,028
38 Morgan 200,688
39 Rebecca 197,362
40 Amber 196,406
41 Danielle 189,690
42 Kimberly 179,463
43 Julia 178,302
44 Michelle 175,795
45 Maria 173,866
46 Ella 171,806
47 Savannah 170,763
48 Courtney 170,674
49 Melissa 170,314
50 Mary 168,869

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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