Most Popular Baby Names of 2014
In 2014, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls and Noah for boys. Emma was given to 20,970 girls and Noah to 19,344 boys, according to Social Security card applications.
Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,707,226 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,646,327 in 2013. 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: Eleanor, Isabelle, Vivian, Alice, Jasmine, and Hadley.
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Top 100 baby names of 2014
Girls
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 20,970 | ↑ 1 |
| 2 | Olivia | 19,840 | ↑ 1 |
| 3 | Sophia | 18,644 | ↓ 2 |
| 4 | Isabella | 17,136 | – |
| 5 | Ava | 15,727 | – |
| 6 | Mia | 13,534 | – |
| 7 | Emily | 12,670 | – |
| 8 | Abigail | 12,114 | – |
| 9 | Madison | 10,333 | – |
| 10 | Charlotte | 10,123 | ↑ 1 |
| 11 | Harper | 9,619 | ↑ 5 |
| 12 | Sofia | 9,612 | ↑ 1 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 9,600 | ↓ 3 |
| 14 | Avery | 9,578 | ↓ 2 |
| 15 | Amelia | 8,805 | ↑ 2 |
| 16 | Evelyn | 8,753 | ↑ 4 |
| 17 | Ella | 8,570 | ↓ 2 |
| 18 | Chloe | 8,562 | ↓ 4 |
| 19 | Victoria | 8,012 | ↑ 6 |
| 20 | Grace | 7,660 | ↑ 2 |
| 21 | Aubrey | 7,635 | ↓ 3 |
| 22 | Zoey | 7,440 | ↑ 2 |
| 23 | Natalie | 7,115 | ↓ 2 |
| 24 | Addison | 7,010 | ↓ 5 |
| 25 | Lillian | 6,924 | ↑ 1 |
| 26 | Brooklyn | 6,842 | ↑ 2 |
| 27 | Lily | 6,789 | – |
| 28 | Hannah | 6,593 | ↓ 5 |
| 29 | Layla | 6,466 | ↑ 1 |
| 30 | Scarlett | 6,011 | ↑ 12 |
| 31 | Aria | 5,933 | ↑ 10 |
| 32 | Zoe | 5,884 | ↓ 1 |
| 33 | Samantha | 5,735 | ↓ 4 |
| 34 | Anna | 5,706 | ↑ 1 |
| 35 | Leah | 5,610 | ↓ 3 |
| 36 | Audrey | 5,570 | ↓ 3 |
| 37 | Ariana | 5,504 | ↑ 17 |
| 38 | Savannah | 5,490 | ↓ 2 |
| 39 | Allison | 5,476 | ↓ 5 |
| 40 | Arianna | 5,276 | ↑ 4 |
| 41 | Camila | 5,220 | ↓ 2 |
| 42 | Gabriella | 5,109 | ↓ 4 |
| 43 | Penelope | 5,089 | ↑ 13 |
| 44 | Claire | 5,015 | ↑ 6 |
| 45 | Aaliyah | 4,902 | ↓ 8 |
| 46 | Sadie | 4,871 | ↑ 3 |
| 47 | Riley | 4,800 | ↓ 2 |
| 48 | Skylar | 4,779 | ↑ 25 |
| 49 | Nora | 4,741 | ↑ 34 |
| 50 | Sarah | 4,717 | ↓ 2 |
| 51 | Hailey | 4,619 | ↓ 8 |
| 52 | Kaylee | 4,552 | ↓ 12 |
| 53 | Paisley | 4,501 | ↑ 27 |
| 54 | Kennedy | 4,498 | ↑ 11 |
| 55 | Ellie | 4,487 | ↑ 19 |
| 56 | Peyton | 4,455 | ↓ 5 |
| 57 | Annabelle | 4,363 | ↑ 24 |
| 58 | Serenity | 4,356 | ↓ 6 |
| 59 | Caroline | 4,348 | ↑ 4 |
| 60 | Madelyn | 4,312 | ↑ 8 |
| 61 | Lucy | 4,299 | ↑ 5 |
| 62 | Aubree | 4,280 | ↓ 9 |
| 63 | Nevaeh | 4,264 | ↓ 17 |
| 64 | Alexa | 4,249 | ↓ 4 |
| 65 | Alexis | 4,247 | ↓ 18 |
| 66 | Stella | 4,203 | ↑ 4 |
| 67 | Violet | 4,193 | ↑ 2 |
| 68 | Genesis | 4,170 | ↓ 13 |
| 69 | Mackenzie | 4,160 | ↓ 7 |
| 70 | Bella | 4,107 | ↓ 12 |
| 71 | Autumn | 4,082 | ↓ 7 |
