Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 2001

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 2001. 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 2001, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2001.

Rank Name Count
1 Emma 408,953
2 Olivia 379,293
3 Isabella 348,486
4 Emily 335,101
5 Sophia 331,342
6 Ava 295,214
7 Madison 289,092
8 Abigail 277,327
9 Mia 242,199
10 Elizabeth 233,571
11 Hannah 210,917
12 Chloe 193,382
13 Grace 188,626
14 Samantha 181,982
15 Ella 172,590
16 Natalie 167,237
17 Charlotte 164,669
18 Amelia 163,404
19 Sarah 161,873
20 Victoria 159,601
21 Ashley 157,544
22 Alexis 156,313
23 Evelyn 153,540
24 Sofia 144,703
25 Alyssa 142,635
26 Avery 142,397
27 Anna 140,271
28 Lily 138,367
29 Addison 134,189
30 Hailey 131,173
31 Brianna 128,890
32 Taylor 128,688
33 Lillian 124,621
34 Savannah 119,384
35 Zoe 117,380
36 Harper 115,975
37 Lauren 115,064
38 Kayla 114,925
39 Riley 114,417
40 Allison 111,559
41 Leah 111,031
42 Layla 107,127
43 Brooklyn 105,912
44 Julia 105,393
45 Aubrey 104,310
46 Kaylee 102,547
47 Jasmine 101,531
48 Gabriella 101,188
49 Audrey 100,920
50 Zoey 100,511

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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