Most Popular Baby Names of 2018

In 2018, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls and Liam for boys. Emma was given to 18,824 girls and Liam to 19,977 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,517,232 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,577,417 in 2017. 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: Isla, Ivy, Josephine, Delilah, Emery, and Sophie.

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Top 100 baby names of 2018

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emma	18,824	–
2	Olivia	18,061	–
3	Ava	15,034	–
4	Isabella	14,575	–
5	Sophia	14,013	–
6	Charlotte	13,038	↑ 1
7	Mia	12,742	↓ 1
8	Amelia	12,405	–
9	Harper	10,646	↑ 2
10	Evelyn	10,433	↓ 1
11	Abigail	9,879	↓ 1
12	Emily	8,718	–
13	Elizabeth	8,600	–
14	Mila	8,169	↑ 16
15	Ella	8,127	↑ 1
16	Avery	8,099	↓ 2
17	Sofia	7,667	↓ 2
18	Camila	7,508	↑ 5
19	Aria	7,437	↑ 1
20	Scarlett	7,226	↓ 2
21	Victoria	7,134	↓ 2
22	Madison	7,103	↓ 5
23	Luna	6,937	↑ 14
24	Grace	6,789	↓ 3
25	Chloe	6,679	↓ 3
26	Penelope	6,524	↓ 2
27	Layla	6,512	↓ 1
28	Riley	6,010	↓ 3
29	Zoey	5,946	↓ 1
30	Nora	5,837	↓ 1
31	Lily	5,753	↑ 2
32	Eleanor	5,728	↑ 4
33	Hannah	5,680	↓ 1
34	Lillian	5,567	↓ 7
35	Addison	5,232	↓ 1
36	Ellie	5,223	↑ 8
37	Aubrey	5,209	↓ 6
38	Stella	5,164	↑ 4
39	Natalie	5,127	↓ 4
40	Zoe	5,124	↑ 1
41	Leah	5,038	↓ 1
42	Hazel	4,951	↑ 1
43	Violet	4,834	↑ 4
44	Aurora	4,830	↑ 7
45	Savannah	4,769	↓ 7
46	Audrey	4,697	–
47	Brooklyn	4,652	↓ 8
48	Bella	4,578	↑ 2
49	Skylar	4,411	↓ 1
50	Claire	4,406	↓ 1
51	Lucy	4,378	↑ 1
52	Paisley	4,366	↓ 7
53	Everly	4,345	↑ 29
54	Anna	4,198	↓ 1
55	Nova	4,174	↑ 39
56	Caroline	4,167	↓ 1
57	Genesis	4,099	↓ 1
58	Emilia	4,040	↑ 19
59	Kennedy	3,946	↓ 1
60	Willow	3,933	↑ 20
61	Samantha	3,924	↓ 7
62	Maya	3,918	↓ 2
63	Kinsley	3,881	↓ 4
64	Naomi	3,855	↑ 5
65	Aaliyah	3,845	↓ 8
66	Sarah	3,781	↓ 4
67	Elena	3,776	↑ 1
68	Ariana	3,739	↓ 1
69	Gabriella	3,710	↓ 4
70	Allison	3,694	↓ 9
71	Alice	3,667	↓ 1
72	Madelyn	3,652	↓ 9
73	Cora	3,596	↑ 10
74	Ruby	3,591	↑ 5
75	Serenity	3,570	↑ 3
76	Eva	3,569	↓ 3
77	Autumn	3,506	↓ 2
78	Adeline	3,491	↓ 14
79	Hailey	3,474	↓ 7
80	Gianna	3,451	↑ 11
81	Valentina	3,436	↑ 15
82	Isla	3,410	↑ 21
83	Nevaeh	3,410	↓ 9
84	Eliana	3,405	↑ 4
85	Quinn	3,390	↓ 9
86	Ivy	3,287	↑ 22
87	Sadie	3,267	↓ 16
88	Piper	3,230	↓ 7
89	Lydia	3,213	↓ 4
90	Alexa	3,068	↓ 24
91	Josephine	3,050	↑ 16
92	Delilah	3,012	↑ 10
93	Julia	3,010	–
94	Emery	3,009	↑ 21
95	Arianna	2,983	↓ 8
96	Vivian	2,976	↑ 1
97	Kaylee	2,963	↓ 13
98	Sophie	2,948	↑ 8
99	Brielle	2,939	↑ 2
100	Madeline	2,918	↓ 1

