Most Popular Baby Names of 2017

In 2017, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls and Liam for boys. Emma was given to 19,873 girls and Liam to 18,874 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,577,417 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,669,760 in 2016. 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: Emilia, Everly, Isabelle, Nova, Valentina, and Ezekiel.

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Top 100 baby names of 2017

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emma	19,873	–
2	Olivia	18,778	–
3	Ava	16,017	–
4	Isabella	15,263	↑ 1
5	Sophia	14,947	↓ 1
6	Mia	13,521	–
7	Charlotte	12,969	–
8	Amelia	11,870	↑ 2
9	Evelyn	10,748	↑ 3
10	Abigail	10,645	↓ 2
11	Harper	10,524	–
12	Emily	9,817	↓ 3
13	Elizabeth	9,004	–
14	Avery	8,237	↑ 2
15	Sofia	8,175	↓ 1
16	Ella	8,084	↑ 1
17	Madison	7,910	↓ 2
18	Scarlett	7,721	–
19	Victoria	7,314	↑ 2
20	Aria	7,168	↑ 3
21	Grace	7,087	↓ 2
22	Chloe	6,982	↓ 2
23	Camila	6,776	↑ 9
24	Penelope	6,668	↑ 3
25	Riley	6,368	↓ 3
26	Layla	6,335	↑ 4
27	Lillian	6,181	↑ 1
28	Zoey	6,077	↓ 2
29	Nora	6,067	↑ 7
30	Mila	5,974	↑ 18
31	Aubrey	5,937	↓ 6
32	Hannah	5,934	↑ 1
33	Lily	5,862	↓ 9
34	Addison	5,639	↓ 5
35	Natalie	5,554	↓ 4
36	Eleanor	5,549	↑ 5
37	Luna	5,356	↑ 40
38	Savannah	5,255	–
39	Brooklyn	5,213	↓ 5
40	Leah	5,202	↓ 3
41	Zoe	5,173	↓ 6
42	Stella	5,070	↑ 3
43	Hazel	5,047	↑ 9
44	Ellie	5,020	↓ 1
45	Paisley	4,958	↑ 1
46	Audrey	4,835	↓ 7
47	Violet	4,741	–
48	Skylar	4,736	↓ 6
49	Claire	4,702	↓ 9
50	Bella	4,667	↑ 28
51	Aurora	4,615	↑ 15
52	Lucy	4,604	↑ 3
53	Anna	4,574	↓ 4
54	Samantha	4,333	↓ 10
55	Caroline	4,294	↑ 1
56	Genesis	4,274	↑ 2
57	Aaliyah	4,197	↓ 4
58	Kennedy	4,162	↑ 1
59	Kinsley	4,053	↑ 27
60	Maya	4,046	↑ 4
61	Allison	4,037	↓ 11
62	Sarah	4,036	↓ 5
63	Madelyn	3,967	↓ 1
64	Adeline	3,937	↓ 1
65	Gabriella	3,905	↓ 4
66	Alexa	3,896	↓ 15
67	Ariana	3,890	↓ 13
68	Elena	3,882	↑ 26
69	Naomi	3,866	↑ 6
70	Alice	3,826	↑ 6
71	Sadie	3,724	↓ 11
72	Hailey	3,712	↓ 4
73	Eva	3,642	↑ 1
74	Nevaeh	3,623	↓ 1
75	Autumn	3,611	↓ 10
76	Quinn	3,597	↑ 3
77	Emilia	3,596	↑ 26
78	Serenity	3,596	↓ 8
79	Ruby	3,587	↓ 8
80	Willow	3,569	↑ 16
81	Piper	3,567	↓ 14
82	Everly	3,524	↑ 25
83	Cora	3,446	↑ 4
84	Kaylee	3,417	↓ 12
85	Lydia	3,341	↓ 5
86	Aubree	3,328	↓ 2
87	Arianna	3,290	↓ 18
88	Eliana	3,283	↑ 5
89	Peyton	3,260	↓ 8
90	Melanie	3,240	↓ 8
91	Gianna	3,199	↑ 1
92	Isabelle	3,168	↑ 10
93	Julia	3,125	↓ 5
94	Nova	3,057	↑ 42
95	Clara	3,045	↑ 5
96	Valentina	3,042	↑ 10
97	Vivian	3,032	↓ 2
98	Reagan	3,005	–
99	Madeline	2,966	↓ 9
100	Mackenzie	2,962	↓ 15

