Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 1998

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 1998. 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 1998, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 1998.

Rank Name Count
1 Emma 429,260
2 Emily 407,321
3 Olivia 397,437
4 Isabella 351,974
5 Madison 339,421
6 Sophia 335,326
7 Abigail 306,945
8 Ava 288,016
9 Hannah 272,601
10 Elizabeth 272,253
11 Mia 239,935
12 Samantha 235,893
13 Sarah 215,801
14 Alexis 212,085
15 Ashley 211,699
16 Grace 209,555
17 Chloe 202,789
18 Victoria 189,783
19 Natalie 187,026
20 Alyssa 182,835
21 Taylor 177,883
22 Ella 169,007
23 Anna 165,410
24 Brianna 164,536
25 Amelia 155,446
26 Lauren 155,075
27 Charlotte 154,881
28 Kayla 153,821
29 Evelyn 150,144
30 Hailey 145,850
31 Jessica 144,846
32 Sofia 142,492
33 Avery 140,732
34 Lily 139,008
35 Savannah 136,717
36 Addison 132,701
37 Allison 130,061
38 Julia 128,707
39 Jasmine 127,800
40 Lillian 126,902
41 Sydney 125,155
42 Zoe 122,110
43 Morgan 121,101
44 Katherine 119,353
45 Leah 116,763
46 Riley 116,272
47 Rachel 115,710
48 Kaylee 113,610
49 Alexandra 112,614
50 Destiny 109,816

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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