| 72 | Mila | 4,064 | ↑ 7 |
| 73 | Kylie | 3,962 | ↓ 12 |
| 74 | Maya | 3,957 | ↓ 2 |
| 75 | Piper | 3,868 | ↑ 22 |
| 76 | Alyssa | 3,849 | ↓ 19 |
| 77 | Taylor | 3,818 | ↓ 18 |
| 78 | Eleanor | 3,740 | ↑ 28 |
| 79 | Faith | 3,739 | ↑ 10 |
| 80 | Naomi | 3,716 | ↑ 6 |
| 81 | Melanie | 3,701 | ↑ 3 |
| 82 | Katherine | 3,691 | ↓ 5 |
| 83 | Eva | 3,687 | ↑ 5 |
| 84 | Lydia | 3,652 | ↑ 11 |
| 85 | Brianna | 3,616 | ↓ 14 |
| 86 | Julia | 3,605 | ↓ 11 |
| 87 | Ashley | 3,560 | ↓ 20 |
| 88 | Khloe | 3,553 | ↓ 10 |
| 89 | Madeline | 3,445 | ↑ 1 |
| 90 | Ruby | 3,430 | ↑ 3 |
| 91 | Sophie | 3,394 | ↓ 15 |
| 92 | Alexandra | 3,316 | ↓ 10 |
| 93 | London | 3,290 | ↓ 8 |
| 94 | Lauren | 3,097 | ↓ 2 |
| 95 | Gianna | 3,082 | ↓ 8 |
| 96 | Isabelle | 3,080 | ↑ 18 |
| 97 | Vivian | 3,063 | ↑ 23 |
| 98 | Alice | 3,055 | ↑ 9 |
| 99 | Jasmine | 3,045 | ↑ 4 |
| 100 | Hadley | 3,015 | ↑ 10 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 19,344 | – |
| 2 | Liam | 18,488 | ↑ 1 |
| 3 | Mason | 17,225 | ↑ 1 |
| 4 | Jacob | 16,923 | ↓ 2 |
| 5 | William | 16,851 | – |
| 6 | Ethan | 15,749 | – |
| 7 | Michael | 15,505 | – |
| 8 | Alexander | 15,449 | – |
| 9 | James | 14,464 | ↑ 4 |
| 10 | Daniel | 13,961 | – |
| 11 | Elijah | 13,886 | – |
| 12 | Benjamin | 13,830 | ↑ 2 |
| 13 | Logan | 13,669 | ↑ 5 |
| 14 | Aiden | 13,438 | ↓ 2 |
| 15 | Jayden | 12,995 | ↓ 6 |
| 16 | Matthew | 12,944 | ↓ 1 |
| 17 | David | 12,259 | – |
| 18 | Jackson | 12,242 | ↓ 2 |
| 19 | Lucas | 12,175 | ↑ 4 |
| 20 | Joseph | 12,155 | – |
| 21 | Anthony | 11,613 | ↓ 2 |
| 22 | Andrew | 11,189 | – |
| 23 | Samuel | 11,029 | ↑ 2 |
| 24 | Gabriel | 10,961 | – |
| 25 | Joshua | 10,929 | ↓ 4 |
| 26 | John | 10,701 | ↑ 1 |
| 27 | Carter | 10,691 | ↑ 6 |
| 28 | Luke | 10,523 | ↑ 6 |
| 29 | Dylan | 10,416 | – |
| 30 | Christopher | 10,390 | ↓ 4 |
| 31 | Isaac | 9,999 | ↓ 3 |
| 32 | Oliver | 9,453 | ↑ 20 |
| 33 | Henry | 9,442 | ↑ 4 |
| 34 | Sebastian | 9,315 | ↑ 12 |
| 35 | Caleb | 9,245 | ↓ 3 |
| 36 | Owen | 9,159 | ↑ 2 |
| 37 | Ryan | 9,098 | ↓ 7 |
| 38 | Nathan | 8,997 | ↓ 7 |
| 39 | Wyatt | 8,895 | ↑ 3 |
| 40 | Hunter | 8,841 | ↓ 4 |
| 41 | Jack | 8,753 | ↓ 1 |
| 42 | Christian | 8,480 | ↓ 7 |
| 43 | Landon | 8,249 | ↓ 4 |
| 44 | Jonathan | 8,120 | ↓ 3 |
| 45 | Levi | 8,081 | ↑ 4 |
| 46 | Jaxon | 7,729 | ↓ 1 |
| 47 | Julian | 7,686 | – |
| 48 | Isaiah | 7,657 | ↓ 4 |
| 49 | Eli | 7,513 | ↓ 6 |
| 50 | Aaron | 7,412 | ↑ 1 |
| 51 | Charles | 7,362 | ↑ 6 |
| 52 | Connor | 7,231 | ↑ 4 |
| 53 | Cameron | 7,069 | ↑ 6 |
| 54 | Thomas | 7,043 | ↑ 7 |
| 55 | Jordan | 6,903 | ↓ 2 |
| 56 | Jeremiah | 6,899 | ↑ 2 |
| 57 | Nicholas | 6,779 | ↓ 3 |
| 58 | Evan | 6,725 | ↓ 3 |
| 59 | Adrian | 6,706 | ↑ 1 |
| 60 | Robert | 6,660 | ↑ 2 |
| 61 | Gavin | 6,622 | ↓ 11 |
| 62 | Brayden | 6,596 | ↓ 14 |
