Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 2002

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 2002. 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 2002, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2002.

Rank Name Count
1 Emma 381,202
2 Olivia 348,743
3 Isabella 327,990
4 Sophia 311,870
5 Emily 303,583
6 Ava 281,636
7 Madison 261,447
8 Abigail 256,266
9 Mia 227,263
10 Elizabeth 211,818
11 Hannah 185,746
12 Chloe 178,761
13 Grace 171,282
14 Ella 164,628
15 Samantha 163,531
16 Natalie 155,257
17 Charlotte 150,399
18 Amelia 149,437
19 Victoria 144,659
20 Sarah 143,181
21 Evelyn 141,560
22 Ashley 139,165
23 Alexis 139,042
24 Sofia 135,161
25 Avery 134,036
26 Lily 129,206
27 Addison 129,082
28 Alyssa 128,266
29 Anna 126,744
30 Hailey 120,148
31 Lillian 117,445
32 Brianna 115,419
33 Taylor 113,635
34 Savannah 109,613
35 Zoe 107,751
36 Harper 107,608
37 Riley 106,487
38 Leah 103,341
39 Allison 102,648
40 Kayla 101,905
41 Lauren 101,301
42 Brooklyn 100,816
43 Layla 100,122
44 Aubrey 99,823
45 Kaylee 96,113
46 Zoey 95,201
47 Gabriella 94,716
48 Audrey 94,641
49 Julia 94,024
50 Jasmine 90,910

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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