Wildcard1900–2024
America's Top Baby Girl Names
How many newborn American girls got each name, year by year, from Social Security card records. Mary rules for six decades until a 1947 pop song makes Linda the biggest one-name explosion ever measured — and after that no queen is safe: Lisa, Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Emma and Olivia each seize No. 1 and then crash, as top names claim an ever-smaller share of a diversifying country.
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Source: Social Security Administration Counts before ~1937 understate true births, since Social Security registration was not yet universal. Updated 2026-07-07
The race in numbers
13lead changes
124years covered
19contenders
Marylongest reign — 47 yrs at #1
Final standings · 2024
- 1Olivia15,020
- 2Emma13,600
- 3Sophia11,340
- 4Isabella9,280
- 5Emily5,710