We won’t have access to the federal government’s next batch of baby name data until May, but five U.S. states — Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Rhode Island — have released preliminary rankings for 2025. Let’s check them out, starting in the east and moving westward…
Rhode Island
According to the Rhode Island Department of Health, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.
| Top girl names, RI | Top boy names, RI |
| 1. Charlotte 2. Olivia 3. Amelia 4. Isabella 5. Sophia 6. Aurora 7. Ava 8. Maeve 9. Nora 10. Isla | 1. Noah 2. Liam 3. Oliver 4. Theodore 5. Benjamin 6. Luca 7. Lucas 8. Henry 9. John 10. Jack |
Mississippi
According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.
| Top girl names, MS | Top boy names, MS |
| 1. Amelia 2. Charlotte 3. Olivia 4. Ava 5. Elizabeth 6. Mary 7. Ivy 8. Nova 9. Emma & Lainey (tie) 10. Ellie | 1. James 2. William 3. John 4. Noah 5. Elijah 6. Liam 7. Waylon 8. Hudson 9. Henry 10. Levi |
Louisiana
According to the Louisiana Department of Health, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.
| Top girl names, LA | Top boy names, LA |
| 1. Amelia 2. Charlotte 3. Olivia 4. Emma 5. Eleanor 6. Harper 7. Sophia 8. Evelyn 9. Ellie 10. Nova | 1. Noah 2. Liam 3. James 4. John 5. Elijah 6. Oliver 7. William 8. Hudson 9. Joseph 10. Henry |
New Mexico
According to the New Mexico Department of Health, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.
| Top girl names, NM | Top boy names, NM |
| 1. Olivia 2. Mia 3. Sophia 4. Sofia 5. Camila 6. Eliana 7. Amelia 8. Isabella 9. Aurora 10. Aria | 1. Noah 2. Liam 3. Mateo 4. Elijah 5. Santiago 6. Sebastian 7. Ezra 8. Elias 9. Levi 10. Ezekiel |
Arizona
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, these were the state’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names in 2025.
| Top girl names, AZ | Top boy names, AZ |
| 1. Olivia 2. Sophia 3. Mia 4. Isabella 5. Emma 6. Amelia 7. Charlotte 8. Eliana 9. Camila 10. Sofia | 1. Noah 2. Liam 3. Mateo 4. Santiago 5. Oliver 6. Elias 7. Elijah 8. Theodore 9. Sebastian 10. Ezra |
See anything interesting/unexpected so far?
Sources:
- Rhode Island: Preliminary Lists of Top Baby Names in Rhode Island in 2025 (Dec. 30, 2025)
- Mississippi: MSDH Releases Top Baby Names of 2025 (Dec. 30, 2025)
- Louisiana: LDH releases top baby names of 2025 (Dec. 31, 2025)
- New Mexico: State releases top New Mexico baby names of 2025 (Dec. 16, 2025)
- Arizona: Familiar monikers: Arizona’s top baby names for 2025 were Noah, Olivia (Dec. 31, 2025)
Image: Adapted from A trompe l’œil with a young nun peeking out through a shutter (public domain)
