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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
Ezra	Boy	#13	8,774	#15	8,474	+300	+3.5%	+2
Ava	Girl	#9	8,662	#8	9,724	-1062	-10.9%	-1
Sebastian	Boy	#14	8,562	#13	8,890	-328	-3.7%	-1
Jack	Boy	#15	8,434	#14	8,710	-276	-3.2%	-1
Daniel	Boy	#16	8,391	#17	8,391	+0	+0.0%	+1
Samuel	Boy	#17	8,310	#19	8,019	+291	+3.6%	+2
Michael	Boy	#18	8,189	#16	8,416	-227	-2.7%	-2
Ethan	Boy	#19	8,170	#25	7,802	+368	+4.7%	+6
Asher	Boy	#20	8,123	#23	7,891	+232	+2.9%	+3
Sofia	Girl	#10	8,094	#12	7,665	+429	+5.6%	+2
John	Boy	#21	8,047	#26	7,793	+254	+3.3%	+5
Hudson	Boy	#22	7,990	#21	7,951	+39	+0.5%	-1
Luca	Boy	#23	7,959	#24	7,804	+155	+2.0%	+1
Leo	Boy	#24	7,793	#18	8,152	-359	-4.4%	-6
Elias	Boy	#25	7,653	#36	7,003	+650	+9.3%	+11
Camila	Girl	#11	7,608	#13	7,577	+31	+0.4%	+2
Owen	Boy	#26	7,574	#20	8,011	-437	-5.5%	-6
Alexander	Boy	#27	7,517	#22	7,909	-392	-5.0%	-5
Dylan	Boy	#28	7,464	#34	7,072	+392	+5.5%	+6
Santiago	Boy	#29	7,407	#45	6,353	+1054	+16.6%	+16

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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