Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1994

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1994. 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 1994, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1994.

Rank Name Count
1 Emily 513,197
2 Emma 467,397
3 Olivia 445,669
4 Madison 389,536
5 Isabella 371,623
6 Sophia 357,166
7 Hannah 347,752
8 Abigail 346,493
9 Elizabeth 343,618
10 Samantha 323,664
11 Ashley 315,005
12 Sarah 304,014
13 Ava 300,257
14 Alexis 274,087
15 Taylor 259,056
16 Mia 257,096
17 Jessica 250,764
18 Victoria 243,139
19 Grace 229,836
20 Alyssa 228,303
21 Chloe 219,444
22 Natalie 216,451
23 Kayla 216,073
24 Brianna 212,561
25 Lauren 210,498
26 Anna 201,359
27 Rachel 178,406
28 Ella 176,755
29 Amelia 172,846
30 Charlotte 171,611
31 Jasmine 170,841
32 Megan 166,233
33 Evelyn 165,558
34 Morgan 164,641
35 Allison 163,764
36 Savannah 162,617
37 Hailey 162,399
38 Katherine 157,044
39 Julia 155,144
40 Sydney 153,707
41 Alexandra 153,319
42 Sofia 152,813
43 Jennifer 152,236
44 Nicole 149,522
45 Avery 149,450
46 Lily 148,920
47 Amanda 141,605
48 Addison 138,171
49 Maria 136,270
50 Lillian 135,472

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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