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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
Harper	Girl	#12	7,370	#11	7,792	-422	-5.4%	-1
Julian	Boy	#30	7,368	#33	7,091	+277	+3.9%	+3
David	Boy	#31	7,317	#27	7,413	-96	-1.3%	-4
Joseph	Boy	#32	7,223	#29	7,268	-45	-0.6%	-3
Luna	Girl	#13	7,135	#10	7,841	-706	-9.0%	-3
Eleanor	Girl	#14	7,127	#14	6,757	+370	+5.5%	+0
Matthew	Boy	#33	7,078	#32	7,221	-143	-2.0%	-1
Luke	Boy	#34	7,039	#31	7,244	-205	-2.8%	-3
Violet	Girl	#15	6,972	#16	6,364	+608	+9.6%	+1
Aurora	Girl	#16	6,917	#22	6,080	+837	+13.8%	+6
Elizabeth	Girl	#17	6,878	#15	6,600	+278	+4.2%	-2
Jackson	Boy	#35	6,876	#28	7,325	-449	-6.1%	-7
Maverick	Boy	#36	6,615	#37	6,979	-364	-5.2%	+1
Miles	Boy	#37	6,611	#43	6,581	+30	+0.5%	+6
Wyatt	Boy	#38	6,581	#46	6,269	+312	+5.0%	+8
Thomas	Boy	#39	6,576	#41	6,620	-44	-0.7%	+2
Isaac	Boy	#40	6,498	#42	6,606	-108	-1.6%	+2
Jacob	Boy	#41	6,496	#35	7,005	-509	-7.3%	-6
Mason	Boy	#42	6,471	#30	7,257	-786	-10.8%	-12
Eliana	Girl	#18	6,423	#34	5,352	+1071	+20.0%	+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.