Most Popular Baby Names of 2010

In 2010, the most popular baby names in the United States were Isabella for girls and Jacob for boys. Isabella was given to 22,936 girls and Jacob to 22,157 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,696,271 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,820,687 in 2009. The tables below show the top 100 names for each sex with their rank change from the year before, followed by the biggest movers in the top 1,000.

New to the top 100 this year: Lucy, Stella, Naomi, Natalia, Jaden, and Max.

← 2009 2011 →The 2010s Download top 1,000 (CSV)

Top 100 baby names of 2010

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Isabella	22,936	–
2	Sophia	20,656	↑ 2
3	Emma	17,366	↓ 1
4	Olivia	17,040	↓ 1
5	Ava	15,444	–
6	Emily	14,281	–
7	Abigail	14,257	↑ 1
8	Madison	13,196	↓ 1
9	Chloe	11,765	–
10	Mia	10,650	–
11	Addison	10,334	↑ 1
12	Elizabeth	10,283	↓ 1
13	Ella	9,884	↑ 2
14	Natalie	8,789	↑ 2
15	Samantha	8,411	↓ 1
16	Alexis	8,279	↓ 3
17	Lily	7,992	↑ 1
18	Grace	7,692	↓ 1
19	Hailey	7,027	↑ 6
20	Hannah	6,999	↑ 3
21	Alyssa	6,993	↓ 2
22	Lillian	6,957	↑ 5
23	Avery	6,677	↑ 9
24	Leah	6,545	↑ 5
25	Nevaeh	6,446	↑ 9
26	Sarah	6,341	↓ 5
27	Anna	6,336	↑ 1
28	Sofia	6,328	↑ 8
29	Ashley	6,317	↓ 9
30	Brianna	6,281	↓ 6
31	Zoe	6,274	↑ 16
32	Victoria	6,236	↓ 1
33	Gabriella	6,185	–
34	Brooklyn	6,130	↑ 3
35	Kaylee	6,108	↓ 9
36	Layla	5,901	↑ 9
37	Taylor	5,900	↓ 15
38	Allison	5,868	↓ 8
39	Evelyn	5,843	↑ 1
40	Riley	5,543	↓ 2
41	Amelia	5,464	↑ 14
42	Khloe	5,412	↑ 53
43	Makayla	5,397	↑ 1
44	Savannah	5,386	↓ 5
45	Aubrey	5,367	↓ 4
46	Charlotte	5,358	↑ 22
47	Zoey	5,220	↑ 28
48	Bella	5,136	↑ 10
49	Kayla	5,060	↓ 14
50	Alexa	5,043	↓ 7
51	Peyton	4,973	↓ 9
52	Audrey	4,952	↓ 3
53	Claire	4,917	–
54	Arianna	4,848	↓ 2
55	Julia	4,677	↓ 5
56	Aaliyah	4,673	↑ 7
57	Kylie	4,606	↑ 5
58	Lauren	4,466	↓ 12
59	Sophie	4,416	↑ 6
60	Sydney	4,335	↓ 12
61	Camila	4,307	↑ 19
62	Jasmine	4,182	↓ 11
63	Morgan	4,077	↓ 6
64	Alexandra	4,021	↑ 5
65	Jocelyn	3,997	↑ 6
66	Maya	3,971	↓ 5
67	Gianna	3,960	↑ 9
68	Mackenzie	3,883	↑ 9
69	Kimberly	3,871	↓ 3
70	Katherine	3,870	↓ 10
71	Destiny	3,737	↓ 15
72	Trinity	3,708	↑ 2
73	Brooke	3,706	↓ 19
74	Faith	3,705	↑ 5
75	Lucy	3,634	↑ 26
76	Madelyn	3,621	↓ 17
77	Madeline	3,604	↓ 13
78	Bailey	3,598	↑ 7
79	Payton	3,589	↑ 5
80	Andrea	3,569	↓ 7
81	Autumn	3,529	–
82	Melanie	3,486	↑ 12
83	Serenity	3,486	↑ 10
84	Ariana	3,477	↓ 2
85	Stella	3,440	↑ 41
86	Maria	3,421	↓ 16
87	Molly	3,362	↑ 5
88	Caroline	3,360	↓ 1
89	Genesis	3,303	↓ 6
90	Kaitlyn	3,303	↓ 23
91	Eva	3,280	↑ 8
92	Jessica	3,200	↓ 14
93	Angelina	3,146	↓ 7
94	Gabrielle	3,144	↑ 2
95	Naomi	3,136	↑ 12
96	Valeria	3,116	↓ 24
97	Mariah	3,113	↓ 9
98	Natalia	3,047	↑ 5
99	Rachel	3,024	↓ 10
100	Paige	3,012	↓ 2