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	19,977	–
2	Noah	18,441	–
3	William	14,646	–
4	James	13,650	–
5	Oliver	13,500	↑ 5
6	Benjamin	13,488	–
7	Elijah	13,020	↑ 1
8	Lucas	12,665	↑ 3
9	Mason	12,526	↓ 2
10	Logan	12,447	↓ 5
11	Alexander	12,110	↑ 2
12	Ethan	11,931	↑ 2
13	Jacob	11,897	↓ 4
14	Michael	11,756	↓ 2
15	Daniel	11,296	–
16	Henry	10,714	↑ 3
17	Jackson	10,424	↑ 3
18	Sebastian	10,137	↑ 5
19	Aiden	10,062	↓ 2
20	Matthew	10,009	↓ 4
21	Samuel	9,854	–
22	David	9,812	–
23	Joseph	9,682	↓ 5
24	Carter	9,385	–
25	Owen	9,337	↑ 3
26	John	9,204	↑ 1
27	Wyatt	9,183	↓ 2
28	Jack	8,894	↑ 8
29	Jayden	8,626	↓ 3
30	Luke	8,624	–
31	Dylan	8,610	↓ 2
32	Grayson	8,606	↑ 2
33	Levi	8,540	↑ 2
34	Isaac	8,503	↓ 2
35	Gabriel	8,439	↓ 4
36	Julian	8,368	↑ 1
37	Mateo	8,221	↑ 5
38	Anthony	8,048	↓ 5
39	Jaxon	7,774	↑ 4
40	Joshua	7,446	↓ 2
41	Lincoln	7,408	–
42	Christopher	7,341	↓ 3
43	Andrew	7,315	↓ 3
44	Theodore	7,088	↑ 17
45	Caleb	6,997	↑ 5
46	Ryan	6,943	↓ 2
47	Asher	6,879	↑ 12
48	Nathan	6,850	↓ 3
49	Thomas	6,840	–
50	Leo	6,773	↑ 12
51	Isaiah	6,719	↓ 5
52	Josiah	6,684	↓ 1
53	Charles	6,667	↓ 5
54	Christian	6,582	↓ 2
55	Hudson	6,576	↑ 9
56	Hunter	6,117	↓ 3
57	Eli	6,094	↓ 3
58	Connor	6,086	↓ 2
59	Ezra	6,048	↑ 10
60	Aaron	5,996	↓ 13
61	Landon	5,860	↓ 4
62	Adrian	5,817	↓ 4
63	Jonathan	5,779	↓ 8
64	Jeremiah	5,632	↓ 1
65	Nolan	5,629	↑ 2
66	Easton	5,463	–
67	Elias	5,351	↑ 11
68	Colton	5,314	↑ 2
69	Cameron	5,313	↓ 9
70	Carson	5,259	↑ 13
71	Robert	5,191	↓ 6
72	Angel	5,065	↓ 1
73	Maverick	5,041	↑ 11
74	Nicholas	4,847	↓ 6
75	Dominic	4,795	↓ 1
76	Jaxson	4,770	↑ 3
77	Greyson	4,754	↑ 3
78	Adam	4,711	↓ 1
79	Ian	4,706	↓ 3
80	Jordan	4,703	↓ 7
81	Austin	4,693	↓ 6
82	Santiago	4,670	↑ 11
83	Cooper	4,473	↑ 5
84	Brayden	4,422	↓ 12
85	Evan	4,392	–
86	Roman	4,390	↑ 5
87	Ezekiel	4,366	↓ 5
88	Xavier	4,345	↑ 1
89	Jose	4,318	↓ 8
90	Jace	4,304	↓ 3
91	Jameson	4,252	↑ 9
92	Bryson	4,225	↓ 6
93	Leonardo	4,223	↑ 4
94	Axel	4,074	↑ 10
95	Everett	4,029	↑ 11
96	Parker	4,007	↓ 6
97	Kayden	4,004	↑ 1
98	Miles	3,994	↑ 12
99	Jason	3,880	↓ 7
100	Sawyer	3,878	↓ 5

Biggest movers of 2018

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

Rising Girls

Oaklynn ↑ 345 #543
Yara ↑ 314 #673
Ensley ↑ 296 #674
Aitana ↑ 238 #450
Kailani ↑ 227 #390
Everlee ↑ 217 #544
Meadow ↑ 211 #514
Dream ↑ 207 #620
Ailani ↑ 193 #759
Everleigh ↑ 190 #197

Falling Girls

Marissa ↓ 208 #886
Elsa ↓ 202 #888
Kenley ↓ 192 #949
Kadence ↓ 178 #893
Guadalupe ↓ 177 #906
Braelyn ↓ 175 #644
Brittany ↓ 166 #880
Annabel ↓ 162 #951
Jillian ↓ 160 #734
Ariadne ↓ 157 #934

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Palmer, Meghan, Haisley, Amaia, Dior, Kamilah, Keily, Rosalee, Anais, Adalee, Della, Alianna, Zhavia, Journi, Kamiyah

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Angelique, Audrina, Jessa, Raylee, Aminah, Kassandra, Abril, Brenda, Aadhya, Lizbeth, Zion, Breanna, Joslyn, Maliah, Melania

Rising Boys

Kairo ↑ 319 #483
Kashton ↑ 199 #442
Zaid ↑ 194 #581
Wells ↑ 185 #731
Santana ↑ 171 #735
Koda ↑ 161 #704
Elian ↑ 158 #411
Denver ↑ 146 #675
Kamryn ↑ 145 #762
Ledger ↑ 142 #833

Falling Boys

Harper ↓ 172 #973
Maxton ↓ 162 #834
Trent ↓ 146 #804
Braydon ↓ 143 #856
Juelz ↓ 140 #921
Blaine ↓ 139 #876
Stefan ↓ 130 #881
Zackary ↓ 130 #997
Harley ↓ 128 #775
Willie ↓ 127 #930

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Baker, Watson, Mordechai, Jaxtyn, Kamdyn, Onyx, Saint, Kylo, Kenzo, Wallace, Benicio, Turner, Zakai, Dakari, Deshawn

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Kolten, Micheal, Shaun, Aaden, Darrell, Frankie, Dimitri, Ayan, Benton, Blaise, Lamar, Channing, Dilan, Yahya, Alistair

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.