Most Popular Baby Names of 2013

In 2013, the most popular baby names in the United States were Sophia for girls and Noah for boys. Sophia was given to 21,255 girls and Noah to 18,291 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,646,327 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,657,999 in 2012. 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: Sadie, Penelope, Mila, Paisley, Nora, and Nicole.

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Top 100 baby names of 2013

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Sophia	21,255	–
2	Emma	20,973	–
3	Olivia	18,454	↑ 1
4	Isabella	17,689	↓ 1
5	Ava	15,271	–
6	Mia	13,166	↑ 2
7	Emily	13,144	↓ 1
8	Abigail	12,429	↓ 1
9	Madison	10,605	–
10	Elizabeth	9,476	–
11	Charlotte	9,314	↑ 8
12	Avery	9,185	↑ 1
13	Sofia	9,169	↑ 5
14	Chloe	8,801	↓ 3
15	Ella	8,461	↓ 3
16	Harper	8,284	↑ 8
17	Amelia	8,052	↑ 6
18	Aubrey	7,985	↓ 3
19	Addison	7,740	↓ 5
20	Evelyn	7,670	↑ 7
21	Natalie	7,492	↓ 4
22	Grace	7,387	↓ 1
23	Hannah	7,307	↓ 1
24	Zoey	7,258	↓ 4
25	Victoria	7,215	↑ 3
26	Lillian	7,085	↓ 1
27	Lily	7,004	↓ 11
28	Brooklyn	6,906	↑ 1
29	Samantha	6,516	↓ 3
30	Layla	6,490	↑ 1
31	Zoe	5,978	↓ 1
32	Leah	5,618	↑ 1
33	Audrey	5,605	↑ 8
34	Allison	5,446	↑ 4
35	Anna	5,398	↓ 1
36	Savannah	5,259	↑ 7
37	Aaliyah	5,246	↓ 1
38	Gabriella	5,217	↓ 1
39	Camila	5,147	↑ 9
40	Kaylee	5,127	↓ 5
41	Aria	5,118	↑ 51
42	Scarlett	5,054	↑ 19
43	Hailey	5,031	↓ 11
44	Arianna	5,005	↑ 5
45	Riley	4,941	↑ 2
46	Nevaeh	4,786	↓ 7
47	Alexis	4,785	↓ 7
48	Sarah	4,715	↓ 6
49	Sadie	4,663	↑ 71
50	Claire	4,661	↓ 5
51	Peyton	4,580	↑ 2
52	Serenity	4,475	↑ 6
53	Aubree	4,454	↑ 7
54	Ariana	4,422	↑ 20
55	Genesis	4,306	↑ 1
56	Penelope	4,292	↑ 69
57	Alyssa	4,214	↓ 13
58	Bella	4,190	↓ 4
59	Taylor	4,145	↓ 13
60	Alexa	4,106	↓ 3
61	Kylie	4,036	↓ 2
62	Mackenzie	4,024	↑ 9
63	Caroline	3,983	↑ 17
64	Autumn	3,968	↑ 4
65	Kennedy	3,961	↑ 19
66	Lucy	3,948	–
67	Ashley	3,943	↓ 17
68	Madelyn	3,940	↓ 1
69	Violet	3,935	↑ 20
70	Stella	3,916	↓ 8
71	Brianna	3,915	↓ 20
72	Maya	3,826	↓ 9
73	Skylar	3,790	↑ 14
74	Ellie	3,766	↑ 11
75	Julia	3,754	↓ 10
76	Sophie	3,753	↓ 24
77	Katherine	3,723	↓ 13
78	Khloe	3,680	↓ 23
79	Mila	3,680	↑ 36
80	Paisley	3,607	↑ 24
81	Annabelle	3,560	↑ 18
82	Alexandra	3,509	↓ 6
83	Nora	3,508	↑ 25
84	Melanie	3,474	↓ 7
85	London	3,462	↑ 9
86	Naomi	3,455	↓ 7
87	Gianna	3,442	↓ 14
88	Eva	3,433	↓ 2
89	Faith	3,419	↓ 14
90	Madeline	3,371	↑ 6
91	Nicole	3,352	↑ 23
92	Lauren	3,350	↓ 20
93	Ruby	3,321	↑ 12
94	Makayla	3,297	↓ 24
95	Lydia	3,262	–
96	Kayla	3,261	↓ 27
97	Piper	3,191	↑ 1
98	Sydney	3,177	↓ 20
99	Jocelyn	3,152	↓ 6
100	Morgan	3,116	↓ 18