| 63 | Grayson | 6,581 | ↑ 14 |
| 64 | Josiah | 6,482 | ↑ 5 |
| 65 | Colton | 6,405 | – |
| 66 | Austin | 6,317 | ↓ 2 |
| 67 | Angel | 6,314 | – |
| 68 | Jace | 6,301 | ↓ 2 |
| 69 | Dominic | 6,264 | ↓ 1 |
| 70 | Kevin | 5,902 | ↑ 2 |
| 71 | Brandon | 5,856 | ↓ 1 |
| 72 | Tyler | 5,851 | ↓ 9 |
| 73 | Parker | 5,720 | ↑ 1 |
| 74 | Ayden | 5,632 | ↓ 3 |
| 75 | Jason | 5,568 | ↑ 4 |
| 76 | Jose | 5,485 | – |
| 77 | Ian | 5,461 | ↑ 3 |
| 78 | Chase | 5,363 | – |
| 79 | Adam | 5,344 | ↑ 3 |
| 80 | Hudson | 5,241 | ↑ 7 |
| 81 | Nolan | 5,210 | ↑ 5 |
| 82 | Zachary | 5,188 | ↓ 9 |
| 83 | Easton | 4,988 | ↑ 5 |
| 84 | Blake | 4,948 | ↓ 9 |
| 85 | Jaxson | 4,947 | ↑ 7 |
| 86 | Cooper | 4,851 | ↓ 2 |
| 87 | Lincoln | 4,824 | ↑ 8 |
| 88 | Xavier | 4,789 | ↓ 5 |
| 89 | Bentley | 4,785 | ↓ 8 |
| 90 | Kayden | 4,742 | ↑ 3 |
| 91 | Carson | 4,625 | ↓ 1 |
| 92 | Asher | 4,333 | ↑ 12 |
| 93 | Brody | 4,327 | ↑ 1 |
| 94 | Nathaniel | 4,317 | ↓ 3 |
| 95 | Ryder | 4,113 | ↑ 8 |
| 96 | Justin | 4,033 | ↓ 11 |
| 97 | Leo | 3,976 | ↑ 15 |
| 98 | Tristan | 3,927 | ↓ 2 |
| 99 | Luis | 3,905 | ↓ 2 |
| 100 | Juan | 3,903 | – |
Biggest movers of 2014
Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.
Rising Girls
- Daleyza ↑ 361 #227
- Freya ↑ 326 #584
- Henley ↑ 312 #521
- Amia ↑ 273 #708
- Paislee ↑ 271 #354
- Elsa ↑ 242 #286
- Nova ↑ 240 #287
- Lennon ↑ 235 #697
- Meadow ↑ 228 #751
- Amina ↑ 215 #409
Falling Girls
- Miley ↓ 401 #788
- Kaya ↓ 239 #1000
- Sherlyn ↓ 217 #892
- Amya ↓ 188 #826
- Estrella ↓ 188 #843
- Jocelynn ↓ 187 #983
- Jaylin ↓ 182 #926
- Diamond ↓ 177 #884
- Emilie ↓ 171 #733
- Bryn ↓ 164 #967
New in the top 1,000 (Girls)
Montserrat, Monserrat, Aranza, Maisie, Remington, Khaleesi, Thea, Naya, Ariadne, Jessa, Collins, Bonnie, Hadleigh, Zendaya, Holland
Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)
Britney, Kyndall, Kourtney, Krystal, Aleigha, Regan, Carley, Charlize, Gwyneth, Luz, Jurnee, Campbell, Deanna, Shannon, Destinee
Rising Boys
- Gannon ↑ 427 #414
- Royal ↑ 318 #570
- Killian ↑ 257 #511
- Ronin ↑ 217 #556
- Langston ↑ 210 #748
- Hendrix ↑ 196 #549
- Bodhi ↑ 195 #612
- Rowen ↑ 192 #786
- Legend ↑ 184 #534
- Apollo ↑ 179 #796
Falling Boys
- Amare ↓ 249 #847
- Jair ↓ 174 #995
- Dwayne ↓ 162 #882
- Sylas ↓ 145 #670
- Ean ↓ 142 #994
- Kale ↓ 141 #971
- Arian ↓ 140 #678
- Carmelo ↓ 139 #654
- Byron ↓ 137 #653
- Channing ↓ 135 #692
New in the top 1,000 (Boys)
Bode, Clyde, Axl, Dariel, Finnley, Eliezer, Graysen, Henrik, Agustin, Dimitri, Ford, Anton, Leighton, Coen, Chevy
Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)
Isiah, Damion, Krish, Jamar, Bently, Cortez, Juelz, Demarcus, Tristin, Jaylin, Jorden, Xavi, Aditya, Deon, Antoine
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.