Most Popular Baby Names of 2016

In 2016, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls and Noah for boys. Emma was given to 19,550 girls and Noah to 19,188 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,669,760 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,701,841 in 2015. 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: Adeline, Luna, Kinsley, Eliana, Elena, and Willow.

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Top 100 baby names of 2016

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emma	19,550	–
2	Olivia	19,414	–
3	Ava	16,354	↑ 1
4	Sophia	16,185	↓ 1
5	Isabella	14,863	–
6	Mia	14,464	–
7	Charlotte	13,118	↑ 2
8	Abigail	11,796	↓ 1
9	Emily	11,006	↓ 1
10	Amelia	10,809	↑ 2
11	Harper	10,803	↓ 1
12	Evelyn	10,116	↑ 3
13	Elizabeth	9,607	–
14	Sofia	9,179	–
15	Madison	9,057	↓ 4
16	Avery	8,774	–
17	Ella	7,940	↑ 1
18	Scarlett	7,720	↑ 4
19	Grace	7,617	–
20	Chloe	7,484	↓ 3
21	Victoria	7,329	↓ 1
22	Riley	7,159	↑ 13
23	Aria	6,949	↑ 6
24	Lily	6,610	↑ 1
25	Aubrey	6,552	↓ 4
26	Zoey	6,481	↓ 3
27	Penelope	6,400	↑ 7
28	Lillian	6,386	↓ 2
29	Addison	6,341	↓ 5
30	Layla	6,300	–
31	Natalie	6,191	↓ 4
32	Camila	6,054	↑ 11
33	Hannah	6,038	↓ 5
34	Brooklyn	5,971	↓ 3
35	Zoe	5,764	↓ 2
36	Nora	5,593	↑ 5
37	Leah	5,434	↓ 1
38	Savannah	5,389	–
39	Audrey	5,369	↓ 2
40	Claire	5,216	↑ 9
41	Eleanor	5,140	↑ 19
42	Skylar	5,137	–
43	Ellie	5,074	↑ 5
44	Samantha	4,956	↓ 4
45	Stella	4,933	↑ 6
46	Paisley	4,883	↓ 1
47	Violet	4,882	↑ 3
48	Mila	4,830	↑ 5
49	Anna	4,810	↓ 5
50	Allison	4,786	↓ 11
51	Alexa	4,775	↓ 19
52	Hazel	4,682	↑ 11
53	Aaliyah	4,660	↓ 6
54	Ariana	4,609	↓ 8
55	Lucy	4,604	–
56	Caroline	4,437	↑ 6
57	Sarah	4,429	–
58	Genesis	4,351	↑ 7
59	Kennedy	4,341	↓ 1
60	Sadie	4,299	↓ 8
61	Gabriella	4,263	↓ 7
62	Madelyn	4,241	↓ 3
63	Adeline	4,120	↑ 72
64	Maya	4,090	↑ 4
65	Autumn	4,045	↑ 4
66	Aurora	4,006	↑ 12
67	Piper	3,956	–
68	Hailey	3,947	↓ 4
69	Arianna	3,913	↓ 13
70	Serenity	3,871	↑ 1
71	Ruby	3,847	↑ 12
72	Kaylee	3,845	↓ 11
73	Nevaeh	3,825	↓ 3
74	Eva	3,814	↑ 2
75	Naomi	3,808	–
76	Alice	3,692	↑ 11
77	Luna	3,688	↑ 35
78	Bella	3,685	↓ 4
79	Quinn	3,649	↑ 18
80	Lydia	3,625	–
81	Peyton	3,511	↓ 9
82	Melanie	3,490	↓ 1
83	Kylie	3,427	↓ 17
84	Aubree	3,422	↓ 5
85	Mackenzie	3,410	↓ 12
86	Kinsley	3,378	↑ 27
87	Cora	3,374	↑ 1
88	Julia	3,344	↑ 1
89	Taylor	3,281	↓ 12
90	Madeline	3,280	↑ 1
91	Katherine	3,276	↓ 7
92	Gianna	3,226	↑ 4
93	Eliana	3,207	↑ 9
94	Elena	3,190	↑ 12
95	Vivian	3,142	–
96	Willow	3,125	↑ 15
97	Brianna	3,098	↓ 15
98	Reagan	3,097	↑ 1
99	Faith	3,093	↓ 9
100	Clara	3,075	↓ 2

