Most Popular Baby Names of 2024
In 2024, the most popular baby names in the United States were Olivia for girls and Liam for boys. Olivia was given to 14,772 girls and Liam to 22,252 boys, according to Social Security card applications.
Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,343,078 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,315,158 in 2023. 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: Ayla, Daisy, Millie, Josie, Melody, and Lucia.
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Top 100 baby names of 2024
Girls
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 14,772 | – |
| 2 | Emma | 13,524 | – |
| 3 | Amelia | 12,786 | ↑ 1 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 12,597 | ↓ 1 |
| 5 | Mia | 12,149 | ↑ 1 |
| 6 | Sophia | 12,126 | ↓ 1 |
| 7 | Isabella | 10,810 | – |
| 8 | Evelyn | 9,146 | ↑ 1 |
| 9 | Ava | 8,700 | ↓ 1 |
| 10 | Sofia | 8,113 | ↑ 2 |
| 11 | Camila | 7,625 | ↑ 2 |
| 12 | Harper | 7,394 | ↓ 1 |
| 13 | Luna | 7,164 | ↓ 3 |
| 14 | Eleanor | 7,147 | – |
| 15 | Violet | 6,986 | ↑ 1 |
| 16 | Aurora | 6,955 | ↑ 6 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 6,924 | ↓ 2 |
| 18 | Eliana | 6,447 | ↑ 16 |
| 19 | Hazel | 6,432 | ↓ 1 |
| 20 | Chloe | 6,406 | ↑ 6 |
| 21 | Ellie | 6,317 | ↑ 6 |
| 22 | Nora | 6,148 | ↑ 2 |
| 23 | Gianna | 6,131 | ↓ 2 |
| 24 | Lily | 6,121 | ↓ 4 |
| 25 | Emily | 5,984 | ↓ 6 |
| 26 | Aria | 5,956 | ↓ 1 |
| 27 | Scarlett | 5,912 | ↓ 10 |
| 28 | Penelope | 5,760 | ↓ 5 |
| 29 | Zoe | 5,733 | ↑ 7 |
| 30 | Ella | 5,715 | ↑ 2 |
| 31 | Avery | 5,658 | ↓ 2 |
| 32 | Abigail | 5,535 | ↓ 1 |
| 33 | Mila | 5,484 | ↓ 5 |
| 34 | Lucy | 5,425 | ↑ 6 |
| 35 | Isla | 5,382 | ↓ 2 |
| 36 | Ivy | 5,343 | ↑ 2 |
| 37 | Layla | 5,325 | ↓ 7 |
| 38 | Lainey | 5,156 | ↑ 16 |
| 39 | Nova | 5,072 | ↓ 4 |
| 40 | Grace | 5,033 | ↓ 1 |
| 41 | Willow | 4,672 | – |
| 42 | Riley | 4,657 | ↑ 1 |
| 43 | Emilia | 4,649 | ↓ 1 |
| 44 | Naomi | 4,621 | – |
| 45 | Madison | 4,581 | ↓ 8 |
| 46 | Elena | 4,577 | ↑ 1 |
| 47 | Valentina | 4,456 | ↑ 3 |
| 48 | Victoria | 4,281 | ↓ 3 |
| 49 | Stella | 4,274 | ↓ 3 |
| 50 | Delilah | 4,254 | ↑ 2 |
| 51 | Maya | 4,230 | ↓ 2 |
| 52 | Hannah | 4,078 | ↓ 4 |
| 53 | Leah | 3,988 | – |
| 54 | Lillian | 3,893 | ↑ 1 |
| 55 | Genesis | 3,849 | ↑ 2 |
| 56 | Josephine | 3,765 | ↑ 8 |
| 57 | Sadie | 3,738 | ↑ 2 |
| 58 | Adeline | 3,737 | ↑ 13 |
| 59 | Zoey | 3,613 | ↓ 8 |
| 60 | Sophie | 3,583 | – |
| 61 | Paisley | 3,554 | ↓ 5 |
| 62 | Ruby | 3,533 | ↑ 3 |
| 63 | Alice | 3,531 | ↑ 3 |
| 64 | Eloise | 3,443 | ↑ 17 |
| 65 | Madelyn | 3,373 | ↓ 7 |
| 66 | Leilani | 3,365 | ↓ 5 |
| 67 | Claire | 3,337 | ↑ 1 |
| 68 | Addison | 3,335 | ↓ 6 |
| 69 | Ayla | 3,253 | ↑ 37 |
| 70 | Emery | 3,207 | – |
| 71 | Eden | 3,136 | ↑ 6 |
