Earlier today, the SSA released the 2025 U.S. baby name data.
What were the top two names? Olivia and Liam, for the seventh year in a row!
Here are the new top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names:
Girl names
- Olivia, 13,544 baby girls
- Charlotte, 13,400
- Emma, 12,754
- Amelia, 12,699
- Sophia, 12,561
- Mia, 11,078
- Isabella, 10,666
- Evelyn, 9,123
- Sofia, 8,252
- Eliana, 8,191
Boy names
- Liam, 20,818 baby boys
- Noah, 20,358
- Oliver, 14,939
- Theodore, 13,355
- Henry, 12,020
- James, 11,945
- Elijah, 11,111
- Mateo, 11,045
- William, 10,545
- Lucas, 10,219
(If you’re an “11:11” person, and you’re currently looking for a boy name, the number “11,111” for Elijah might be your sign!)
In the girls’ top 10, Eliana (one of last year’s fastest-rising girl names) replaced Ava.
The boys’ top 10 consists of the same ten names.
Here are the rest of the names in the top 50 (for both genders):
| Rank | Girl names | Boy names |
| 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 | Ava, 7,732 Eleanor, 7,649 Violet, 7,546 Ailany, 7,136 Aurora, 7,065 Harper, 6,792 Elizabeth, 6,760 Lily, 6,673 Camila, 6,591 Nora, 6,380 Hazel, 6,318 Penelope, 6,225 Chloe, 6,203 Ellie, 6,176 (tie) Lucy, 6,176 (tie) Aria, 6,130 Luna, 6,076 Isla, 6,012 Ella, 5,831 Lainey, 5,738 Zoe, 5,646 Scarlett, 5,644 Gianna, 5,634 Emily, 5,451 Valentina, 5,354 Layla, 5,338 Avery, 5,267 Grace, 5,127 Ivy, 5,117 Madison, 4,945 Abigail, 4,941 Elena, 4,836 Mila, 4,796 Willow, 4,763 Emilia, 4,677 Nova, 4,657 Naomi, 4,644 Riley, 4,441 Eloise, 4,251 Sadie, 4,168 | Benjamin, 9,762 Levi, 9,642 Elias, 8,837 Luca, 8,759 Jack, 8,748 Sebastian, 8,605 Hudson, 8,583 Samuel, 8,334 Leo, 8,173 Ezra, 8,126 Michael, 8,094 Daniel, 8,085 John, 8,027 Ethan, 7,852 Julian, 7,603 Santiago, 7,554 Cooper, 7,472 Asher, 7,456 Joseph, 7,303 Alexander, 7,230 Owen, 7,190 Matthew, 7,003 Luke, 6,948 Thomas, 6,917 David, 6,794 Jackson, 6,582 Gabriel, 6,569 Wyatt, 6,480 Mason, 6,291 Bennett, 6,268 Dylan, 6,208 Roman, 6,162 Jacob, 6,152 Miles, 6,072 Carter, 6,024 Anthony, 5,967 Isaac, 5,953 Charles, 5,898 Maverick, 5,894 Thiago, 5,835 |
Here’s more from the SSA’s news release:
Beyond the top 10, 2025’s fastest movers tell their own story. The boys’ name Kasai, meaning “fire” in Japanese and Swahili, surged 1,108 positions to enter the top 1,000 for the first time, landing at 639. For girls, Klarity, a contemporary spelling of “clarity” evoking brightness and light, led all risers.
(If you want to see more of the fast-rising names, here’s the SSA’s Change in Popularity page.)
I’ll be writing posts about the new names throughout the day and over the weekend, so stay tuned!
Sources: Popular Baby Names – SSA, Olivia and Liam Top America’s Most Popular Baby Names for the Seventh Straight Year – SSA
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Shadow top names should be Luke (Lucas/Luca/Luke) and Ellie (Eliana/Eleanor/Elizabeth/Ellie/Ella/Elena/Eloise)!
The increase of all the lani’s is impressive: Ailani, Ailany, Ailanny, Alani, Aylani, Elani, Jaylani, Kailani, Kailany, Kaylani, Keilani, Laylani, Leilani, Leilany, Leylani, Meilani, Melany, Nailani, Nalani.
Other interesting categories:
Occupation names getting weirder: Baker, Barron, Brewer, Carter, Duke, Fisher, Foster, Gunner, Marshall, Miller, Palmer, Porter, Saint, Sawyer, Shepherd
Lalalala: Birdie, Coast, Clover, Flora, Forrest, Haven, Honey, Mavis, Meadow, Navy, Ocean, Rayne, Robin, Rosemary, Rocky, Stone, Sunday, Treasure
Look at the map for Boston, Dallas, Georgia, Harlem, Holland, Houston, Hudson
Wild Wild Boone, Bridger, Cannon, Cash, Denim, Everest, Ford, Jet, Jettson, Stone, Wells, Weston, Waylon
Is it a street name? No it’s baby Banks, Baylor, Bellamy, Campbell, Clayton, Collins, Foster, Grant, Hollis, Jones, Landry, Merritt, Monroe, Murphy, Quincy, Sutton