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	19,188	–
2	Liam	18,277	–
3	William	15,810	↑ 2
4	Mason	15,287	↓ 1
5	James	14,920	↑ 2
6	Benjamin	14,686	↑ 4
7	Jacob	14,559	↓ 3
8	Michael	14,145	↑ 1
9	Elijah	13,982	↑ 2
10	Ethan	13,855	↓ 4
11	Alexander	13,446	↓ 3
12	Oliver	13,066	↑ 7
13	Daniel	12,996	↓ 1
14	Lucas	12,906	↑ 2
15	Matthew	12,665	–
16	Aiden	12,269	↓ 3
17	Jackson	11,315	–
18	Logan	11,278	↓ 4
19	David	11,153	↓ 1
20	Joseph	10,969	↑ 1
21	Samuel	10,621	↑ 2
22	Henry	10,390	↑ 7
23	Sebastian	10,309	↑ 12
24	Owen	10,305	↑ 12
25	Gabriel	10,279	↓ 3
26	Carter	10,220	↓ 2
27	Jayden	10,158	↓ 7
28	John	10,060	↓ 2
29	Luke	10,001	↓ 1
30	Anthony	9,900	↓ 5
31	Isaac	9,782	–
32	Dylan	9,720	↓ 5
33	Wyatt	9,581	↑ 1
34	Andrew	9,437	↓ 4
35	Joshua	9,258	↓ 2
36	Christopher	9,106	↓ 4
37	Grayson	8,693	↑ 10
38	Jack	8,430	↑ 2
39	Julian	8,388	↑ 6
40	Ryan	8,261	↓ 1
41	Jaxon	8,145	↑ 3
42	Levi	8,118	–
43	Nathan	8,000	↓ 5
44	Caleb	7,982	↓ 7
45	Hunter	7,681	↓ 4
46	Christian	7,674	↓ 3
47	Isaiah	7,573	↑ 2
48	Thomas	7,367	↑ 3
49	Aaron	7,178	↑ 3
50	Eli	7,132	↑ 3
51	Lincoln	7,129	↑ 15
52	Charles	7,127	↓ 2
53	Landon	7,046	↓ 7
54	Connor	7,037	↑ 1
55	Josiah	7,025	↑ 2
56	Jonathan	6,982	↓ 8
57	Cameron	6,861	↓ 1
58	Jeremiah	6,629	↓ 4
59	Mateo	6,559	↑ 26
60	Adrian	6,337	↓ 2
61	Hudson	6,127	↑ 4
62	Robert	6,010	↑ 1
63	Nicholas	5,765	↓ 1
64	Brayden	5,734	↓ 3
65	Jordan	5,680	↓ 6
66	Easton	5,643	↑ 12
67	Nolan	5,634	↑ 4
68	Colton	5,624	↓ 8
69	Evan	5,613	↓ 2
70	Angel	5,564	↓ 6
71	Asher	5,525	↑ 11
72	Dominic	5,428	↓ 4
73	Austin	5,374	↓ 4
74	Leo	5,299	↑ 17
75	Adam	5,224	↓ 2
76	Jace	5,208	↓ 1
77	Jose	5,119	↑ 3
78	Ian	5,079	↓ 2
79	Cooper	4,974	↓ 2
80	Gavin	4,944	↓ 10
81	Carson	4,931	↑ 8
82	Jaxson	4,916	↑ 2
83	Theodore	4,910	↑ 16
84	Jason	4,886	↑ 2
85	Ezra	4,882	↑ 8
86	Chase	4,868	↓ 12
87	Parker	4,730	↓ 15
88	Xavier	4,625	↑ 2
89	Zachary	4,576	↓ 1
90	Kevin	4,557	↓ 11
91	Tyler	4,515	↓ 10
92	Ayden	4,506	↓ 5
93	Elias	4,486	↑ 7
94	Bryson	4,372	↑ 39
95	Greyson	4,326	↑ 16
96	Leonardo	4,325	↑ 7
97	Sawyer	4,248	↓ 3
98	Roman	4,222	↑ 4
99	Brandon	4,101	↓ 16
100	Bentley	4,073	↓ 8

Biggest movers of 2016

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

Rising Girls

Ophelia ↑ 398 #582
Aitana ↑ 364 #551
Avianna ↑ 302 #450
Aviana ↑ 268 #393
Princess ↑ 230 #758
Adley ↑ 213 #619
Celine ↑ 212 #611
Remi ↑ 206 #296
Ariah ↑ 204 #311
Harlee ↑ 203 #639

Falling Girls

Kaelyn ↓ 204 #726
Shayla ↓ 189 #986
Kaylin ↓ 178 #798
Janessa ↓ 178 #894
Farrah ↓ 175 #960
Adilynn ↓ 171 #979
Lindsey ↓ 170 #781
Danica ↓ 159 #867
Aryana ↓ 159 #994
Montserrat ↓ 156 #810

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Royalty, Poppy, Kaylani, Antonella, Itzayana, Joelle, Mavis, Mercy, Alessia, Reign, Kehlani, Louise, Maxine, Emmie, Vada

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Caitlyn, Caitlin, Katelynn, Bryanna, Lindsay, Kayden, Jordynn, Kristen, Jaida, Kiley, Asia, Aminah, Aimee, Sarahi, Tara

Rising Boys

Adonis ↑ 303 #395
Kye ↑ 288 #693
Wilder ↑ 239 #726
Zayn ↑ 223 #420
Franco ↑ 174 #702
Kingsley ↑ 167 #584
Apollo ↑ 163 #586
Grey ↑ 159 #758
Arlo ↑ 152 #349
Conor ↑ 151 #323

Falling Boys

Braeden ↓ 196 #994
Brantlee ↓ 176 #954
Gannon ↓ 175 #707
Amare ↓ 154 #985
Dwayne ↓ 151 #942
Blaze ↓ 148 #855
Giancarlo ↓ 144 #991
Kendall ↓ 143 #925
Gordon ↓ 136 #948
Alfonso ↓ 131 #927

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Fox, Shepherd, Bridger, Brysen, Zyaire, Alistair, Howard, Westley, Eason, Khalid, Kylo, Hakeem, Karim, Jericho, Koda

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Aaden, Bode, Brice, Dilan, Jadon, Tyrone, Jonael, Rodolfo, Chace, Rashad, Quintin, Triston, Davin, Kamren, Cristopher

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.