Popular baby names of 2011

In 2011, the most popular baby names in the United States were Sophia for girls (21,863 babies) and Jacob for boys (20,403). Social Security records show 3,658,318 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 19,590 girls' names and 14,360 boys' names.

2011 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 9.0% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Harper, Scarlett, Kennedy, London, Lydia, Ellie, Aubree.
New in the boys' top 100: Nolan, Bryson, Grayson.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010
1	Sophia	21,863	↑1
2	Isabella	19,931	↓1
3	Emma	18,825	–
4	Olivia	17,335	–
5	Ava	15,518	–
6	Emily	14,277	–
7	Abigail	13,266	–
8	Madison	12,406	–
9	Mia	11,543	↑1
10	Chloe	11,007	↓1
11	Elizabeth	10,109	↑1
12	Ella	9,597	↑1
13	Addison	9,312	↓2
14	Natalie	8,646	–
15	Lily	8,192	↑2
16	Grace	7,642	↑2
17	Samantha	7,400	↓2
18	Avery	7,346	↑5
19	Sofia	7,331	↑9
20	Aubrey	7,188	↑25
21	Brooklyn	7,178	↑13
22	Lillian	6,934	–
23	Victoria	6,896	↑9
24	Evelyn	6,709	↑15
25	Hannah	6,584	↓5
26	Alexis	6,538	↓10
27	Charlotte	6,431	↑19
28	Zoey	6,407	↑19
29	Leah	6,400	↓5
30	Amelia	6,374	↑11
31	Zoe	6,309	–
32	Hailey	6,282	↓13
33	Nevaeh	6,127	↓8
34	Gabriella	6,106	↓1
35	Layla	6,088	↑1
36	Kaylee	6,053	↓1
37	Alyssa	6,029	↓16
38	Anna	5,675	↓11
39	Sarah	5,571	↓13
40	Allison	5,472	↓2
41	Savannah	5,463	↑3
42	Ashley	5,403	↓13
43	Audrey	5,215	↑9
44	Taylor	5,195	↓7
45	Brianna	5,183	↓15
46	Aaliyah	5,129	↑10
47	Riley	5,045	↓7
48	Camila	4,972	↑13
49	Khloe	4,964	↓7
50	Claire	4,900	↑3
51	Sophie	4,732	↑8
52	Arianna	4,700	↑2
53	Peyton	4,679	↓2
54	Harper	4,676	new
55	Alexa	4,510	↓5
56	Makayla	4,460	↓13
57	Kylie	4,351	–
58	Julia	4,350	↓3
59	Kayla	4,336	↓10
60	Bella	4,280	↓12
61	Katherine	4,189	↑9
62	Lauren	4,100	↓4
63	Gianna	4,071	↑4
64	Maya	4,024	↑2
65	Sydney	3,974	↓5
66	Serenity	3,872	↑17
67	Kimberly	3,812	↑2
68	Mackenzie	3,799	–
69	Autumn	3,769	↑12
70	Faith	3,733	↑4
71	Jocelyn	3,731	↓6
72	Jasmine	3,710	↓10
73	Lucy	3,704	↑2
74	Stella	3,698	↑11
75	Morgan	3,672	↓12
76	Alexandra	3,630	↓12
77	Trinity	3,625	↓5
78	Molly	3,616	↑9
79	Madelyn	3,604	↓3
80	Scarlett	3,564	new
81	Genesis	3,513	↑8
82	Andrea	3,512	↓2
83	Eva	3,470	↑8
84	Ariana	3,456	–
85	Madeline	3,429	↓8
86	Brooke	3,372	↓13
87	Caroline	3,370	↑1
88	Bailey	3,318	↓10
89	Melanie	3,289	↓7
90	Destiny	3,273	↓19
91	Kennedy	3,248	new
92	Maria	3,221	↓6
93	Naomi	3,195	↑2
94	London	3,168	new
95	Payton	3,153	↓16
96	Lydia	3,092	new
97	Ellie	3,064	new
98	Mariah	2,995	↓1
99	Aubree	2,943	new
100	Kaitlyn	2,908	↓10

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010
1	Jacob	20,403	–
2	Mason	19,530	↑10
3	William	17,362	↑2
4	Jayden	17,019	–
5	Noah	16,883	↑2
6	Michael	16,823	↓3
7	Ethan	16,702	↓5
8	Alexander	15,717	↓2
9	Aiden	15,520	–
10	Daniel	15,307	↓2
11	Anthony	14,290	↓1
12	Matthew	14,184	↑4
13	Elijah	14,001	↑5
14	Joshua	13,797	↓3
15	Liam	13,450	↑15
16	Andrew	13,297	↓2
17	James	13,275	↑2
18	David	13,258	↓3
19	Benjamin	13,082	↑3
20	Christopher	13,027	↓7
21	Logan	12,999	↓4
22	Joseph	12,995	↓2
23	Jackson	12,408	↑2
24	Gabriel	12,367	↓3
25	Ryan	11,503	↓2
26	Samuel	11,366	↓2
27	John	11,068	↓1
28	Nathan	10,523	↓1
29	Lucas	10,405	↑6
30	Christian	10,334	↓1
31	Jonathan	10,254	↓3
32	Caleb	10,040	–
33	Dylan	9,792	↓2
34	Landon	9,761	↓1
35	Isaac	9,607	↑4
36	Brayden	9,025	↑4
37	Gavin	9,016	↑1
38	Tyler	8,851	↓4
39	Luke	8,706	↑2
40	Evan	8,661	↓4
41	Carter	8,608	↑7
42	Nicholas	8,601	↓5
43	Isaiah	8,555	–
44	Owen	8,341	↑3
45	Jack	8,185	–
46	Jordan	8,096	–
47	Brandon	7,821	↓3
48	Wyatt	7,687	↑9
49	Jeremiah	7,630	↑2
50	Julian	7,627	↑3
51	Aaron	7,624	↑4
52	Angel	7,536	↓10
53	Cameron	7,527	↑7
54	Connor	7,410	↓5
55	Hunter	7,380	↑3
56	Adrian	7,349	–
57	Henry	7,235	↑10
58	Eli	7,220	↑7
59	Justin	7,129	↓9
60	Austin	7,034	↑4
61	Charles	6,987	↑2
62	Robert	6,984	↓8
63	Thomas	6,929	↓1
64	Zachary	6,811	↓3
65	Jose	6,766	↓13
66	Levi	6,661	↑4
67	Kevin	6,568	↓8
68	Sebastian	6,551	–
69	Chase	6,203	↓3
70	Ayden	6,129	↑8
71	Jason	5,854	↓2
72	Ian	5,620	–
73	Blake	5,617	↑14
74	Colton	5,601	↓1
75	Bentley	5,587	↑25
76	Xavier	5,450	↓5
77	Dominic	5,438	↓3
78	Oliver	5,414	↑10
79	Parker	5,296	↑6
80	Josiah	5,274	↓3
81	Adam	5,215	↓1
82	Cooper	5,176	↓7
83	Brody	5,078	–
84	Nathaniel	4,980	↓3
85	Carson	4,927	↓3
86	Jaxon	4,738	↑13
87	Tristan	4,732	↓3
88	Luis	4,693	↓9
89	Juan	4,684	↓13
90	Hayden	4,603	↑6
91	Carlos	4,182	↓2
92	Nolan	4,169	new
93	Jesus	4,168	↓1
94	Cole	4,140	↓4
95	Alex	4,041	↓2
96	Max	3,956	↑2
97	Bryson	3,944	new
98	Grayson	3,940	new
99	Diego	3,824	↓13
100	Jaden	3,811	↓9

Every name given in 2011

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