Top Five Female Baby Names By Year 1911-2010
Baby Names
Obie Editorial Team
Here are the top 5 female baby names for each year for the last 100 years from 1911 to 2010.
| Females | |||||
| Year | Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Rank 3 | Rank 4 | Rank 5 |
| 2010 | Isabella | Sophia | Emma | Olivia | Ava |
| 2009 | Isabella | Emma | Olivia | Sophia | Ava |
| 2008 | Emma | Isabella | Emily | Olivia | Ava |
| 2007 | Emily | Isabella | Emma | Ava | Madison |
| 2006 | Emily | Emma | Madison | Isabella | Ava |
| 2005 | Emily | Emma | Madison | Abigail | Olivia |
| 2004 | Emily | Emma | Madison | Olivia | Hannah |
| 2003 | Emily | Emma | Madison | Hannah | Olivia |
| 2002 | Emily | Madison | Hannah | Emma | Alexis |
| 2001 | Emily | Madison | Hannah | Ashley | Alexis |
| 2000 | Emily | Hannah | Madison | Ashley | Sarah |
| 1999 | Emily | Hannah | Alexis | Sarah | Samantha |
| 1998 | Emily | Hannah | Samantha | Ashley | Sarah |
| 1997 | Emily | Jessica | Ashley | Sarah | Hannah |
| 1996 | Emily | Jessica | Ashley | Sarah | Samantha |
| 1995 | Jessica | Ashley | Emily | Samantha | Sarah |
| 1994 | Jessica | Ashley | Emily | Samantha | Sarah |
| 1993 | Jessica | Ashley | Sarah | Samantha | Emily |
| 1992 | Ashley | Jessica | Amanda | Brittany | Sarah |
| 1991 | Ashley | Jessica | Brittany | Amanda | Samantha |
| 1990 | Jessica | Ashley | Brittany | Amanda | Samantha |
| 1989 | Jessica | Ashley | Brittany | Amanda | Sarah |
| 1988 | Jessica | Ashley | Amanda | Sarah | Jennifer |
| 1987 | Jessica | Ashley | Amanda | Jennifer | Sarah |
| 1986 | Jessica | Ashley | Amanda | Jennifer | Sarah |
| 1985 | Jessica | Ashley | Jennifer | Amanda | Sarah |
| 1984 | Jennifer | Jessica | Ashley | Amanda | Sarah |
| 1983 | Jennifer | Jessica | Amanda | Ashley | Sarah |
| 1982 | Jennifer | Jessica | Amanda | Sarah | Melissa |
| 1981 | Jennifer | Jessica | Amanda | Sarah | Melissa |
| 1980 | Jennifer | Amanda | Jessica | Melissa | Sarah |
| 1979 | Jennifer | Melissa | Amanda | Jessica | Amy |
| 1978 | Jennifer | Melissa | Jessica | Amy | Heather |
| 1977 | Jennifer | Melissa | Amy | Jessica | Heather |
| 1976 | Jennifer | Amy | Melissa | Heather | Angela |
| 1975 | Jennifer | Amy | Heather | Melissa | Angela |
| 1974 | Jennifer | Amy | Michelle | Heather | Angela |
| 1973 | Jennifer | Amy | Michelle | Kimberly | Lisa |
| 1972 | Jennifer | Michelle | Lisa | Kimberly | Amy |
| 1971 | Jennifer | Michelle | Lisa | Kimberly | Amy |
| 1970 | Jennifer | Lisa | Kimberly | Michelle | Amy |
| 1969 | Lisa | Michelle | Jennifer | Kimberly | Melissa |
| 1968 | Lisa | Michelle | Kimberly | Jennifer | Melissa |
| 1967 | Lisa | Kimberly | Michelle | Mary | Susan |
| 1966 | Lisa | Kimberly | Mary | Michelle | Karen |
| 1965 | Lisa | Mary | Karen | Kimberly | Susan |
| 1964 | Lisa | Mary | Susan | Karen | Patricia |
| 1963 | Lisa | Mary | Susan | Karen | Linda |
| 1962 | Lisa | Mary | Susan | Karen | Linda |
| 1961 | Mary | Lisa | Susan | Linda | Karen |
| 1960 | Mary | Susan | Linda | Karen | Donna |
| 1959 | Mary | Susan | Linda | Karen | Donna |
| 1958 | Mary | Susan | Linda | Karen | Patricia |
| 1957 | Mary | Susan | Linda | Debra | Karen |
| 1956 | Mary | Debra | Linda | Deborah | Susan |
| 1955 | Mary | Deborah | Linda | Debra | Susan |
| 1954 | Mary | Linda | Deborah | Patricia | Susan |
| 1953 | Mary | Linda | Deborah | Patricia | Susan |
| 1952 | Linda | Mary | Patricia | Deborah | Susan |
| 1951 | Linda | Mary | Patricia | Deborah | Barbara |
| 1950 | Linda | Mary | Patricia | Barbara | Susan |
| 1949 | Linda | Mary | Patricia | Barbara | Susan |
| 1948 | Linda | Mary | Barbara | Patricia | Susan |
| 1947 | Linda | Mary | Patricia | Barbara | Sandra |
| 1946 | Mary | Linda | Patricia | Barbara | Carol |
| 1945 | Mary | Linda | Barbara | Patricia | Carol |
| 1944 | Mary | Barbara | Linda | Patricia | Carol |
| 1943 | Mary | Barbara | Patricia | Linda | Carol |
| 1942 | Mary | Barbara | Patricia | Linda | Carol |
| 1941 | Mary | Barbara | Patricia | Carol | Linda |
| 1940 | Mary | Barbara | Patricia | Judith | Betty |
| 1939 | Mary | Barbara | Patricia | Betty | Shirley |
| 1938 | Mary | Barbara | Patricia | Betty | Shirley |
| 1937 | Mary | Barbara | Patricia | Shirley | Betty |
| 1936 | Mary | Shirley | Barbara | Betty | Patricia |
| 1935 | Mary | Shirley | Barbara | Betty | Patricia |
| 1934 | Mary | Betty | Barbara | Shirley | Dorothy |
| 1933 | Mary | Betty | Barbara | Dorothy | Joan |
| 1932 | Mary | Betty | Barbara | Dorothy | Joan |
| 1931 | Mary | Betty | Dorothy | Barbara | Joan |
| 1930 | Mary | Betty | Dorothy | Helen | Margaret |
| 1929 | Mary | Betty | Dorothy | Helen | Margaret |
| 1928 | Mary | Betty | Dorothy | Helen | Margaret |
| 1927 | Mary | Dorothy | Betty | Helen | Margaret |
| 1926 | Mary | Dorothy | Betty | Helen | Margaret |
| 1925 | Mary | Dorothy | Betty | Helen | Margaret |
| 1924 | Mary | Dorothy | Helen | Betty | Margaret |
| 1923 | Mary | Dorothy | Helen | Margaret | Betty |
| 1922 | Mary | Dorothy | Helen | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1921 | Mary | Dorothy | Helen | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1920 | Mary | Dorothy | Helen | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1919 | Mary | Helen | Dorothy | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1918 | Mary | Helen | Dorothy | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1917 | Mary | Helen | Dorothy | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1916 | Mary | Helen | Dorothy | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1915 | Mary | Helen | Dorothy | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1914 | Mary | Helen | Dorothy | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1913 | Mary | Helen | Dorothy | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1912 | Mary | Helen | Dorothy | Margaret | Ruth |
| 1911 | Mary | Helen | Margaret | Dorothy | Ruth |
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