| 72 | Iris | 3,136 | ↑ 6 |
| 73 | Natalie | 3,127 | ↓ 10 |
| 74 | Maria | 3,122 | ↑ 8 |
| 75 | Maeve | 3,105 | ↓ 2 |
| 76 | Daisy | 3,102 | ↑ 34 |
| 77 | Vivian | 3,096 | ↑ 10 |
| 78 | Clara | 3,072 | ↑ 20 |
| 79 | Autumn | 3,045 | ↓ 4 |
| 80 | Liliana | 3,022 | ↑ 8 |
| 81 | Everly | 3,018 | ↓ 12 |
| 82 | Audrey | 3,006 | ↓ 8 |
| 83 | Lyla | 2,954 | ↑ 16 |
| 84 | Jade | 2,940 | ↓ 4 |
| 85 | Kinsley | 2,937 | ↓ 18 |
| 86 | Madeline | 2,922 | ↑ 9 |
| 87 | Millie | 2,920 | ↑ 18 |
| 88 | Josie | 2,903 | ↑ 20 |
| 89 | Kennedy | 2,890 | ↓ 17 |
| 90 | Athena | 2,794 | ↓ 14 |
| 91 | Melody | 2,783 | ↑ 12 |
| 92 | Caroline | 2,730 | ↓ 9 |
| 93 | Sarah | 2,719 | ↓ 2 |
| 94 | Anna | 2,716 | ↓ 15 |
| 95 | Aaliyah | 2,712 | ↓ 10 |
| 96 | Quinn | 2,700 | ↓ 10 |
| 97 | Lydia | 2,678 | ↓ 3 |
| 98 | Lucia | 2,663 | ↑ 11 |
| 99 | Allison | 2,631 | ↑ 1 |
| 100 | Hailey | 2,627 | ↓ 10 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 22,252 | – |
| 2 | Noah | 20,409 | – |
| 3 | Oliver | 15,396 | – |
| 4 | Theodore | 12,069 | ↑ 3 |
| 5 | James | 11,856 | ↓ 1 |
| 6 | Henry | 11,596 | ↑ 2 |
| 7 | Mateo | 11,349 | ↓ 1 |
| 8 | Elijah | 11,238 | ↓ 3 |
| 9 | Lucas | 10,743 | – |
| 10 | William | 10,647 | – |
| 11 | Benjamin | 9,865 | – |
| 12 | Levi | 9,555 | – |
| 13 | Ezra | 8,822 | ↑ 2 |
| 14 | Sebastian | 8,593 | ↓ 1 |
| 15 | Jack | 8,472 | ↓ 1 |
| 16 | Daniel | 8,426 | ↑ 1 |
| 17 | Samuel | 8,355 | ↑ 2 |
| 18 | Michael | 8,229 | ↓ 2 |
| 19 | Ethan | 8,201 | ↑ 5 |
| 20 | Asher | 8,159 | ↑ 3 |
| 21 | John | 8,087 | ↑ 5 |
| 22 | Hudson | 8,015 | ↓ 1 |
| 23 | Luca | 7,991 | ↑ 2 |
| 24 | Leo | 7,823 | ↓ 6 |
| 25 | Elias | 7,684 | ↑ 11 |
| 26 | Owen | 7,599 | ↓ 6 |
| 27 | Alexander | 7,547 | ↓ 5 |
| 28 | Dylan | 7,487 | ↑ 6 |
| 29 | Santiago | 7,434 | ↑ 16 |
| 30 | Julian | 7,390 | ↑ 3 |
| 31 | David | 7,369 | ↓ 4 |
| 32 | Joseph | 7,261 | ↓ 3 |
| 33 | Matthew | 7,107 | ↓ 1 |
| 34 | Luke | 7,062 | ↓ 3 |
| 35 | Jackson | 6,899 | ↓ 7 |
| 36 | Maverick | 6,635 | ↑ 1 |
| 37 | Miles | 6,634 | ↑ 6 |
| 38 | Wyatt | 6,605 | ↑ 9 |
| 39 | Thomas | 6,596 | ↑ 2 |
| 40 | Jacob | 6,541 | ↓ 5 |
| 41 | Isaac | 6,529 | ↑ 1 |
| 42 | Mason | 6,492 | ↓ 12 |
| 43 | Gabriel | 6,410 | ↓ 5 |
| 44 | Anthony | 6,353 | ↑ 2 |
| 45 | Logan | 6,297 | ↓ 6 |
| 46 | Carter | 6,289 | ↑ 2 |
| 47 | Aiden | 6,262 | ↓ 7 |
| 48 | Grayson | 6,232 | ↓ 4 |
| 49 | Caleb | 5,795 | ↑ 2 |
| 50 | Cooper | 5,715 | ↑ 2 |
| 51 | Charles | 5,613 | ↑ 3 |
| 52 | Roman | 5,502 | ↑ 14 |
| 53 | Josiah | 5,486 | – |
| 54 | Ezekiel | 5,420 | ↓ 4 |
| 55 | Thiago | 5,304 | ↑ 17 |
| 56 | Isaiah | 5,286 | – |
| 57 | Joshua | 5,268 | ↑ 3 |
| 58 | Wesley | 5,162 | ↑ 12 |
| 59 | Jayden | 5,153 | ↓ 10 |
| 60 | Bennett | 5,109 | ↑ 14 |
| 61 | Christopher | 5,082 | ↓ 6 |
