Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1996

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1996. 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 1996, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1996.

Rank Name Count
1 Emily 458,206
2 Emma 443,150
3 Olivia 415,038
4 Madison 368,020
5 Isabella 356,946
6 Sophia 341,479
7 Abigail 325,177
8 Hannah 311,791
9 Elizabeth 303,680
10 Ava 288,663
11 Samantha 276,611
12 Sarah 257,552
13 Ashley 256,273
14 Alexis 245,846
15 Mia 244,117
16 Grace 217,934
17 Taylor 216,538
18 Victoria 213,434
19 Chloe 208,585
20 Alyssa 206,505
21 Natalie 200,257
22 Jessica 190,090
23 Brianna 188,468
24 Kayla 182,975
25 Anna 182,322
26 Lauren 180,913
27 Ella 169,889
28 Amelia 158,054
29 Charlotte 156,780
30 Hailey 153,755
31 Evelyn 153,310
32 Savannah 150,294
33 Jasmine 147,186
34 Rachel 145,623
35 Allison 144,788
36 Sofia 144,442
37 Julia 142,360
38 Avery 142,161
39 Morgan 141,735
40 Lily 141,455
41 Sydney 140,446
42 Katherine 136,745
43 Megan 133,726
44 Addison 133,659
45 Alexandra 131,389
46 Lillian 129,422
47 Zoe 126,537
48 Jennifer 124,928
49 Leah 123,291
50 Destiny 122,399

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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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