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Most popular girl names in the U.S.

Browse names ranked by total recorded births across the full national dataset.

Most recorded girl name Mary

4,139,160 recorded births

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Girl names

Name Rank Recorded births
Mary 1 4,139,160
Elizabeth 2 1,681,878
Patricia 3 1,573,445
Jennifer 4 1,471,191
Linda 5 1,454,832
Barbara 6 1,436,402
Margaret 7 1,262,307
Susan 8 1,123,232
Dorothy 9 1,111,479
Sarah 10 1,095,724
Jessica 11 1,050,306
Helen 12 1,023,527
Nancy 13 1,004,171
Betty 14 1,001,019
Karen 15 987,811
Lisa 16 966,965
Anna 17 912,251
Emily 18 890,970
Sandra 19 875,334
Ashley 20 858,007
Kimberly 21 845,374
Ruth 22 834,300
Donna 23 831,536
Carol 24 816,838
Michelle 25 815,849
Laura 26 800,987
Amanda 27 790,015
Emma 28 763,546
Melissa 29 759,386
Rebecca 30 755,083
Stephanie 31 744,596
Deborah 32 742,504
Sharon 33 722,841
Kathleen 34 713,438
Cynthia 35 711,201
Amy 36 700,417
Shirley 37 686,246
Angela 38 672,480
Catherine 39 666,802
Virginia 40 652,372
Katherine 41 649,238
Evelyn 42 630,574
Brenda 43 608,331
Pamela 44 594,992
Frances 45 594,729
Nicole 46 593,691
Samantha 47 590,854
Christine 48 586,277
Alice 49 584,578
Rachel 50 572,695