| 62 | Nathan | 5,029 | ↓ 3 |
| 63 | Angel | 4,983 | ↓ 1 |
| 64 | Nolan | 4,900 | ↓ 7 |
| 65 | Waylon | 4,892 | ↓ 2 |
| 66 | Cameron | 4,834 | ↓ 8 |
| 67 | Brooks | 4,811 | ↑ 6 |
| 68 | Andrew | 4,791 | ↓ 3 |
| 69 | Beau | 4,704 | ↑ 12 |
| 70 | Weston | 4,672 | ↑ 5 |
| 71 | Rowan | 4,667 | ↑ 5 |
| 72 | Adrian | 4,642 | ↓ 5 |
| 73 | Lincoln | 4,580 | ↓ 9 |
| 74 | Enzo | 4,560 | ↑ 16 |
| 75 | Ian | 4,560 | ↓ 6 |
| 76 | Kai | 4,301 | ↓ 15 |
| 77 | Christian | 4,272 | – |
| 78 | Axel | 4,255 | ↓ 7 |
| 79 | Aaron | 4,245 | ↓ 11 |
| 80 | Theo | 4,129 | ↓ 2 |
| 81 | Silas | 4,127 | ↓ 1 |
| 82 | Walker | 4,033 | ↑ 3 |
| 83 | Jonathan | 4,028 | ↓ 1 |
| 84 | Leonardo | 3,966 | – |
| 85 | Everett | 3,961 | ↑ 4 |
| 86 | Micah | 3,924 | ↑ 1 |
| 87 | Ryan | 3,906 | ↓ 4 |
| 88 | August | 3,894 | ↑ 16 |
| 89 | Gael | 3,872 | ↑ 11 |
| 90 | Robert | 3,806 | ↓ 2 |
| 91 | Jose | 3,784 | ↑ 2 |
| 92 | Eli | 3,742 | ↓ 13 |
| 93 | Jeremiah | 3,735 | ↓ 1 |
| 94 | Luka | 3,708 | ↑ 1 |
| 95 | Amir | 3,640 | ↑ 4 |
| 96 | Jaxon | 3,630 | ↓ 10 |
| 97 | Parker | 3,616 | ↓ 6 |
| 98 | Colton | 3,600 | ↓ 4 |
| 99 | Myles | 3,564 | ↑ 8 |
| 100 | Adam | 3,507 | ↑ 3 |
Biggest movers of 2024
Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.
Rising Girls
- Ailany ↑ 756 #101
- Scottie ↑ 414 #202
- Elodie ↑ 365 #372
- Adhara ↑ 298 #472
- Ailani ↑ 264 #327
- Elowyn ↑ 245 #447
- Solana ↑ 243 #691
- Wrenlee ↑ 230 #354
- Marlowe ↑ 211 #625
- Melany ↑ 196 #437
Falling Girls
- Dior ↓ 249 #979
- Yaretzi ↓ 241 #795
- Alexa ↓ 200 #806
- Jayleen ↓ 191 #981
- Zayla ↓ 188 #989
- Azari ↓ 183 #879
- Novah ↓ 183 #889
- Liv ↓ 171 #874
- Mikayla ↓ 165 #778
- Henley ↓ 165 #960
New in the top 1,000 (Girls)
Aylani, Rowyn, Marjorie, Micah, Wrenleigh, Keziah, Dafne, Rebekah, Rosalyn, Kailany, Elowen, Zyla, Cattleya, Soraya, Anaiah
Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)
Kinslee, Savanna, Kamari, Kya, Artemis, Dania, Zhuri, Alitzel, Baylee, Emryn, Karter, Nori, Bria, Raquel, Braelyn
Rising Boys
- Eliam ↑ 257 #381
- Eliel ↑ 250 #584
- Rocky ↑ 230 #656
- Kyaire ↑ 213 #654
- Kenai ↑ 186 #774
- Benson ↑ 181 #436
- Jeremias ↑ 178 #803
- Dereck ↑ 174 #663
- Yahya ↑ 174 #707
- Izan ↑ 165 #713
Falling Boys
- Khai ↓ 223 #947
- Jiraiya ↓ 181 #917
- Kannon ↓ 169 #987
- Aden ↓ 163 #998
- Khaza ↓ 161 #963
- Axton ↓ 148 #834
- Loyal ↓ 139 #879
- Santana ↓ 134 #811
- Kingsley ↓ 134 #983
- Ishaan ↓ 130 #999
New in the top 1,000 (Boys)
Colsen, Bode, Jettson, Kolter, Heath, Ozias, Bryer, Agustin, Casper, Azaiah, Zaylen, Benny, Darian, Shimon, Carlo
Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)
Khari, Brendan, Demetrius, Jovanni, Axl, Justice, Semaj, Harlem, Kellen, Jabari, Duncan, Yadiel, Kye, Marlon, Palmer
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.