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Most Popular Baby Names — Top 100 Today + All-Time Greats

The full top 100 most popular US boys' and girls' names for 2025 (the latest year of US Social Security Administration data), plus the all-time top 50 most-given names across 146 years (1880–2025), and the #1 winner of every decade since 1880.

2025 Top 100 All-Time Top 50 Decade #1 Winners Year-by-Year Detail

2025 — Most Popular US Baby Names

Full top 100 boys and girls for the latest year of SSA data. Each row links to the name's full detail page.

Boys — 2025 Top 100

#1 Liam 20,818 births
#2 Noah 20,358 births
#3 Oliver 14,939 births
#4 Theodore 13,355 births
#5 Henry 12,020 births
#6 James 11,945 births
#7 Elijah 11,111 births
#8 Mateo 11,045 births
#9 William 10,545 births
#10 Lucas 10,219 births
#11 Benjamin 9,762 births
#12 Levi 9,642 births
#13 Elias 8,837 births
#15 Jack 8,748 births
#16 Sebastian 8,605 births
#17 Hudson 8,583 births
#18 Samuel 8,334 births
#19 Leo 8,173 births
#20 Ezra 8,126 births
#21 Michael 8,094 births
#22 Daniel 8,085 births
#23 John 8,027 births
#24 Ethan 7,852 births
#25 Julian 7,603 births
#26 Santiago 7,554 births
#27 Cooper 7,472 births
#28 Asher 7,456 births
#29 Joseph 7,303 births
#30 Alexander 7,230 births
#31 Owen 7,190 births
#32 Matthew 7,003 births
#34 Thomas 6,917 births
#35 David 6,794 births
#36 Jackson 6,582 births
#37 Gabriel 6,569 births
#38 Wyatt 6,480 births
#39 Mason 6,291 births
#40 Bennett 6,268 births
#41 Dylan 6,208 births
#42 Roman 6,162 births
#43 Jacob 6,152 births
#44 Miles 6,072 births
#45 Carter 6,024 births
#46 Anthony 5,967 births
#47 Isaac 5,953 births
#48 Charles 5,898 births
#49 Maverick 5,894 births
#51 Grayson 5,805 births
#52 Wesley 5,578 births
#53 Logan 5,576 births
#54 Josiah 5,509 births
#55 Weston 5,482 births
#56 Waylon 5,408 births
#57 Isaiah 5,267 births
#58 Caleb 5,217 births
#59 Rowan 5,212 births
#60 Beau 5,165 births
#61 Ezekiel 5,091 births
#62 Aiden 5,046 births
#63 Nathan 4,975 births
#64 Brooks 4,877 births
#65 Nolan 4,846 births
#66 Joshua 4,773 births
#67 Angel 4,757 births
#68 Christopher 4,748 births
#69 Lincoln 4,703 births
#70 Jayden 4,653 births
#71 Silas 4,639 births
#72 Enzo 4,556 births
#73 Andrew 4,497 births
#74 Adrian 4,464 births
#75 Atlas 4,413 births
#76 Cameron 4,348 births
#77 Everett 4,287 births
#78 Walker 4,204 births
#79 Axel 4,140 births
#80 Aaron 4,041 births
#83 Ian 3,924 births
#84 Adriel 3,921 births
#86 Gael 3,860 births
#87 Arthur 3,847 births
#88 Jeremiah 3,840 births
#89 Jonathan 3,822 births
#90 Micah 3,817 births
#91 Leonardo 3,789 births
#92 Robert 3,772 births
#93 Kai 3,768 births
#95 Jose 3,678 births
#96 Christian 3,641 births
#97 Eithan 3,636 births
#98 Archer 3,627 births
#99 Ryan 3,532 births
#100 Myles 3,511 births