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	18,874	↑ 1
2	Noah	18,507	↓ 1
3	William	15,046	–
4	James	14,362	↑ 1
5	Logan	14,061	↑ 13
6	Benjamin	13,858	–
7	Mason	13,602	↓ 3
8	Elijah	13,449	↑ 1
9	Jacob	13,269	↓ 2
10	Oliver	13,224	↑ 2
11	Lucas	13,032	↑ 3
12	Michael	12,726	↓ 4
13	Alexander	12,577	↓ 2
14	Ethan	12,483	↓ 4
15	Daniel	11,758	↓ 2
16	Matthew	11,732	↓ 1
17	Aiden	11,357	↓ 1
18	Joseph	10,488	↑ 2
19	Henry	10,482	↑ 3
20	Jackson	10,469	↓ 3
21	Samuel	10,449	–
22	David	10,244	↓ 3
23	Sebastian	10,197	–
24	Carter	9,833	↑ 2
25	Wyatt	9,727	↑ 8
26	Jayden	9,594	↑ 1
27	John	9,536	↑ 1
28	Owen	9,363	↓ 4
29	Dylan	9,315	↑ 3
30	Luke	9,224	↓ 1
31	Gabriel	9,178	↓ 6
32	Isaac	8,894	↓ 1
33	Anthony	8,877	↓ 3
34	Grayson	8,718	↑ 3
35	Levi	8,478	↑ 7
36	Jack	8,477	↑ 2
37	Julian	8,455	↑ 2
38	Joshua	8,353	↓ 3
39	Christopher	8,319	↓ 3
40	Andrew	8,290	↓ 6
41	Lincoln	8,202	↑ 10
42	Mateo	7,774	↑ 17
43	Jaxon	7,725	↓ 2
44	Ryan	7,706	↓ 4
45	Nathan	7,442	↓ 2
46	Isaiah	7,262	↑ 1
47	Aaron	7,219	↑ 2
48	Charles	7,193	↑ 4
49	Thomas	7,187	↓ 1
50	Caleb	7,154	↓ 6
51	Josiah	7,079	↑ 4
52	Christian	7,025	↓ 6
53	Hunter	6,760	↓ 8
54	Eli	6,637	↓ 4
55	Jonathan	6,534	↑ 1
56	Connor	6,422	↓ 2
57	Landon	6,358	↓ 4
58	Adrian	6,236	↑ 2
59	Asher	6,062	↑ 12
60	Cameron	5,975	↓ 3
61	Theodore	5,973	↑ 22
62	Leo	5,965	↑ 12
63	Jeremiah	5,887	↓ 5
64	Hudson	5,789	↓ 3
65	Robert	5,566	↓ 3
66	Easton	5,520	–
67	Nolan	5,400	–
68	Nicholas	5,372	↓ 5
69	Ezra	5,349	↑ 16
70	Colton	5,294	↓ 2
71	Angel	5,278	↓ 1
72	Brayden	5,178	↓ 8
73	Jordan	5,176	↓ 8
74	Dominic	5,111	↓ 2
75	Austin	5,060	↓ 2
76	Ian	5,033	↑ 2
77	Adam	4,933	↓ 2
78	Elias	4,931	↑ 15
79	Jaxson	4,866	↑ 3
80	Greyson	4,849	↑ 15
81	Jose	4,815	↓ 4
82	Ezekiel	4,777	↑ 38
83	Carson	4,766	↓ 2
84	Maverick	4,731	↑ 55
85	Evan	4,727	↓ 16
86	Bryson	4,679	↑ 8
87	Jace	4,656	↓ 11
88	Cooper	4,618	↓ 9
89	Xavier	4,521	↓ 1
90	Parker	4,382	↓ 3
91	Roman	4,282	↑ 7
92	Jason	4,256	↓ 8
93	Santiago	4,204	↑ 13
94	Chase	4,186	↓ 8
95	Sawyer	4,171	↑ 2
96	Gavin	4,159	↓ 16
97	Leonardo	4,131	↓ 1
98	Kayden	4,014	↑ 3
99	Ayden	3,964	↓ 7
100	Jameson	3,932	↑ 28

Biggest movers of 2017

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

Rising Girls

Kehlani ↑ 345 #523
Maren ↑ 307 #635
Everlee ↑ 239 #761
Kynlee ↑ 223 #552
Emmie ↑ 219 #687
Alessia ↑ 206 #625
Bonnie ↑ 198 #699
Lyra ↑ 198 #724
Everleigh ↑ 181 #387
Katalina ↑ 179 #646

Falling Girls

Jayden ↓ 203 #932
Tenley ↓ 200 #749
Jessa ↓ 196 #872
Arely ↓ 173 #942
Miah ↓ 170 #798
Brittany ↓ 168 #714
Aryanna ↓ 168 #953
Anabelle ↓ 151 #969
Patricia ↓ 148 #884
Clare ↓ 145 #867

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Octavia, Emberly, Oaklyn, Amora, Dream, Paisleigh, Opal, Xiomara, Lyanna, Raylee, Aminah, Oaklynn, India, Meilani, Luella

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Montserrat, Jaylynn, Wendy, Ciara, Emilie, Kaylynn, Monserrat, Julianne, Mariyah, Sharon, Alyvia, Nathaly, Tabitha, Yasmin, Amya

Rising Boys

Kashton ↑ 293 #641
Cairo ↑ 205 #639
Marcelo ↑ 179 #588
Rowen ↑ 161 #496
Merrick ↑ 160 #824
Wilder ↑ 153 #573
Ridge ↑ 145 #735
Gordon ↑ 130 #818
Matias ↑ 127 #236
Zaid ↑ 125 #775

Falling Boys

Nickolas ↓ 150 #939
Chad ↓ 149 #948
Maximo ↓ 118 #880
London ↓ 115 #819
Camdyn ↓ 111 #925
Talon ↓ 107 #756
Camron ↓ 102 #997
Coen ↓ 101 #901
Vaughn ↓ 98 #963
Howard ↓ 98 #999

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Colson, Juelz, Kairo, Jaxxon, Caspian, Kace, Briar, Aaden, Ayan, Wells, Dilan, Nova, Shepard, Zayd, Koa

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Kamdyn, Riaan, Giovani, Neymar, Braiden, Kylo, Hakeem, Justus, Karim, Turner, Jericho, Ramiro, Rolando, Marquis, Jair

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.