By year

The top names of 2014

Emma led the girls and Noah the boys, out of 3,707,226 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 2014

#NameBabiesShare
1Emma20,9701.17%
2Olivia19,8401.11%
3Sophia18,6441.04%
4Isabella17,1360.96%
5Ava15,7270.88%
6Mia13,5340.76%
7Emily12,6700.71%
8Abigail12,1140.68%
9Madison10,3330.58%
10Charlotte10,1230.57%
11Harper9,6190.54%
12Sofia9,6120.54%
13Elizabeth9,6000.54%
14Avery9,5780.54%
15Amelia8,8050.49%
16Evelyn8,7530.49%
17Ella8,5700.48%
18Chloe8,5620.48%
19Victoria8,0120.45%
20Grace7,6600.43%
21Aubrey7,6350.43%
22Zoey7,4400.42%
23Natalie7,1150.40%
24Addison7,0100.39%
25Lillian6,9240.39%
26Brooklyn6,8420.38%
27Lily6,7890.38%
28Hannah6,5930.37%
29Layla6,4660.36%
30Scarlett6,0110.34%
31Aria5,9330.33%
32Zoe5,8840.33%
33Samantha5,7350.32%
34Anna5,7060.32%
35Leah5,6100.31%
36Audrey5,5700.31%
37Ariana5,5040.31%
38Savannah5,4900.31%
39Allison5,4760.31%
40Arianna5,2760.30%
41Camila5,2200.29%
42Gabriella5,1090.29%
43Penelope5,0890.28%
44Claire5,0150.28%
45Aaliyah4,9020.27%
46Sadie4,8710.27%
47Riley4,8000.27%
48Skylar4,7790.27%
49Nora4,7410.27%
50Sarah4,7170.26%

Boys, 2014

#NameBabiesShare
1Noah19,3441.01%
2Liam18,4880.96%
3Mason17,2250.90%
4Jacob16,9230.88%
5William16,8510.88%
6Ethan15,7490.82%
7Michael15,5050.81%
8Alexander15,4490.80%
9James14,4640.75%
10Daniel13,9610.73%
11Elijah13,8860.72%
12Benjamin13,8300.72%
13Logan13,6690.71%
14Aiden13,4380.70%
15Jayden12,9950.68%
16Matthew12,9440.67%
17David12,2590.64%
18Jackson12,2420.64%
19Lucas12,1750.63%
20Joseph12,1550.63%
21Anthony11,6130.60%
22Andrew11,1890.58%
23Samuel11,0290.57%
24Gabriel10,9610.57%
25Joshua10,9290.57%
26John10,7010.56%
27Carter10,6910.56%
28Luke10,5230.55%
29Dylan10,4160.54%
30Christopher10,3900.54%
31Isaac9,9990.52%
32Oliver9,4530.49%
33Henry9,4420.49%
34Sebastian9,3150.48%
35Caleb9,2450.48%
36Owen9,1590.48%
37Ryan9,0980.47%
38Nathan8,9970.47%
39Wyatt8,8950.46%
40Hunter8,8410.46%
41Jack8,7530.46%
42Christian8,4800.44%
43Landon8,2490.43%
44Jonathan8,1200.42%
45Levi8,0810.42%
46Jaxon7,7290.40%
47Julian7,6860.40%
48Isaiah7,6570.40%
49Eli7,5130.39%
50Aaron7,4120.39%

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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