Popular baby names of 2012

In 2012, the most popular baby names in the United States were Sophia for girls (22,336 babies) and Jacob for boys (19,110). Social Security records show 3,657,999 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 19,534 girls' names and 14,250 boys' names.

2012 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.8% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 8.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Skylar, Violet, Aria, Reagan, Piper, Annabelle.
New in the boys' top 100: Jace, Hudson, Easton, Kayden, Damian, Ryder.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011
1	Sophia	22,336	–
2	Emma	20,976	↑1
3	Isabella	19,138	↓1
4	Olivia	17,333	–
5	Ava	15,549	–
6	Emily	13,666	–
7	Abigail	12,730	–
8	Mia	12,039	↑1
9	Madison	11,417	↓1
10	Elizabeth	9,730	↑1
11	Chloe	9,672	↓1
12	Ella	9,210	–
13	Avery	8,319	↑5
14	Addison	8,183	↓1
15	Aubrey	8,061	↑5
16	Lily	7,970	↓1
17	Natalie	7,908	↓3
18	Sofia	7,837	↑1
19	Charlotte	7,483	↑8
20	Zoey	7,482	↑8
21	Grace	7,393	↓5
22	Hannah	7,293	↑3
23	Amelia	7,249	↑7
24	Harper	7,199	↑30
25	Lillian	7,171	↓3
26	Samantha	6,938	↓9
27	Evelyn	6,880	↓3
28	Victoria	6,871	↓5
29	Brooklyn	6,796	↓8
30	Zoe	6,466	↑1
31	Layla	6,279	↑4
32	Hailey	5,917	–
33	Leah	5,781	↓4
34	Anna	5,630	↑4
35	Kaylee	5,629	↑1
36	Aaliyah	5,523	↑10
37	Gabriella	5,512	↓3
38	Allison	5,428	↑2
39	Nevaeh	5,412	↓6
40	Alexis	5,375	↓14
41	Audrey	5,300	↑2
42	Sarah	5,207	↓3
43	Savannah	5,203	↓2
44	Alyssa	5,091	↓7
45	Claire	4,944	↑5
46	Taylor	4,873	↓2
47	Riley	4,833	–
48	Camila	4,791	–
49	Arianna	4,735	↑3
50	Ashley	4,701	↓8
51	Brianna	4,646	↓6
52	Sophie	4,581	↓1
53	Peyton	4,478	–
54	Bella	4,362	↑6
55	Khloe	4,320	↓6
56	Genesis	4,309	↑25
57	Alexa	4,297	↓2
58	Serenity	4,248	↑8
59	Kylie	4,177	↓2
60	Aubree	4,052	↑39
61	Scarlett	4,045	↑19
62	Stella	4,006	↑12
63	Maya	3,981	↑1
64	Katherine	3,953	↓3
65	Julia	3,882	↓7
66	Lucy	3,818	↑7
67	Madelyn	3,795	↑12
68	Autumn	3,784	↑1
69	Kayla	3,776	↓10
70	Makayla	3,774	↓14
71	Mackenzie	3,764	↓3
72	Lauren	3,660	↓10
73	Gianna	3,627	↓10
74	Ariana	3,588	↑10
75	Faith	3,561	↓5
76	Alexandra	3,483	–
77	Melanie	3,467	↑12
78	Sydney	3,456	↓13
79	Naomi	3,432	↑14
80	Caroline	3,421	↑7
81	Bailey	3,418	↑7
82	Morgan	3,403	↓7
83	Jasmine	3,394	↓11
84	Kennedy	3,389	↑7
85	Ellie	3,388	↑12
86	Eva	3,369	↓3
87	Skylar	3,349	new
88	Kimberly	3,317	↓21
89	Violet	3,283	new
90	Molly	3,261	↓12
