By year
The top names of 2011
Sophia led the girls and Jacob the boys, out of 3,658,318 babies in the public record for that year.
Girls, 2011
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophia | 21,863 | 1.24% |
| 2 | Isabella | 19,931 | 1.13% |
| 3 | Emma | 18,825 | 1.07% |
| 4 | Olivia | 17,335 | 0.99% |
| 5 | Ava | 15,518 | 0.88% |
| 6 | Emily | 14,277 | 0.81% |
| 7 | Abigail | 13,266 | 0.75% |
| 8 | Madison | 12,406 | 0.71% |
| 9 | Mia | 11,543 | 0.66% |
| 10 | Chloe | 11,007 | 0.63% |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 10,109 | 0.57% |
| 12 | Ella | 9,597 | 0.55% |
| 13 | Addison | 9,312 | 0.53% |
| 14 | Natalie | 8,646 | 0.49% |
| 15 | Lily | 8,192 | 0.47% |
| 16 | Grace | 7,642 | 0.43% |
| 17 | Samantha | 7,400 | 0.42% |
| 18 | Avery | 7,346 | 0.42% |
| 19 | Sofia | 7,331 | 0.42% |
| 20 | Aubrey | 7,188 | 0.41% |
| 21 | Brooklyn | 7,178 | 0.41% |
| 22 | Lillian | 6,934 | 0.39% |
| 23 | Victoria | 6,896 | 0.39% |
| 24 | Evelyn | 6,709 | 0.38% |
| 25 | Hannah | 6,584 | 0.37% |
| 26 | Alexis | 6,538 | 0.37% |
| 27 | Charlotte | 6,431 | 0.37% |
| 28 | Zoey | 6,407 | 0.36% |
| 29 | Leah | 6,400 | 0.36% |
| 30 | Amelia | 6,374 | 0.36% |
| 31 | Zoe | 6,309 | 0.36% |
| 32 | Hailey | 6,282 | 0.36% |
| 33 | Nevaeh | 6,127 | 0.35% |
| 34 | Gabriella | 6,106 | 0.35% |
| 35 | Layla | 6,088 | 0.35% |
| 36 | Kaylee | 6,053 | 0.34% |
| 37 | Alyssa | 6,029 | 0.34% |
| 38 | Anna | 5,675 | 0.32% |
| 39 | Sarah | 5,571 | 0.32% |
| 40 | Allison | 5,472 | 0.31% |
| 41 | Savannah | 5,463 | 0.31% |
| 42 | Ashley | 5,403 | 0.31% |
| 43 | Audrey | 5,215 | 0.30% |
| 44 | Taylor | 5,195 | 0.30% |
| 45 | Brianna | 5,183 | 0.29% |
| 46 | Aaliyah | 5,129 | 0.29% |
| 47 | Riley | 5,045 | 0.29% |
| 48 | Camila | 4,972 | 0.28% |
| 49 | Khloe | 4,964 | 0.28% |
| 50 | Claire | 4,900 | 0.28% |
Boys, 2011
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 20,403 | 1.07% |
| 2 | Mason | 19,530 | 1.03% |
| 3 | William | 17,362 | 0.91% |
| 4 | Jayden | 17,019 | 0.90% |
| 5 | Noah | 16,883 | 0.89% |
| 6 | Michael | 16,823 | 0.89% |
| 7 | Ethan | 16,702 | 0.88% |
| 8 | Alexander | 15,717 | 0.83% |
| 9 | Aiden | 15,520 | 0.82% |
| 10 | Daniel | 15,307 | 0.81% |
| 11 | Anthony | 14,290 | 0.75% |
| 12 | Matthew | 14,184 | 0.75% |
| 13 | Elijah | 14,001 | 0.74% |
| 14 | Joshua | 13,797 | 0.73% |
| 15 | Liam | 13,450 | 0.71% |
| 16 | Andrew | 13,297 | 0.70% |
| 17 | James | 13,275 | 0.70% |
| 18 | David | 13,258 | 0.70% |
| 19 | Benjamin | 13,082 | 0.69% |
| 20 | Christopher | 13,027 | 0.69% |
| 21 | Logan | 12,999 | 0.68% |
| 22 | Joseph | 12,995 | 0.68% |
| 23 | Jackson | 12,408 | 0.65% |
| 24 | Gabriel | 12,367 | 0.65% |
| 25 | Ryan | 11,503 | 0.61% |
| 26 | Samuel | 11,366 | 0.60% |
| 27 | John | 11,068 | 0.58% |
| 28 | Nathan | 10,523 | 0.55% |
| 29 | Lucas | 10,405 | 0.55% |
| 30 | Christian | 10,334 | 0.54% |
| 31 | Jonathan | 10,254 | 0.54% |
| 32 | Caleb | 10,040 | 0.53% |
| 33 | Dylan | 9,792 | 0.52% |
| 34 | Landon | 9,761 | 0.51% |
| 35 | Isaac | 9,607 | 0.51% |
| 36 | Brayden | 9,025 | 0.48% |
| 37 | Gavin | 9,016 | 0.47% |
| 38 | Tyler | 8,851 | 0.47% |
| 39 | Luke | 8,706 | 0.46% |
| 40 | Evan | 8,661 | 0.46% |
| 41 | Carter | 8,608 | 0.45% |
| 42 | Nicholas | 8,601 | 0.45% |
| 43 | Isaiah | 8,555 | 0.45% |
| 44 | Owen | 8,341 | 0.44% |
| 45 | Jack | 8,185 | 0.43% |
| 46 | Jordan | 8,096 | 0.43% |
| 47 | Brandon | 7,821 | 0.41% |
| 48 | Wyatt | 7,687 | 0.40% |
| 49 | Jeremiah | 7,630 | 0.40% |
| 50 | Julian | 7,627 | 0.40% |
United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.
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