Most Common Girl Names in the US

Top 100 of 22,410 girl names with at least 100 people alive

Girl Names by First Letter

These are the 100 girl names with the most people alive in the United States today, estimated from Social Security birth records since 1880 and the share of each birth year still alive. A name counts as a girl name when more than 80% of the people alive with it are female. The peak year is the year the most babies got the name. For names most popular before 1940, see the vintage girl names.

#	Name	People alive	Peak year
1	Mary	1,715,483	1921
2	Jennifer	1,394,097	1972
3	Elizabeth	1,143,984	1990
4	Linda	1,078,513	1947
5	Patricia	1,032,641	1951
6	Jessica	1,019,821	1987
7	Sarah	889,399	1982
8	Lisa	876,494	1965
9	Susan	874,942	1955
10	Ashley	853,118	1987
11	Barbara	823,900	1947
12	Emily	814,621	1999
13	Karen	803,345	1957
14	Kimberly	791,535	1970
15	Michelle	763,711	1969
16	Amanda	747,666	1987
17	Melissa	718,152	1979
18	Stephanie	699,935	1990
19	Sandra	659,067	1947
20	Rebecca	648,685	1981
21	Nancy	643,624	1947
22	Amy	640,514	1975
23	Deborah	609,725	1954
24	Laura	608,610	1964
25	Angela	607,826	1971
26	Cynthia	594,713	1957
27	Donna	594,446	1959
28	Samantha	580,489	1990
29	Nicole	575,662	1985
30	Emma	570,127	2003
31	Sharon	544,809	1947
32	Olivia	543,307	2014
33	Carol	525,256	1946
34	Kelly	509,685	1968
35	Kathleen	509,167	1951
36	Rachel	507,807	1985
37	Heather	502,462	1975
38	Brenda	496,332	1957
39	Pamela	493,324	1954
40	Margaret	483,860	1921
41	Katherine	481,377	1990
42	Victoria	466,134	1993
43	Maria	465,883	1964
44	Lauren	465,238	1989
45	Christine	461,413	1952
46	Debra	460,090	1955
47	Julie	452,251	1958
48	Christina	443,197	1985
49	Hannah	441,086	2000
50	Anna	438,513	1918
51	Megan	429,380	1990
52	Madison	420,719	2001
53	Sophia	418,384	2012
54	Andrea	417,921	1981
55	Abigail	407,036	2003
56	Isabella	406,216	2010
57	Alexis	404,261	1998
58	Diane	394,084	1955
59	Catherine	380,769	1956
60	Janet	363,944	1954
61	Amber	363,401	1986
62	Danielle	361,272	1987
63	Cheryl	360,550	1958
64	Carolyn	360,187	1947
65	Sara	354,153	1981
66	Natalie	353,460	2006
67	Brittany	353,431	1989
68	Kayla	340,920	1991
69	Teresa	340,730	1961
70	Jacqueline	337,795	1964
71	Ava	335,063	2007
72	Betty	328,518	1930
73	Tiffany	328,516	1988
74	Shannon	326,134	1970
75	Denise	324,362	1961
76	Charlotte	322,612	2025
77	Kathryn	315,377	1952
78	Evelyn	314,817	1921
79	Crystal	314,604	1982
80	Julia	313,571	2001
81	Erin	312,754	1983
82	Grace	312,649	2003
83	Allison	311,059	1994
84	Alyssa	310,008	1999
85	Diana	308,653	1957
86	Shirley	308,384	1935
87	Mia	307,381	2015
88	Lori	305,646	1963
89	Tammy	300,666	1963
90	Judith	292,950	1943
91	Leslie	291,538	1957
92	Robin	290,889	1961
93	Joyce	279,917	1942
94	Tracy	279,351	1970
95	Kathy	275,476	1958
96	Janice	273,216	1951
97	Courtney	270,928	1990
98	Theresa	265,713	1961
99	Judy	265,275	1947
100	Brianna	261,562	2000

To see every name, not only the most common, browse names by letter, decade or state. The guide Most Common Female Names in the USA looks at how these names have changed over time.