91	Trinity	3,251	↓14
92	Aria	3,233	new
93	Jocelyn	3,232	↓22
94	London	3,202	–
95	Lydia	3,176	↑1
96	Madeline	3,162	↓11
97	Reagan	3,088	new
98	Piper	3,073	new
99	Annabelle	3,058	new
100	Andrea	3,054	↓18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011
1	Jacob	19,110	–
2	Mason	18,994	–
3	Ethan	17,697	↑4
4	Noah	17,385	↑1
5	William	16,917	↓2
6	Liam	16,824	↑9
7	Michael	16,211	↓1
8	Jayden	16,152	↓4
9	Alexander	15,259	↓1
10	Aiden	14,924	↓1
11	Daniel	14,304	↓1
12	Matthew	13,993	–
13	Elijah	13,914	–
14	James	13,458	↑3
15	Anthony	13,228	↓4
16	Benjamin	12,835	↑3
17	Joshua	12,681	↓3
18	Andrew	12,643	↓2
19	Joseph	12,594	↑3
20	David	12,565	↓2
21	Jackson	12,498	↑2
22	Logan	12,488	↓1
23	Christopher	11,921	↓3
24	Gabriel	11,580	–
25	Samuel	11,470	↑1
26	Ryan	10,944	↓1
27	Lucas	10,718	↑2
28	John	10,638	↓1
29	Nathan	10,431	↓1
30	Isaac	10,065	↑5
31	Dylan	10,001	↑2
32	Caleb	9,977	–
33	Christian	9,640	↓3
34	Jonathan	9,372	↓3
35	Landon	9,356	↓1
36	Carter	9,274	↑5
37	Luke	9,022	↑2
38	Owen	8,695	↑6
39	Brayden	8,513	↓3
40	Gavin	8,260	↓3
41	Wyatt	8,233	↑7
42	Isaiah	8,190	↑1
43	Eli	8,079	↑15
44	Henry	8,075	↑13
45	Hunter	8,053	↑10
46	Jack	7,941	↓1
47	Evan	7,912	↓7
48	Jordan	7,828	↓2
49	Nicholas	7,742	↓7
50	Tyler	7,706	↓12
51	Aaron	7,545	–
52	Jeremiah	7,498	↓3
53	Julian	7,389	↓3
54	Cameron	7,376	↓1
55	Levi	7,244	↑11
56	Brandon	7,041	↓9
57	Angel	7,024	↓5
58	Austin	7,014	↑2
59	Connor	6,983	↓5
60	Robert	6,963	↑2
61	Adrian	6,952	↓5
62	Charles	6,947	↓1
63	Thomas	6,855	–
64	Sebastian	6,744	↑4
65	Colton	6,362	↑9
66	Jaxon	6,316	↑20
67	Zachary	6,263	↓3
68	Ayden	6,234	↑2
69	Kevin	6,232	↓2
70	Dominic	6,189	↑7
71	Blake	6,047	↑2
72	Jose	6,041	↓7
73	Oliver	5,924	↑5
74	Justin	5,906	↓15
75	Bentley	5,895	–
76	Jason	5,759	↓5
77	Chase	5,706	↓8
78	Ian	5,696	↓6
79	Josiah	5,538	↑1
80	Xavier	5,386	↓4
81	Parker	5,370	↓2
82	Adam	5,323	↓1
83	Cooper	5,194	↓1
84	Nathaniel	4,795	–
85	Jace	4,724	new
86	Grayson	4,717	↑12
87	Carson	4,597	↓2
88	Tristan	4,441	↓1
89	Nolan	4,427	↑3
90	Luis	4,373	↓2
91	Brody	4,366	↓8
92	Juan	4,284	↓3
93	Hudson	4,222	new
94	Bryson	4,042	↑3
95	Carlos	4,010	↓4
96	Easton	3,943	new
97	Kayden	3,884	new
98	Alex	3,870	↓3
99	Damian	3,860	new
100	Ryder	3,821	new

Every name given in 2012

All 33,784 names Social Security recorded for 2012, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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