Girls — 2025 Top 100

#1 Olivia 13,544 births
#2 Charlotte 13,400 births
#3 Emma 12,754 births
#4 Amelia 12,699 births
#5 Sophia 12,561 births
#6 Mia 11,078 births
#7 Isabella 10,666 births
#8 Evelyn 9,123 births
#9 Sofia 8,252 births
#10 Eliana 8,191 births
#11 Ava 7,732 births
#12 Eleanor 7,649 births
#13 Violet 7,546 births
#15 Aurora 7,065 births
#16 Harper 6,792 births
#17 Elizabeth 6,760 births
#18 Lily 6,673 births
#19 Camila 6,591 births
#20 Nora 6,380 births
#21 Hazel 6,318 births
#22 Penelope 6,225 births
#23 Chloe 6,203 births
#24 Ellie 6,176 births
#25 Lucy 6,176 births
#26 Aria 6,130 births
#27 Luna 6,076 births
#29 Ella 5,831 births
#30 Lainey 5,738 births
#31 Zoe 5,646 births
#32 Scarlett 5,644 births
#33 Gianna 5,634 births
#34 Emily 5,451 births
#35 Valentina 5,354 births
#36 Layla 5,338 births
#37 Avery 5,267 births
#38 Grace 5,127 births
#39 Ivy 5,117 births
#40 Madison 4,945 births
#41 Abigail 4,941 births
#42 Elena 4,836 births
#44 Willow 4,763 births
#45 Emilia 4,677 births
#46 Nova 4,657 births
#47 Naomi 4,644 births
#48 Riley 4,441 births
#49 Eloise 4,251 births
#50 Sadie 4,168 births
#51 Delilah 4,137 births
#53 Josephine 4,126 births
#54 Victoria 4,027 births
#55 Sophie 3,984 births
#56 Hannah 3,973 births
#57 Lillian 3,966 births
#58 Leah 3,880 births
#59 Adeline 3,864 births
#60 Leilani 3,792 births
#61 Iris 3,729 births
#62 Maya 3,712 births
#63 Clara 3,601 births
#64 Ruby 3,554 births
#65 Alice 3,547 births
#66 Genesis 3,527 births
#68 Claire 3,487 births
#69 Zoey 3,427 births
#70 Eden 3,362 births
#72 Vivian 3,362 births
#73 Millie 3,353 births
#74 Emery 3,208 births
#75 Daisy 3,206 births
#76 Maeve 3,153 births
#77 Ayla 3,149 births
#78 Liliana 3,118 births
#79 Melody 3,095 births
#80 Lyla 3,089 births
#81 Madeline 3,086 births
#82 Josie 3,021 births
#84 Addison 2,971 births
#85 Kennedy 2,933 births
#86 Audrey 2,919 births
#87 Maria 2,887 births
#88 Autumn 2,805 births
#89 Natalie 2,736 births
#90 Sarah 2,710 births
#91 Everly 2,695 births
#92 Lydia 2,692 births
#93 Kinsley 2,671 births
#94 Sienna 2,659 births
#95 Jade 2,658 births
#96 Caroline 2,646 births
#97 Quinn 2,634 births
#98 Amara 2,630 births
#99 Georgia 2,619 births

All-Time Top 50 Most-Given US Names (1880–2025)

Cumulative US births across 146 years of SSA records. The names America has used most over its modern history.

Boys — All-Time Top 50

#1 James 5,250,515 total
#2 John 5,182,497 total
#3 Robert 4,849,663 total
#4 Michael 4,426,620 total
#5 William 4,199,549 total
#6 David 3,676,524 total
#7 Joseph 2,669,343 total
#8 Richard 2,577,510 total
#9 Charles 2,434,583 total
#10 Thomas 2,358,541 total
#11 Christopher 2,048,221 total
#12 Daniel 1,982,674 total
#13 Matthew 1,607,519 total
#14 Anthony 1,487,684 total
#15 George 1,464,654 total
#16 Paul 1,398,259 total
#17 Donald 1,391,006 total
#18 Mark 1,333,912 total
#19 Andrew 1,329,390 total
#20 Edward 1,296,406 total
#21 Kenneth 1,282,701 total
#22 Steven 1,279,839 total
#23 Joshua 1,233,942 total
#24 Kevin 1,174,183 total
#25 Brian 1,157,749 total
#26 Timothy 1,066,871 total
#27 Ronald 1,046,206 total
#28 Jason 1,034,217 total
#29 Jeffrey 969,423 total
#30 Ryan 947,671 total
#31 Jacob 942,643 total
#32 Frank 888,961 total
#33 Gary 873,853 total
#34 Stephen 842,386 total
#35 Jonathan 826,014 total
#36 Nicholas 823,763 total
#37 Samuel 820,054 total
#38 Justin 771,422 total
#39 Larry 768,502 total
#40 Brandon 762,001 total
#41 Raymond 755,968 total
#42 Scott 746,727 total
#43 Benjamin 746,455 total
#44 Henry 699,359 total
#45 Jack 689,798 total
#46 Gregory 689,221 total
#47 Alexander 657,737 total
#48 Patrick 656,713 total
#49 Walter 585,704 total
#50 Tyler 584,180 total

