Popular baby names of 2014

In 2014, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls (20,970 babies) and Noah for boys (19,344). Social Security records show 3,707,226 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 19,232 girls' names and 14,081 boys' names.

2014 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.5% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 8.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Eleanor, Isabelle, Vivian, Alice, Jasmine, Hadley.
New in the boys' top 100: Asher, Ryder, Leo.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013
1	Emma	20,970	↑1
2	Olivia	19,840	↑1
3	Sophia	18,644	↓2
4	Isabella	17,136	–
5	Ava	15,727	–
6	Mia	13,534	–
7	Emily	12,670	–
8	Abigail	12,114	–
9	Madison	10,333	–
10	Charlotte	10,123	↑1
11	Harper	9,619	↑5
12	Sofia	9,612	↑1
13	Elizabeth	9,600	↓3
14	Avery	9,578	↓2
15	Amelia	8,805	↑2
16	Evelyn	8,753	↑4
17	Ella	8,570	↓2
18	Chloe	8,562	↓4
19	Victoria	8,012	↑6
20	Grace	7,660	↑2
21	Aubrey	7,635	↓3
22	Zoey	7,440	↑2
23	Natalie	7,115	↓2
24	Addison	7,010	↓5
25	Lillian	6,924	↑1
26	Brooklyn	6,842	↑2
27	Lily	6,789	–
28	Hannah	6,593	↓5
29	Layla	6,466	↑1
30	Scarlett	6,011	↑12
31	Aria	5,933	↑10
32	Zoe	5,884	↓1
33	Samantha	5,735	↓4
34	Anna	5,706	↑1
35	Leah	5,610	↓3
36	Audrey	5,570	↓3
37	Ariana	5,504	↑17
38	Savannah	5,490	↓2
39	Allison	5,476	↓5
40	Arianna	5,276	↑4
41	Camila	5,220	↓2
42	Gabriella	5,109	↓4
43	Penelope	5,089	↑13
44	Claire	5,015	↑6
45	Aaliyah	4,902	↓8
46	Sadie	4,871	↑3
47	Riley	4,800	↓2
48	Skylar	4,779	↑25
49	Nora	4,741	↑34
50	Sarah	4,717	↓2
51	Hailey	4,619	↓8
52	Kaylee	4,552	↓12
53	Paisley	4,501	↑27
54	Kennedy	4,498	↑11
55	Ellie	4,487	↑19
56	Peyton	4,455	↓5
57	Annabelle	4,363	↑24
58	Serenity	4,356	↓6
59	Caroline	4,348	↑4
60	Madelyn	4,312	↑8
61	Lucy	4,299	↑5
62	Aubree	4,280	↓9
63	Nevaeh	4,264	↓17
64	Alexa	4,249	↓4
65	Alexis	4,247	↓18
66	Stella	4,203	↑4
67	Violet	4,193	↑2
68	Genesis	4,170	↓13
69	Mackenzie	4,160	↓7
70	Bella	4,107	↓12
71	Autumn	4,082	↓7
72	Mila	4,064	↑7
73	Kylie	3,962	↓12
74	Maya	3,957	↓2
75	Piper	3,868	↑22
76	Alyssa	3,849	↓19
77	Taylor	3,818	↓18
78	Eleanor	3,740	new
79	Faith	3,739	↑10
80	Naomi	3,716	↑6
81	Melanie	3,701	↑3
82	Katherine	3,691	↓5
83	Eva	3,687	↑5
84	Lydia	3,652	↑11
85	Brianna	3,616	↓14
86	Julia	3,605	↓11
87	Ashley	3,560	↓20
88	Khloe	3,553	↓10
89	Madeline	3,445	↑1
90	Ruby	3,430	↑3
91	Sophie	3,394	↓15
92	Alexandra	3,316	↓10
93	London	3,290	↓8
94	Lauren	3,097	↓2
95	Gianna	3,082	↓8
96	Isabelle	3,080	new
97	Vivian	3,063	new
98	Alice	3,055	new
99	Jasmine	3,045	new
100	Hadley	3,015	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013
1	Noah	19,344	–
2	Liam	18,488	↑1
3	Mason	17,225	↑1
4	Jacob	16,923	↓2
5	William	16,851	–
6	Ethan	15,749	–
7	Michael	15,505	–
8	Alexander	15,449	–
9	James	14,464	↑4
10	Daniel	13,961	–
11	Elijah	13,886	–
12	Benjamin	13,830	↑2
13	Logan	13,669	↑5
14	Aiden	13,438	↓2
15	Jayden	12,995	↓6
16	Matthew	12,944	↓1
17	David	12,259	–
18	Jackson	12,242	↓2
19	Lucas	12,175	↑4
20	Joseph	12,155	–
21	Anthony	11,613	↓2
22	Andrew	11,189	–
23	Samuel	11,029	↑2
24	Gabriel	10,961	–
25	Joshua	10,929	↓4
26	John	10,701	↑1
27	Carter	10,691	↑6
28	Luke	10,523	↑6
29	Dylan	10,416	–
30	Christopher	10,390	↓4
31	Isaac	9,999	↓3
32	Oliver	9,453	↑20
33	Henry	9,442	↑4
34	Sebastian	9,315	↑12
35	Caleb	9,245	↓3
36	Owen	9,159	↑2
37	Ryan	9,098	↓7
38	Nathan	8,997	↓7
39	Wyatt	8,895	↑3
40	Hunter	8,841	↓4
41	Jack	8,753	↓1
42	Christian	8,480	↓7
43	Landon	8,249	↓4
44	Jonathan	8,120	↓3
45	Levi	8,081	↑4
46	Jaxon	7,729	↓1
47	Julian	7,686	–
48	Isaiah	7,657	↓4
49	Eli	7,513	↓6
50	Aaron	7,412	↑1
51	Charles	7,362	↑6
52	Connor	7,231	↑4
53	Cameron	7,069	↑6
54	Thomas	7,043	↑7
55	Jordan	6,903	↓2
56	Jeremiah	6,899	↑2
57	Nicholas	6,779	↓3
58	Evan	6,725	↓3
59	Adrian	6,706	↑1
60	Robert	6,660	↑2
61	Gavin	6,622	↓11
62	Brayden	6,596	↓14
63	Grayson	6,581	↑14
64	Josiah	6,482	↑5
65	Colton	6,405	–
66	Austin	6,317	↓2
67	Angel	6,314	–
68	Jace	6,301	↓2
69	Dominic	6,264	↓1
70	Kevin	5,902	↑2
71	Brandon	5,856	↓1
72	Tyler	5,851	↓9
73	Parker	5,720	↑1
74	Ayden	5,632	↓3
75	Jason	5,568	↑4
76	Jose	5,485	–
77	Ian	5,461	↑3
78	Chase	5,363	–
79	Adam	5,344	↑3
80	Hudson	5,241	↑7
81	Nolan	5,210	↑5
82	Zachary	5,188	↓9
83	Easton	4,988	↑5
84	Blake	4,948	↓9
85	Jaxson	4,947	↑7
86	Cooper	4,851	↓2
87	Lincoln	4,824	↑8
88	Xavier	4,789	↓5
89	Bentley	4,785	↓8
90	Kayden	4,742	↑3
91	Carson	4,625	↓1
92	Asher	4,333	new
93	Brody	4,327	↑1
94	Nathaniel	4,317	↓3
95	Ryder	4,113	new
96	Justin	4,033	↓11
97	Leo	3,976	new
98	Tristan	3,927	↓2
99	Luis	3,905	↓2
100	Juan	3,903	–

Every name given in 2014

All 33,313 names Social Security recorded for 2014, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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