| 100% | WALKER | 6 | Dr. Mary ___, abolitionist and the first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor |
| 51% | ELROD | 5 | "Hammerin' Hank" ___, first aviator in WWII to receive the Medal of Honor |
| 39% | MARTHAGRAHAM | 12 | American dancer who was the first dancer to perform at the White House and to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LUSIA | 5 | ___ Harris, former WNBA player who was the first and only woman ever to be officially drafted by the NBA |
| 37% | RASHIDATLAIB | 12 | First woman of Palestinian descent to serve in Congress and the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan legislature (2 wds.) |
| 37% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | First woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 36% | MARYAM | 6 | ___ Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician who was the first woman to receive the Fields Medal |
| 36% | STEVIE | 6 | Singer Nicks who is the only woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice |
| 36% | PELOSI | 6 | First and only female Speaker of the House |
| 36% | EDITH | 5 | ___ Wharton, "The Age of Innocence" novelist and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature |
| 35% | SHERYL | 6 | I wrote "Lean In" and became the first woman to join Facebook's board of directors |
| 35% | HOWE | 4 | Julia ___, first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 35% | RUN | 3 | ___-DMC, "It's Tricky" hip hop group and first of its kind to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 |
| 35% | RETTON | 6 | Gymnast Mary Lou who was the first woman to appear on the front of a Wheaties box |
| 35% | XXXXXXXX | 8 | First African-American woman to hold the post of U.S. poet laureate |
| 34% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 34% | DREWBARRYMORE | 13 | Actress who was the youngest host of "Saturday Night Live," and the only woman to host six times (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DOLE | 4 | First and only president of the Republic of Hawaii |
| 34% | STTERESA | 8 | First woman to be named Doctor of the Church, briefly |
| 33% | NICKS | 5 | Stevie ___, multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and the only woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 33% | STTERESA | 8 | First woman to be made doctor of the Roman Catholic Church |
| 33% | SOROPTIMISTCLUB | 15 | Organization to improve the lives of women and girls |
| 33% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | American singer and songwriter who became the first woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PELOSI | 6 | First woman to be Speaker of the House |
| 32% | JUNKO | 5 | ___ Tabei, Japanese mountaineer and the first woman to scale Mount Everest |
| 32% | OMAR | 4 | Ilhan ___, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress |
| 32% | WAYNE | 5 | ___ Gretzky, former ice hockey player who became the first and only player to total over 200 points in one season |
| 32% | OHIO | 4 | Home of the first man to walk on the moon, the first American to orbit Earth and the first American woman to walk in space |
| 32% | TINAFEY | 7 | Actress/writer who was the first woman to be head writer of "Saturday Night Live," and the third woman to host five times (2 wds.) |
| 32% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | Former California senator who is the first woman and first person of color to be inaugurated as vice president of the United States (2 wds.) |