Girls — All-Time Top 50

#1 Mary 4,141,390 total
#2 Elizabeth 1,688,638 total
#3 Patricia 1,537,942 total
#4 Jennifer 1,439,781 total
#5 Linda 1,402,756 total
#6 Barbara 1,392,466 total
#7 Margaret 1,217,047 total
#8 Susan 1,066,562 total
#9 Sarah 1,066,361 total
#10 Dorothy 1,062,698 total
#11 Jessica 1,028,587 total
#12 Helen 962,429 total
#13 Betty 949,941 total
#14 Karen 946,815 total
#15 Lisa 943,225 total
#16 Nancy 938,258 total
#17 Anna 873,181 total
#18 Ashley 843,827 total
#19 Sandra 839,441 total
#20 Kimberly 835,868 total
#21 Emily 807,425 total
#22 Michelle 800,132 total
#23 Donna 787,803 total
#24 Ruth 778,367 total
#25 Laura 778,330 total
#26 Carol 763,655 total
#27 Amanda 746,136 total
#28 Melissa 727,733 total
#29 Emma 713,779 total
#30 Rebecca 712,402 total
#31 Deborah 700,279 total
#32 Stephanie 690,919 total
#33 Sharon 685,486 total
#34 Kathleen 671,094 total
#35 Cynthia 664,741 total
#36 Catherine 664,426 total
#37 Amy 651,666 total
#38 Katherine 638,645 total
#39 Shirley 637,924 total
#40 Angela 622,916 total
#41 Nicole 581,182 total
#42 Virginia 572,488 total
#43 Samantha 566,081 total
#44 Pamela 560,012 total
#45 Evelyn 555,984 total
#46 Brenda 549,854 total
#47 Alice 523,524 total
#48 Debra 519,690 total
#49 Olivia 512,241 total
#50 Christine 504,405 total

Decade #1 Winners (1880s–2020s)

The single most-given boys' name and girls' name of every decade. Click any decade for the full top-20 + signature names + emergers.

Decade#1 BoyDecade Births#1 GirlDecade Births
1880s → John 89,949 Mary 91,668
1890s → John 80,664 Mary 131,138
1900s → John 84,590 Mary 161,504
1910s → John 376,312 Mary 478,636
1920s → Robert 576,375 Mary 701,756
1930s → Robert 590,799 Mary 572,997
1940s → James 795,767 Mary 640,070
1950s → James 843,776 Mary 625,609
1960s → Michael 833,070 Lisa 496,983
1970s → Michael 707,368 Jennifer 581,733
1980s → Michael 663,824 Jessica 469,518
1990s → Michael 462,451 Jessica 303,129
2000s → Jacob 274,064 Emily 223,755
2010s → Noah 183,330 Emma 195,028
2020s → Liam 124,696 Olivia 95,752

Year-by-Year Detail

Pick a specific year to see its top 20 boys + girls, year-over-year movers, and names that emerged that year.

Quick jumps: 1900 1925 1950 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

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Source: US Social Security Administration Beyond the Top 1000 Names dataset (1880–2025), public domain (CC0). SSA data released annually each spring; this page recomputes whenever the dataset is refreshed. Full methodology →