Which lengths were the most and least popular for U.S. baby names in 2022?
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 (given to over 200 baby girls): Jo, An, Bo, Zo
- 3 letters (over 58,300): Ava, Mia, Zoe, Ivy
- 4 letters (over 227,100): Emma, Luna, Mila, Aria
- 5 letters (over 351,100): Sofia, Emily, Chloe, Avery
- 6 letters (over 464,600): Olivia, Amelia, Sophia, Evelyn
- 7 letters (over 306,400): Eleanor, Abigail, Madison, Lillian
- 8 letters (over 141,400): Isabella, Scarlett, Penelope, Victoria
- 9 letters (over 70,700): Charlotte, Elizabeth, Valentina, Josephine
- 10 letters (over 7,800): Evangeline, Alessandra, Alexandria, Jacqueline
- 11 letters (over 300): Christianna, Anavictoria, Oliviagrace, Mariaisabel
- 12 letters (90): Marymargaret
- 13 letters (over 100): Oluwadarasimi
- 14 letters (19): Elizabethgrace/Mariadelcarmen (tie)
- 15 letters (5): Sophiaelizabeth
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 (given to over 1,700 baby boys): Bo, Ty, Aj, Cy
- 3 letters (over 52,300): Leo, Kai, Eli, Ian
- 4 letters (over 294,400): Liam, Noah, Levi, Jack
- 5 letters (over 452,900): James, Henry, Lucas, Mateo
- 6 letters (over 509,300): Oliver, Elijah, Daniel, Samuel
- 7 letters (over 261,500): William, Michael, Jackson, Gabriel
- 8 letters (over 107,300): Benjamin, Theodore, Maverick, Santiago
- 9 letters (over 41,500): Sebastian, Alexander, Christian, Nathaniel
- 10 letters (over 3,700): Alessandro, Maximilian, Kristopher, Montgomery
- 11 letters (over 7,700): Christopher, Maximiliano, Abdulrahman/Constantine/Muhammadali (3-way tie)
- 12 letters (over 200): Michelangelo
- 13 letters (over 100): Muhammadyusuf
- 14 letters (11): Michaelanthony
- 15 letters (7): Muhammadibrahim
Source: SSA