Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 2012

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 2012. 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 2012, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2012.

Rank Name Count
1 Emma 189,610
2 Olivia 185,198
3 Sophia 163,872
4 Isabella 150,689
5 Ava 150,507
6 Mia 128,960
7 Charlotte 116,840
8 Amelia 107,504
9 Abigail 105,780
10 Emily 102,341
11 Harper 94,942
12 Evelyn 93,204
13 Elizabeth 87,894
14 Madison 84,826
15 Sofia 82,519
16 Avery 82,285
17 Ella 80,615
18 Chloe 74,811
19 Grace 68,636
20 Victoria 67,705
21 Scarlett 64,968
22 Camila 64,677
23 Zoey 63,706
24 Layla 63,593
25 Lily 62,789
26 Aria 61,723
27 Aubrey 60,669
28 Hannah 60,257
29 Addison 60,223
30 Lillian 59,743
31 Natalie 58,902
32 Penelope 56,560
33 Riley 55,983
34 Zoe 54,857
35 Brooklyn 54,412
36 Mila 54,276
37 Leah 51,921
38 Nora 51,666
39 Eleanor 49,542
40 Audrey 48,789
41 Ellie 48,598
42 Luna 47,976
43 Savannah 47,890
44 Violet 46,579
45 Samantha 46,576
46 Stella 46,439
47 Anna 45,708
48 Claire 45,392
49 Aaliyah 43,950
50 Allison 43,883

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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