Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1995

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1995. 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 1995, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1995.

Rank Name Count
1 Emily 482,585
2 Emma 448,197
3 Olivia 422,662
4 Madison 377,794
5 Isabella 358,684
6 Sophia 343,243
7 Abigail 332,999
8 Hannah 328,808
9 Elizabeth 319,868
10 Samantha 298,255
11 Ava 288,942
12 Ashley 282,873
13 Sarah 278,942
14 Alexis 260,178
15 Mia 245,219
16 Taylor 236,963
17 Victoria 225,685
18 Grace 221,407
19 Jessica 218,029
20 Alyssa 216,604
21 Chloe 210,920
22 Natalie 206,681
23 Brianna 200,348
24 Kayla 199,062
25 Lauren 194,358
26 Anna 190,889
27 Ella 170,198
28 Rachel 161,670
29 Amelia 159,260
30 Charlotte 157,778
31 Jasmine 157,464
32 Hailey 156,720
33 Savannah 155,198
34 Evelyn 154,817
35 Allison 152,914
36 Morgan 152,611
37 Megan 149,255
38 Sydney 147,804
39 Julia 147,772
40 Katherine 145,730
41 Sofia 145,049
42 Avery 142,703
43 Lily 142,307
44 Alexandra 141,549
45 Jennifer 137,612
46 Addison 133,973
47 Nicole 132,519
48 Lillian 130,364
49 Zoe 128,263
50 Destiny 127,779

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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