Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 2008

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 2008. 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 2008, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2008.

Rank Name Count
1 Emma 262,491
2 Olivia 254,076
3 Sophia 239,403
4 Isabella 234,465
5 Ava 214,364
6 Mia 172,735
7 Emily 163,675
8 Abigail 162,754
9 Madison 142,687
10 Charlotte 136,486
11 Elizabeth 131,314
12 Amelia 128,382
13 Chloe 121,302
14 Ella 119,096
15 Evelyn 116,434
16 Avery 108,430
17 Sofia 107,853
18 Harper 105,282
19 Grace 101,310
20 Addison 101,279
21 Natalie 95,939
22 Lily 95,183
23 Victoria 94,311
24 Hannah 90,967
25 Lillian 87,291
26 Layla 85,707
27 Aubrey 84,181
28 Samantha 83,226
29 Zoey 82,762
30 Camila 81,532
31 Brooklyn 78,683
32 Riley 77,966
33 Zoe 77,364
34 Leah 77,272
35 Scarlett 74,785
36 Anna 71,786
37 Savannah 70,444
38 Audrey 69,403
39 Hailey 69,228
40 Sarah 69,219
41 Allison 68,036
42 Gabriella 66,497
43 Aria 65,743
44 Claire 64,628
45 Nevaeh 63,155
46 Kaylee 62,328
47 Penelope 62,193
48 Aaliyah 62,156
49 Alexis 61,936
50 Nora 59,066

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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