Here’s a list of common female names in the USA, categorized by decade, along with recent and all-time favorites. This gives a clearer view of naming trends across generations. These names are based on Social Security Administration (SSA) data, reflecting both all-time popularity and recent trends.
Top 20 Most Common Female Names in the USA (All-Time Popularity)
- Mary
- Patricia
- Jennifer
- Linda
- Elizabeth
- Barbara
- Susan
- Jessica
- Sarah
- Karen
- Nancy
- Lisa
- Margaret
- Betty
- Sandra
- Ashley
- Dorothy
- Kimberly
- Emily
- Donna
📆 Most Popular Female Names by Decade
🎀 1900s – 1920s
- Mary
- Helen
- Dorothy
- Margaret
- Ruth
- Mildred
- Anna
- Elizabeth
- Frances
- Marie
🎀 1930s – 1950s
- Mary
- Barbara
- Patricia
- Linda
- Carol
- Nancy
- Sandra
- Susan
- Donna
- Sharon
🎀 1960s – 1970s
- Lisa
- Kimberly
- Michelle
- Jennifer
- Melissa
- Angela
- Tammy
- Donna
- Karen
- Deborah
🎀 1980s – 1990s
- Jessica
- Ashley
- Amanda
- Sarah
- Stephanie
- Nicole
- Heather
- Elizabeth
- Megan
- Rachel
🎀 2000s – 2010s
- Emily
- Madison
- Emma
- Olivia
- Hannah
- Abigail
- Isabella
- Ava
- Sophia
- Chloe
🌟 Top 20 Most Popular Female Baby Names in the USA (Recent Years – 2025 Data)
- Olivia
- Emma
- Charlotte
- Amelia
- Sophia
- Isabella
- Ava
- Mia
- Evelyn
- Luna
- Harper
- Camila
- Gianna
- Elizabeth
- Eleanor
- Ella
- Abigail
- Emily
- Avery
- Scarlett
💡 Fun Fact:
- “Mary” has held the #1 spot more than any other name in U.S. history.
- Modern names like Luna, Harper, and Camila have seen a sharp rise in the 2020s
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