Most Popular Baby Girl Names Since 2016

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby girl names are since 2016. 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 2016, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2016.

Rank Name Count
1 Olivia 126,479
2 Emma 120,733
3 Ava 98,654
4 Sophia 96,566
5 Isabella 92,840
6 Charlotte 91,424
7 Mia 86,362
8 Amelia 85,887
9 Evelyn 69,838
10 Harper 67,748
11 Abigail 62,401
12 Emily 57,568
13 Elizabeth 56,363
14 Sofia 53,482
15 Ella 52,728
16 Camila 52,215
17 Avery 52,100
18 Scarlett 49,955
19 Luna 48,594
20 Madison 47,882
21 Aria 47,411
22 Chloe 46,319
23 Mila 45,611
24 Penelope 45,089
25 Layla 44,109
26 Grace 43,812
27 Eleanor 42,860
28 Victoria 42,780
29 Nora 41,320
30 Riley 40,574
31 Lily 40,354
32 Zoey 39,095
33 Ellie 37,862
34 Hazel 37,638
35 Hannah 37,117
36 Violet 36,797
37 Lillian 36,197
38 Zoe 35,485
39 Aurora 34,992
40 Gianna 34,913
41 Addison 34,535
42 Stella 34,365
43 Natalie 33,844
44 Leah 33,475
45 Aubrey 32,606
46 Lucy 31,211
47 Paisley 31,051
48 Brooklyn 30,771
49 Nova 30,128
50 Audrey 30,049

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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