Most Popular Baby Names of 2023
In 2023, the most popular baby names in the United States were Olivia for girls and Liam for boys. Olivia was given to 15,329 girls and Liam to 20,904 boys, according to Social Security card applications.
Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,315,158 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,386,139 in 2022. 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: Lainey, Maeve, Eden, Vivian, Madeline, and Clara.
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Top 100 baby names of 2023
Girls
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 15,329 | – |
| 2 | Emma | 13,590 | – |
| 3 | Charlotte | 12,638 | – |
| 4 | Amelia | 12,365 | – |
| 5 | Sophia | 11,999 | – |
| 6 | Mia | 11,404 | ↑ 2 |
| 7 | Isabella | 10,871 | ↓ 1 |
| 8 | Ava | 9,737 | ↓ 1 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 9,121 | – |
| 10 | Luna | 7,853 | – |
| 11 | Harper | 7,799 | – |
| 12 | Sofia | 7,665 | ↑ 1 |
| 13 | Camila | 7,581 | ↓ 1 |
| 14 | Eleanor | 6,765 | ↑ 2 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 6,616 | – |
| 16 | Violet | 6,370 | ↑ 4 |
| 17 | Scarlett | 6,318 | ↓ 3 |
| 18 | Hazel | 6,193 | ↑ 9 |
| 19 | Emily | 6,177 | ↓ 2 |
| 20 | Lily | 6,176 | ↑ 10 |
| 21 | Gianna | 6,146 | ↑ 1 |
| 22 | Aurora | 6,081 | ↑ 9 |
| 23 | Penelope | 6,068 | ↓ 2 |
| 24 | Nora | 6,027 | ↑ 4 |
| 25 | Aria | 6,024 | ↓ 2 |
| 26 | Chloe | 5,997 | ↓ 7 |
| 27 | Ellie | 5,972 | ↑ 6 |
| 28 | Mila | 5,920 | ↓ 10 |
| 29 | Avery | 5,879 | ↓ 3 |
| 30 | Layla | 5,703 | ↓ 1 |
| 31 | Abigail | 5,687 | ↓ 7 |
| 32 | Ella | 5,670 | ↓ 7 |
| 33 | Isla | 5,386 | ↑ 3 |
| 34 | Eliana | 5,357 | ↑ 7 |
| 35 | Nova | 5,282 | ↓ 3 |
| 36 | Zoe | 5,190 | ↑ 2 |
| 37 | Madison | 5,179 | ↓ 3 |
| 38 | Ivy | 5,060 | ↑ 4 |
| 39 | Grace | 4,908 | ↓ 4 |
| 40 | Lucy | 4,884 | ↑ 8 |
| 41 | Willow | 4,765 | ↓ 4 |
| 42 | Emilia | 4,687 | ↑ 2 |
| 43 | Riley | 4,643 | ↓ 4 |
| 44 | Naomi | 4,502 | ↑ 2 |
| 45 | Victoria | 4,454 | ↓ 2 |
| 46 | Stella | 4,371 | ↓ 6 |
| 47 | Elena | 4,276 | ↑ 2 |
| 48 | Hannah | 4,127 | ↓ 1 |
| 49 | Maya | 4,092 | ↑ 2 |
| 50 | Valentina | 4,090 | ↑ 7 |
| 51 | Zoey | 4,061 | ↓ 6 |
| 52 | Delilah | 4,049 | ↑ 6 |
| 53 | Leah | 3,976 | ↓ 1 |
| 54 | Lainey | 3,941 | ↑ 120 |
| 55 | Lillian | 3,940 | ↓ 5 |
| 56 | Paisley | 3,749 | ↓ 3 |
| 57 | Genesis | 3,663 | ↑ 8 |
| 58 | Madelyn | 3,645 | ↑ 2 |
| 59 | Sadie | 3,597 | ↑ 9 |
| 60 | Sophie | 3,592 | ↑ 3 |
| 61 | Leilani | 3,562 | ↓ 2 |
| 62 | Addison | 3,536 | ↓ 8 |
| 63 | Natalie | 3,429 | ↓ 8 |
| 64 | Josephine | 3,371 | ↑ 6 |
| 65 | Ruby | 3,364 | ↓ 3 |
| 66 | Alice | 3,349 | ↓ 2 |
| 67 | Kinsley | 3,204 | ↓ 6 |
| 68 | Claire | 3,200 | ↓ 2 |
| 69 | Everly | 3,176 | ↓ 13 |
| 70 | Emery | 3,115 | ↑ 12 |
| 71 | Adeline | 3,091 | ↑ 21 |
