Top 50 Baby Girl Names Over the Past 100 Years

When you find out you're having a baby girl, it's an exciting day for your family. Thinking about how you'll decorate the nursery or what kind of dresses and bows you'll buy her is all part of the fun. And although choosing a name is also an exciting moment, it can also be challenging to decide.

If you're a new parent, you might already have a list of names picked out — this list might even include some popular names that have been around for centuries. Looking back over the past 100 years, many names have been consistently popular, making the list of the top baby girl names.

Using data from the Social Security Administration, we created a list of the 50 most popular baby girl names between 1925 and 2024. The names on this list were not necessarily top names every year, but the names were used more than others over the past century.

In this slideshow, you'll see the number of occurrences for each baby girl name in the U.S. and the meaning of each name.

• Number of Occurrences: 514,776
• Meaning: Divine

• Number of Occurrences: 524,157
• Meaning: Heather Plant

• Number of Occurrences: 530,602
• Meaning: God Is Gracious

• Number of Occurrences: 532,853
• Meaning: Of the Sea or Bitter

• Number of Occurrences: 533,294
• Meaning: Free Man

• Number of Occurrences: 544,237
• Meaning: Olive

• Number of Occurrences: 545,141
• Meaning: Ewe

• Number of Occurrences: 548,285
• Meaning: Bee

• Number of Occurrences: 552,035
• Meaning: Follower Of Christ

• Number of Occurrences: 559,386
• Meaning: Pure

• Number of Occurrences: 576,509
• Meaning: Gracious, Merciful

• Number of Occurrences: 588,877
• Meaning: God Has Heard

• Number of Occurrences: 592,709
• Meaning: Sweetness

• Number of Occurrences: 593,347
• Meaning: Victory Of The People

• Number of Occurrences: 606,313
• Meaning: Sword

• Number of Occurrences: 618,298
• Meaning: Universal

• Number of Occurrences: 633,958
• Meaning: Bright Meadow

• Number of Occurrences: 658,259
• Meaning: Gift Of God

• Number of Occurrences: 661,416
• Meaning: Messenger Of God

• Number of Occurrences: 672,182
• Meaning: Pure

• Number of Occurrences: 684,793
• Meaning: Beloved

• Number of Occurrences: 705,775
• Meaning: From Kynthos

• Number of Occurrences: 706,057
• Meaning: Laurel

• Number of Occurrences: 720,843
• Meaning: Of the Fertile Plain

• Number of Occurrences: 728,579
• Meaning: To Bind

• Number of Occurrences: 740,151
• Meaning: Crown

• Number of Occurrences: 740,811
• Meaning: Bee

• Number of Occurrences: 757,109
• Meaning: Honey Bee

• Number of Occurrences: 774,482
• Meaning: Worthy Of Love

• Number of Occurrences: 799,326
• Meaning: Free Person Or Song

• Number of Occurrences: 815,556
• Meaning: Who Is Like God?

• Number of Occurrences: 816,178
• Meaning: Lady, Woman

• Number of Occurrences: 819,413
• Meaning: Pearl

• Number of Occurrences: 829,528
• Meaning: God Is My Oath

• Number of Occurrences: 845,195
• Meaning: From The Meadow Of The Royal Fortress

• Number of Occurrences: 848,035
• Meaning: Rival

• Number of Occurrences: 857,349
• Meaning: Ash Tree Meadow

• Number of Occurrences: 873,340
• Meaning: Defender of the People

• Number of Occurrences: 953,532
• Meaning: Grace

• Number of Occurrences: 965,906
• Meaning: God Is My Oath

• Number of Occurrences: 983,348
• Meaning: Princess

• Number of Occurrences: 986,097
• Meaning: Pure

• Number of Occurrences: 1,048,746
• Meaning: God Beholds

• Number of Occurrences: 1,100,642
• Meaning: Lily

• Number of Occurrences: 1,371,191
• Meaning: Stranger

• Number of Occurrences: 1,387,113
• Meaning: God Is My Oath

• Number of Occurrences: 1,448,119
• Meaning: Pretty One

• Number of Occurrences: 1,470,844
• Meaning: Fair or Soft

• Number of Occurrences: 1,539,442
• Meaning: Noble

• Number of Occurrences: 2,913,902
• Meaning: Of the Sea, Bitter, or Beloved