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	22,157	–
2	Ethan	18,020	–
3	Michael	17,387	–
4	Jayden	17,203	↑ 4
5	William	17,072	–
6	Alexander	16,769	↓ 2
7	Noah	16,481	↑ 2
8	Daniel	15,869	↓ 1
9	Aiden	15,547	↑ 3
10	Anthony	15,511	↑ 1
11	Joshua	15,467	↓ 5
12	Mason	14,858	↑ 22
13	Christopher	14,299	↓ 3
14	Andrew	14,269	↑ 2
15	David	14,222	↓ 1
16	Matthew	14,148	↓ 3
17	Logan	14,032	–
18	Elijah	13,920	↑ 3
19	James	13,901	↓ 1
20	Joseph	13,851	↓ 5
21	Gabriel	12,891	↑ 1
22	Benjamin	12,439	↓ 3
23	Ryan	11,981	↓ 3
24	Samuel	11,971	–
25	Jackson	11,823	↑ 2
26	John	11,568	–
27	Nathan	11,380	↓ 2
28	Jonathan	11,140	↑ 1
29	Christian	11,110	↓ 6
30	Liam	10,933	↑ 19
31	Dylan	10,520	↓ 1
32	Caleb	10,485	↓ 1
33	Landon	10,483	↑ 3
34	Tyler	10,458	↓ 6
35	Lucas	10,388	↑ 4
36	Evan	9,732	↓ 1
37	Nicholas	9,653	↓ 5
38	Gavin	9,626	↓ 5
39	Isaac	9,371	↑ 1
40	Brayden	9,122	↑ 8
41	Luke	8,850	↑ 6
42	Angel	8,776	↓ 5
43	Isaiah	8,589	↓ 2
44	Brandon	8,549	↓ 6
45	Jack	8,520	↓ 3
46	Jordan	8,253	↓ 1
47	Owen	8,177	↑ 4
48	Carter	8,164	↑ 2
49	Connor	8,051	↑ 3
50	Justin	7,856	↓ 4
51	Jeremiah	7,743	↑ 14
52	Jose	7,703	↓ 9
53	Julian	7,589	↑ 9
54	Robert	7,569	↑ 1
55	Aaron	7,470	↓ 1
56	Adrian	7,409	↑ 3
57	Wyatt	7,377	↑ 3
58	Hunter	7,334	↓ 2
59	Kevin	7,330	↓ 15
60	Cameron	7,199	↓ 2
61	Zachary	7,184	↓ 8
62	Thomas	7,136	↓ 5
63	Charles	7,106	↑ 1
64	Austin	6,909	↓ 1
65	Eli	6,571	↑ 25
66	Chase	6,448	↓ 5
67	Henry	6,408	↑ 4
68	Sebastian	6,366	↑ 2
69	Jason	6,279	↓ 3
70	Levi	6,027	↑ 15
71	Xavier	5,765	↓ 3
72	Ian	5,563	↑ 1
73	Colton	5,321	↑ 20
74	Dominic	5,300	↑ 7
75	Cooper	5,260	↑ 9
76	Juan	5,245	↓ 9
77	Josiah	5,210	↑ 9
78	Ayden	5,144	↑ 9
79	Luis	5,128	↓ 10
80	Adam	5,111	↓ 6
81	Nathaniel	5,110	↓ 6
82	Carson	5,098	↑ 6
83	Brody	5,056	↓ 6
84	Tristan	4,899	↓ 4
85	Parker	4,732	↑ 11
86	Diego	4,719	↓ 10
87	Blake	4,703	↑ 2
88	Oliver	4,666	↑ 10
89	Carlos	4,591	↓ 10
90	Cole	4,590	↓ 8
91	Jaden	4,523	↑ 10
92	Jesus	4,454	↓ 14
93	Alex	4,442	↓ 10
94	Aidan	4,311	↓ 22
95	Eric	4,201	–
96	Hayden	4,196	↓ 5
97	Bryan	3,938	↓ 5
98	Max	3,848	↑ 6
99	Jaxon	3,843	↑ 25
100	Bentley	3,776	↑ 414

Biggest movers of 2010

Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.

Rising Girls

Maci ↑ 426 #231
Eloise ↑ 384 #529
Giuliana ↑ 329 #378
Sloane ↑ 293 #593
Tiana ↑ 267 #331
Rosalie ↑ 243 #590
Quinn ↑ 233 #255
Vera ↑ 224 #673
Adalynn ↑ 223 #446
Kinley ↑ 221 #232

Falling Girls

Analia ↓ 477 #808
Jaslene ↓ 305 #978
Caylee ↓ 259 #523
Ashlee ↓ 233 #859
Jaden ↓ 217 #756
Milagros ↓ 203 #980
Rihanna ↓ 198 #587
Jadyn ↓ 193 #644
Kirsten ↓ 190 #842
Precious ↓ 183 #957

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Tenley, Farrah, Jordynn, Elin, Emmalyn, Sawyer, Gracelynn, Alayah, Jemma, Lilyanna, Zariyah, Kyndall, Kynlee, Briella, Braelynn

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Monserrat, Dayanara, Yuliana, Calleigh, Jacey, Janice, Marely, Taniyah, Yadira, Cristal, Maryjane, Jordin, Marlie, Taniya, Destiney

Rising Boys

Bentley ↑ 414 #100
Kellan ↑ 258 #366
Knox ↑ 245 #459
Aarav ↑ 239 #577
Royce ↑ 198 #743
Prince ↑ 177 #515
Jean ↑ 159 #800
Clay ↑ 154 #794
Amare ↑ 148 #509
Enzo ↑ 146 #446

Falling Boys

Aaden ↓ 290 #561
Dillan ↓ 192 #985
Jaylin ↓ 188 #658
Steve ↓ 175 #786
Davon ↓ 153 #908
Talan ↓ 153 #979
Johnathon ↓ 147 #782
Kadin ↓ 146 #986
Donte ↓ 141 #914
Irvin ↓ 141 #922

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Channing, Iker, Bently, Callen, Brantley, Tatum, Bode, Hank, Kyron, Benson, Xavi, Bentlee, Mayson, Emmitt, Jedidiah

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Elvis, Jaydan, Nikhil, Addison, Adolfo, Keshawn, Ethen, Brenton, Camilo, Elmer, Jaquan, Jarrett, Marquise, Dale, Jovan

Other years

Trend lists

Source: US Social Security Administration. Ranks are computed from birth counts for each sex; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published.