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SSA baby-name data

Baby Names Popularity

Explore how popular baby names changed across the United States or in a specific state. Compare the latest available year with any earlier year.

Search names Sex Location Year Compare with

Comparing 2024 with 2023

38,119 names

Name	Sex	2024 rank	2024 births	2023 rank	2023 births	Birth difference	Birth change	Rank change
Liam	Boy	#1	22,164	#1	20,886	+1278	+6.1%	+0
Noah	Boy	#2	20,337	#2	19,088	+1249	+6.5%	+0
Oliver	Boy	#3	15,343	#3	14,782	+561	+3.8%	+0
Olivia	Girl	#1	14,718	#1	15,313	-595	-3.9%	+0
Emma	Girl	#2	13,485	#2	13,579	-94	-0.7%	+0
Amelia	Girl	#3	12,740	#4	12,352	+388	+3.1%	+1
Charlotte	Girl	#4	12,552	#3	12,628	-76	-0.6%	-1
Mia	Girl	#5	12,113	#6	11,395	+718	+6.3%	+1
Sophia	Girl	#6	12,088	#5	11,984	+104	+0.9%	-1
Theodore	Boy	#4	12,011	#7	11,084	+927	+8.4%	+3
James	Boy	#5	11,793	#4	11,727	+66	+0.6%	-1
Henry	Boy	#6	11,547	#8	10,988	+559	+5.1%	+2
Mateo	Boy	#7	11,302	#6	11,279	+23	+0.2%	-1
Elijah	Boy	#8	11,171	#5	11,503	-332	-2.9%	-3
Isabella	Girl	#7	10,770	#7	10,853	-83	-0.8%	+0
Lucas	Boy	#9	10,703	#9	10,882	-179	-1.6%	+0
William	Boy	#10	10,596	#10	10,653	-57	-0.5%	+0
Benjamin	Boy	#11	9,814	#11	10,212	-398	-3.9%	+0
Levi	Boy	#12	9,513	#12	9,384	+129	+1.4%	+0
Evelyn	Girl	#8	9,116	#9	9,113	+3	+0.0%	+1

Birth counts come from U.S. Social Security Administration data. The SSA omits names recorded fewer than five times in a geographic area. “All states” uses the national dataset rather than adding state totals.

Data refreshed August 26, 2026.

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