Baby Name: Vy

Which lengths were the most and least popular for U.S. baby names in 2021?

Top length for girl names: 6 letters

For baby girls, the most-used length was 6 letters, followed by 5 and 7.

The most popular girl names per length were…

• 2 letters (over 200 baby girls): Bo, Jo, Zo, An, Vy, Io
• 3 letters (over 58,300): Ava, Mia, Zoe, Ivy, Eva, Ada
• 4 letters (over 223,800): Emma, Luna, Ella, Aria, Mila, Nora
• 5 letters (over 348,000): Sofia, Avery, Emily, Chloe, Layla, Hazel
• 6 letters (over 466,100): Olivia, Amelia, Sophia, Evelyn, Harper, Camila
• 7 letters (over 307,900): Eleanor, Abigail, Madison, Addison, Lillian, Paisley
• 8 letters (over 142,000): Isabella, Scarlett, Penelope, Victoria, Brooklyn, Savannah
• 9 letters (over 71,800): Charlotte, Elizabeth, Valentina, Josephine, Gabriella
• 10 letters (over 8,000): Evangeline, Alexandria, Alessandra, Jacqueline
• 11 letters (over 300): Christianna, Ameliagrace, Anavictoria
• 12 letters (under 100)
• 13 letters (over 100)
• 14 letters (under 100)
• 15 letters (none)

Top length for boy names: 6 letters

For baby boys, the most-used length was also 6 letters, followed by 5 and 4.

The most popular boy names per length were…

• 2 letters (over 1,800 baby boys): Bo, Ty, Om, Aj, Cy, Oz
• 3 letters (over 49,200): Leo, Eli, Kai, Ian, Ace, Max
• 4 letters (over 288,800): Liam, Noah, Jack, Levi, Owen, John
• 5 letters (over 453,200): James, Lucas, Henry, Mateo, Mason, Ethan
• 6 letters (over 511,800): Oliver, Elijah, Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, Julian
• 7 letters (over 269,000): William, Jackson, Michael, Grayson, Matthew, Gabriel
• 8 letters (over 106,100): Benjamin, Theodore, Maverick, Santiago, Jonathan, Jeremiah
• 9 letters (over 42,000): Alexander, Sebastian, Christian, Nathaniel, Alejandro
• 10 letters (over 3,700): Maximilian, Alessandro, Kristopher, Montgomery
• 11 letters (over 7,800): Christopher, Maximiliano, Constantine
• 12 letters (over 200)
• 13 letters (over 100)
• 14 letters (under 100)
• 15 letters (under 100)