| 72 | Kennedy | 3,075 | ↑ 2 |
| 73 | Maeve | 3,062 | ↑ 30 |
| 74 | Audrey | 3,042 | ↓ 7 |
| 75 | Autumn | 3,011 | ↓ 4 |
| 76 | Athena | 3,001 | ↑ 2 |
| 77 | Eden | 2,960 | ↑ 39 |
| 78 | Iris | 2,939 | ↑ 6 |
| 79 | Anna | 2,934 | ↑ 4 |
| 80 | Jade | 2,927 | ↑ 8 |
| 81 | Eloise | 2,924 | ↑ 5 |
| 82 | Maria | 2,907 | ↑ 9 |
| 83 | Caroline | 2,868 | ↓ 6 |
| 84 | Brooklyn | 2,865 | ↓ 12 |
| 85 | Aaliyah | 2,858 | ↓ 16 |
| 86 | Quinn | 2,856 | ↓ 13 |
| 87 | Vivian | 2,808 | ↑ 17 |
| 88 | Liliana | 2,807 | ↑ 9 |
| 89 | Gabriella | 2,795 | – |
| 90 | Hailey | 2,786 | ↓ 11 |
| 91 | Sarah | 2,771 | ↑ 4 |
| 92 | Savannah | 2,759 | ↓ 16 |
| 93 | Cora | 2,751 | ↓ 18 |
| 94 | Lydia | 2,735 | ↓ 1 |
| 95 | Madeline | 2,733 | ↑ 7 |
| 96 | Natalia | 2,725 | ↓ 16 |
| 97 | Ariana | 2,720 | ↓ 7 |
| 98 | Clara | 2,662 | ↑ 12 |
| 99 | Lyla | 2,659 | ↑ 6 |
| 100 | Allison | 2,650 | ↑ 1 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 20,904 | – |
| 2 | Noah | 19,116 | – |
| 3 | Oliver | 14,792 | – |
| 4 | James | 11,739 | – |
| 5 | Elijah | 11,523 | – |
| 6 | Mateo | 11,293 | ↑ 5 |
| 7 | Theodore | 11,093 | ↑ 3 |
| 8 | Henry | 10,996 | ↓ 1 |
| 9 | Lucas | 10,890 | ↓ 1 |
| 10 | William | 10,673 | ↓ 4 |
| 11 | Benjamin | 10,224 | ↓ 2 |
| 12 | Levi | 9,399 | – |
| 13 | Sebastian | 8,892 | – |
| 14 | Jack | 8,715 | ↑ 1 |
| 15 | Ezra | 8,488 | ↑ 10 |
| 16 | Michael | 8,430 | – |
| 17 | Daniel | 8,402 | ↓ 3 |
| 18 | Leo | 8,160 | ↑ 4 |
| 19 | Samuel | 8,038 | – |
| 20 | Owen | 8,015 | ↓ 2 |
| 21 | Hudson | 7,957 | ↑ 6 |
| 22 | Alexander | 7,918 | ↓ 5 |
| 23 | Asher | 7,897 | ↓ 3 |
| 24 | Ethan | 7,810 | ↓ 3 |
| 25 | Luca | 7,810 | ↑ 3 |
| 26 | John | 7,804 | – |
| 27 | David | 7,420 | ↑ 4 |
| 28 | Jackson | 7,334 | ↓ 5 |
| 29 | Joseph | 7,279 | ↑ 1 |
| 30 | Mason | 7,259 | ↓ 6 |
| 31 | Luke | 7,251 | ↑ 3 |
| 32 | Matthew | 7,234 | ↑ 7 |
| 33 | Julian | 7,097 | ↑ 2 |
| 34 | Dylan | 7,074 | ↑ 8 |
| 35 | Jacob | 7,015 | ↓ 3 |
| 36 | Elias | 7,006 | ↑ 7 |
| 37 | Maverick | 6,990 | ↑ 3 |
| 38 | Gabriel | 6,786 | ↓ 2 |
| 39 | Logan | 6,706 | ↓ 6 |
| 40 | Aiden | 6,701 | ↓ 11 |
| 41 | Thomas | 6,625 | ↑ 4 |
| 42 | Isaac | 6,621 | ↓ 1 |
| 43 | Miles | 6,589 | ↑ 13 |
| 44 | Grayson | 6,471 | ↓ 7 |
| 45 | Santiago | 6,358 | ↑ 4 |
| 46 | Anthony | 6,277 | ↓ 2 |
| 47 | Wyatt | 6,273 | ↓ 9 |
| 48 | Carter | 5,878 | ↓ 1 |
| 49 | Jayden | 5,645 | ↓ 3 |
| 50 | Ezekiel | 5,611 | ↓ 2 |
| 51 | Caleb | 5,533 | ↑ 1 |
| 52 | Cooper | 5,445 | ↑ 1 |
| 53 | Josiah | 5,445 | ↓ 2 |
| 54 | Charles | 5,421 | ↓ 4 |
| 55 | Christopher | 5,198 | – |
| 56 | Isaiah | 5,162 | ↑ 2 |
| 57 | Nolan | 5,129 | ↑ 8 |
| 58 | Cameron | 5,089 | ↑ 6 |
| 59 | Nathan | 5,073 | ↓ 2 |
| 60 | Joshua | 5,070 | – |
| 61 | Kai | 4,976 | ↓ 2 |
| 62 | Angel | 4,900 | – |
