By year

The top names of 2015

Emma led the girls and Noah the boys, out of 3,701,841 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 2015

#NameBabiesShare
1Emma20,4871.15%
2Olivia19,7291.11%
3Sophia17,4540.98%
4Ava16,4160.92%
5Isabella15,6670.88%
6Mia14,9430.84%
7Abigail12,4220.70%
8Emily11,8080.66%
9Charlotte11,4150.64%
10Harper10,3110.58%
11Madison10,1070.57%
12Amelia9,8780.55%
13Elizabeth9,7710.55%
14Sofia9,7020.54%
15Evelyn9,3770.53%
16Avery9,3560.52%
17Chloe7,9500.45%
18Ella7,9180.44%
19Grace7,6800.43%
20Victoria7,6300.43%
21Aubrey7,4030.41%
22Scarlett7,1430.40%
23Zoey6,9770.39%
24Addison6,7350.38%
25Lily6,6830.37%
26Lillian6,6280.37%
27Natalie6,5100.36%
28Hannah6,4340.36%
29Aria6,4190.36%
30Layla6,3480.36%
31Brooklyn6,3330.35%
32Alexa6,0530.34%
33Zoe6,0510.34%
34Penelope5,9530.33%
35Riley5,7390.32%
36Leah5,6360.32%
37Audrey5,6130.31%
38Savannah5,4690.31%
39Allison5,3560.30%
40Samantha5,3470.30%
41Nora5,3300.30%
42Skylar5,2950.30%
43Camila5,2750.30%
44Anna5,1500.29%
45Paisley5,0910.29%
46Ariana4,9730.28%
47Aaliyah4,8840.27%
48Ellie4,8730.27%
49Claire4,8370.27%
50Violet4,8220.27%

Boys, 2015

#NameBabiesShare
1Noah19,6801.03%
2Liam18,4100.96%
3Mason16,6750.87%
4Jacob16,0050.84%
5William15,9500.83%
6Ethan15,1030.79%
7James14,8650.78%
8Alexander14,5840.76%
9Michael14,5040.76%
10Benjamin13,7320.72%
11Elijah13,7100.72%
12Daniel13,5430.71%
13Aiden13,5060.70%
14Logan12,9390.68%
15Matthew12,7850.67%
16Lucas12,3310.64%
17Jackson12,2990.64%
18David11,8380.62%
19Oliver11,6700.61%
20Jayden11,5830.60%
21Joseph11,5310.60%
22Gabriel10,9130.57%
23Samuel10,9050.57%
24Carter10,8140.56%
25Anthony10,6640.56%
26John10,4230.54%
27Dylan10,2980.54%
28Luke10,2940.54%
29Henry10,1860.53%
30Andrew10,1470.53%
31Isaac9,9880.52%
32Christopher9,8530.51%
33Joshua9,8500.51%
34Wyatt9,6590.50%
35Sebastian9,6320.50%
36Owen9,6080.50%
37Caleb8,8260.46%
38Nathan8,6000.45%
39Ryan8,5480.45%
40Jack8,5140.44%
41Hunter8,3670.44%
42Levi8,3370.43%
43Christian8,2200.43%
44Jaxon8,0820.42%
45Julian8,0640.42%
46Landon7,9480.41%
47Grayson7,9260.41%
48Jonathan7,6600.40%
49Isaiah7,6580.40%
50Charles7,2040.38%

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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