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	18,291	↑ 3
2	Jacob	18,201	↓ 1
3	Liam	18,153	↑ 3
4	Mason	17,730	↓ 2
5	William	16,669	–
6	Ethan	16,260	↓ 3
7	Michael	15,544	–
8	Alexander	14,923	↑ 1
9	Jayden	14,804	↓ 1
10	Daniel	14,326	↑ 1
11	Elijah	13,829	↑ 2
12	Aiden	13,649	↓ 2
13	James	13,596	↑ 1
14	Benjamin	13,515	↑ 2
15	Matthew	13,364	↓ 3
16	Jackson	12,610	↑ 5
17	David	12,400	↑ 3
18	Logan	12,366	↑ 4
19	Anthony	12,295	↓ 4
20	Joseph	12,278	↓ 1
21	Joshua	11,861	↓ 4
22	Andrew	11,684	↓ 4
23	Lucas	11,558	↑ 4
24	Gabriel	11,245	–
25	Samuel	11,141	–
26	Christopher	10,878	↓ 3
27	John	10,739	↑ 1
28	Isaac	10,134	↑ 2
29	Dylan	10,127	↑ 2
30	Ryan	9,895	↓ 4
31	Nathan	9,721	↓ 2
32	Caleb	9,612	–
33	Carter	9,590	↑ 3
34	Luke	9,588	↑ 3
35	Christian	9,352	↓ 2
36	Hunter	8,988	↑ 9
37	Henry	8,885	↑ 7
38	Owen	8,766	–
39	Landon	8,752	↓ 4
40	Jack	8,577	↑ 6
41	Jonathan	8,577	↓ 7
42	Wyatt	8,567	↓ 1
43	Eli	7,952	–
44	Isaiah	7,903	↓ 2
45	Jaxon	7,563	↑ 21
46	Sebastian	7,553	↑ 18
47	Julian	7,521	↑ 6
48	Brayden	7,455	↓ 9
49	Levi	7,449	↑ 6
50	Gavin	7,422	↓ 10
51	Aaron	7,319	–
52	Oliver	7,276	↑ 21
53	Jordan	7,220	↓ 5
54	Nicholas	7,147	↓ 5
55	Evan	7,120	↓ 8
56	Connor	7,117	↑ 3
57	Charles	7,025	↑ 5
58	Jeremiah	6,993	↓ 6
59	Cameron	6,871	↓ 5
60	Adrian	6,854	↑ 1
61	Thomas	6,799	↑ 2
62	Robert	6,721	↓ 2
63	Tyler	6,660	↓ 13
64	Austin	6,500	↓ 6
65	Colton	6,490	–
66	Jace	6,401	↑ 19
67	Angel	6,369	↓ 10
68	Dominic	6,336	↑ 2
69	Josiah	6,316	↑ 10
70	Brandon	6,235	↓ 14
71	Ayden	6,084	↓ 3
72	Kevin	5,946	↓ 3
73	Zachary	5,775	↓ 6
74	Parker	5,672	↑ 7
75	Blake	5,649	↓ 4
76	Jose	5,627	↓ 4
77	Grayson	5,557	↑ 9
78	Chase	5,556	↓ 1
79	Jason	5,519	↓ 3
80	Ian	5,434	↓ 2
81	Bentley	5,395	↓ 6
82	Adam	5,251	–
83	Xavier	4,997	↓ 3
84	Cooper	4,898	↓ 1
85	Justin	4,875	↓ 11
86	Nolan	4,745	↑ 3
87	Hudson	4,671	↑ 6
88	Easton	4,649	↑ 8
89	Jase	4,555	↑ 215
90	Carson	4,540	↓ 3
91	Nathaniel	4,538	↓ 7
92	Jaxson	4,463	↑ 14
93	Kayden	4,438	↑ 4
94	Brody	4,337	↓ 3
95	Lincoln	4,039	↑ 37
96	Tristan	4,016	↓ 8
97	Luis	4,008	↓ 7
98	Damian	3,976	↑ 1
99	Camden	3,897	↑ 57
100	Juan	3,892	↓ 8

Biggest movers of 2013

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

Rising Girls

Everly ↑ 523 #379
Dallas ↑ 292 #612
Saige ↑ 276 #654
Azalea ↑ 265 #628
Juniper ↑ 238 #637
Jaylah ↑ 225 #235
Kora ↑ 207 #766
Wren ↑ 201 #797
Kendra ↑ 197 #189
Monroe ↑ 187 #767

Falling Girls

Kenia ↓ 226 #869
Perla ↓ 222 #674
Ryann ↓ 209 #998
Jayde ↓ 202 #987
Kayden ↓ 176 #762
Kaiya ↓ 165 #967
Aliya ↓ 162 #760
Audriana ↓ 161 #942
Angelique ↓ 152 #541
Mercedes ↓ 151 #859

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Daleyza, Mabel, Henley, Sutton, Remi, Ariyah, Tegan, Carter, Rosie, Ivory, Everleigh, Hadlee, Gwyneth, Jurnee, Rory

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Litzy, Adley, Abbie, Kaitlin, Maritza, Larissa, Kendal, Taraji, Meghan, Elissa, Rachael, Haylie, Yesenia, Saanvi, Sariyah

Rising Boys

Thiago ↑ 371 #489
Kyrie ↑ 284 #589
Deacon ↑ 229 #438
Jase ↑ 215 #89
Cassius ↑ 177 #757
Harvey ↑ 173 #614
Kendrick ↑ 159 #318
Bruno ↑ 149 #646
Mack ↑ 149 #810
Remy ↑ 133 #753

Falling Boys

Bently ↓ 261 #898
Osvaldo ↓ 206 #965
Brendon ↓ 185 #986
Teagan ↓ 171 #924
Camilo ↓ 161 #1000
Braiden ↓ 159 #760
Giovanny ↓ 154 #919
Jagger ↓ 139 #695
Camron ↓ 139 #751
Aydan ↓ 139 #844

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jayceon, Milan, Duke, Atlas, Jair, Azariah, Enoch, Forrest, Gannon, Harlan, Kamdyn, Marley, Brantlee, Dilan, Royal

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Masen, Brennen, Jaeden, Damari, Jionni, Damarion, Yehuda, Austyn, Donte, Cale, Derick, Freddy, Jabari, Trevon, Brogan

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.