Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 2000

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 2000. 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 2000, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2000.

Rank Name Count
1 Emma 421,509
2 Olivia 392,145
3 Emily 361,058
4 Isabella 354,728
5 Sophia 337,906
6 Madison 309,060
7 Ava 297,010
8 Abigail 290,417
9 Elizabeth 248,679
10 Mia 245,650
11 Hannah 234,001
12 Chloe 200,476
13 Grace 199,911
14 Samantha 199,247
15 Sarah 179,579
16 Ashley 175,541
17 Natalie 175,332
18 Alexis 173,943
19 Ella 173,815
20 Victoria 170,527
21 Charlotte 165,773
22 Amelia 164,935
23 Alyssa 156,188
24 Evelyn 155,762
25 Anna 150,866
26 Sofia 146,796
27 Avery 144,229
28 Taylor 143,766
29 Brianna 141,770
30 Lily 141,100
31 Hailey 139,002
32 Addison 135,172
33 Lauren 129,239
34 Kayla 128,237
35 Lillian 127,221
36 Savannah 126,483
37 Zoe 121,165
38 Allison 117,874
39 Riley 116,969
40 Harper 116,110
41 Leah 114,429
42 Julia 114,159
43 Jessica 110,879
44 Jasmine 110,629
45 Sydney 108,121
46 Layla 107,824
47 Brooklyn 107,743
48 Kaylee 107,040
49 Aubrey 105,719
50 Katherine 104,940

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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