Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1989

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1989. 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 1989, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1989.

Rank Name Count
1 Emily 609,160
2 Ashley 523,088
3 Emma 467,230
4 Jessica 461,260
5 Olivia 453,911
6 Samantha 445,462
7 Elizabeth 434,682
8 Sarah 428,962
9 Madison 396,705
10 Hannah 396,178
11 Isabella 361,959
12 Abigail 360,332
13 Sophia 351,149
14 Taylor 315,495
15 Alexis 307,779
16 Lauren 302,900
17 Kayla 297,900
18 Victoria 290,865
19 Ava 290,348
20 Amanda 286,900
21 Alyssa 279,383
22 Megan 259,377
23 Rachel 256,375
24 Brittany 252,661
25 Jennifer 252,083
26 Mia 249,914
27 Brianna 243,168
28 Natalie 240,409
29 Stephanie 239,742
30 Grace 236,440
31 Nicole 234,073
32 Anna 233,383
33 Jasmine 223,825
34 Chloe 220,752
35 Katherine 211,505
36 Alexandra 198,317
37 Morgan 196,894
38 Allison 196,885
39 Rebecca 185,491
40 Amber 179,729
41 Julia 174,942
42 Danielle 173,437
43 Ella 171,623
44 Savannah 169,449
45 Maria 168,158
46 Kimberly 167,517
47 Amelia 167,420
48 Hailey 167,051
49 Sydney 163,901
50 Charlotte 163,463

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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