| 63 | Waylon | 4,895 | ↑ 3 |
| 64 | Lincoln | 4,866 | ↓ 10 |
| 65 | Andrew | 4,812 | ↓ 4 |
| 66 | Roman | 4,803 | ↑ 2 |
| 67 | Adrian | 4,666 | ↓ 4 |
| 68 | Aaron | 4,577 | ↑ 3 |
| 69 | Ian | 4,555 | ↑ 3 |
| 70 | Wesley | 4,555 | – |
| 71 | Axel | 4,523 | ↑ 5 |
| 72 | Thiago | 4,515 | ↑ 35 |
| 73 | Brooks | 4,484 | ↑ 4 |
| 74 | Bennett | 4,422 | ↑ 9 |
| 75 | Weston | 4,373 | ↑ 7 |
| 76 | Rowan | 4,215 | ↑ 20 |
| 77 | Christian | 4,158 | ↓ 4 |
| 78 | Theo | 4,140 | ↑ 20 |
| 79 | Eli | 4,111 | ↓ 10 |
| 80 | Silas | 4,105 | ↑ 7 |
| 81 | Beau | 4,100 | ↑ 9 |
| 82 | Jonathan | 4,094 | ↓ 3 |
| 83 | Ryan | 4,035 | ↓ 9 |
| 84 | Leonardo | 4,030 | ↓ 9 |
| 85 | Walker | 4,018 | ↓ 7 |
| 86 | Jaxon | 3,945 | ↓ 19 |
| 87 | Micah | 3,897 | ↑ 2 |
| 88 | Robert | 3,827 | ↓ 4 |
| 89 | Everett | 3,826 | ↓ 8 |
| 90 | Enzo | 3,810 | ↑ 31 |
| 91 | Parker | 3,807 | ↑ 3 |
| 92 | Jeremiah | 3,771 | ↑ 1 |
| 93 | Jose | 3,725 | ↓ 5 |
| 94 | Colton | 3,707 | ↓ 3 |
| 95 | Luka | 3,657 | ↑ 22 |
| 96 | Jordan | 3,655 | ↓ 4 |
| 97 | Landon | 3,655 | ↓ 11 |
| 98 | Easton | 3,647 | ↓ 18 |
| 99 | Amir | 3,631 | ↑ 14 |
| 100 | Gael | 3,629 | ↑ 4 |
Biggest movers of 2023
Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.
Rising Girls
- Scottie ↑ 309 #616
- Miley ↑ 253 #449
- Inaya ↑ 234 #738
- Halo ↑ 203 #565
- Maisy ↑ 197 #792
- Elowyn ↑ 186 #692
- Lakelynn ↑ 183 #781
- Lottie ↑ 175 #776
- Lenora ↑ 165 #766
- Jaylani ↑ 163 #600
Falling Girls
- Marleigh ↓ 214 #921
- Jayleen ↓ 179 #790
- Addilyn ↓ 174 #749
- Malaysia ↓ 167 #777
- Madilynn ↓ 160 #727
- Angelique ↓ 152 #997
- Joelle ↓ 150 #935
- Natasha ↓ 150 #984
- Kai ↓ 149 #940
- Zendaya ↓ 147 #827
New in the top 1,000 (Girls)
Kaeli, Azari, Adhara, Tallulah, Kya, Arely, Avani, Ivey, Dania, Ailany, Ainara, Alitzel, Jaycee, Miller, Andie
Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)
Madisyn, Jayda, Jada, Itzayana, Jianna, Justice, Emmalyn, Kaydence, Bexley, Aubrie, Aubrielle, Averi, Tinsley, Guinevere, Aubriella
Rising Boys
- Cassian ↑ 409 #529
- Kaizen ↑ 315 #588
- Ezrah ↑ 245 #696
- Elio ↑ 231 #645
- Chosen ↑ 226 #669
- Rhodes ↑ 219 #708
- Yael ↑ 218 #776
- Waylen ↑ 216 #678
- Koen ↑ 201 #606
- Kylian ↑ 179 #346
Falling Boys
- Kannon ↓ 154 #818
- Nixon ↓ 150 #883
- Leighton ↓ 145 #968
- Tony ↓ 143 #842
- Titan ↓ 131 #976
- Justice ↓ 127 #898
- Darren ↓ 125 #978
- Bellamy ↓ 121 #750
- Dax ↓ 116 #559
- Kenzo ↓ 116 #621
New in the top 1,000 (Boys)
Jahmir, Izael, Chozen, Dereck, Massimo, Jireh, Jesiah, Kyaire, Matheo, Izan, Eiden, Semaj, Jabari, Lucien, Yadiel
Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)
Dior, Heath, Kase, Damari, Larry, Cullen, Dion, Bryant, Alaric, Brecken, Agustin, Braden, Korbin, Dangelo, Bronson
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.