Popular baby names of 2015

In 2015, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls (20,487 babies) and Noah for boys (19,680). Social Security records show 3,701,841 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 19,130 girls' names and 14,059 boys' names.

2015 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 8.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Hazel, Aurora, Cora, Quinn, Clara, Reagan.
New in the boys' top 100: Mateo, Ezra, Sawyer, Theodore, Elias.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014
1	Emma	20,487	–
2	Olivia	19,729	–
3	Sophia	17,454	–
4	Ava	16,416	↑1
5	Isabella	15,667	↓1
6	Mia	14,943	–
7	Abigail	12,422	↑1
8	Emily	11,808	↓1
9	Charlotte	11,415	↑1
10	Harper	10,311	↑1
11	Madison	10,107	↓2
12	Amelia	9,878	↑3
13	Elizabeth	9,771	–
14	Sofia	9,702	↓2
15	Evelyn	9,377	↑1
16	Avery	9,356	↓2
17	Chloe	7,950	↑1
18	Ella	7,918	↓1
19	Grace	7,680	↑1
20	Victoria	7,630	↓1
21	Aubrey	7,403	–
22	Scarlett	7,143	↑8
23	Zoey	6,977	↓1
24	Addison	6,735	–
25	Lily	6,683	↑2
26	Lillian	6,628	↓1
27	Natalie	6,510	↓4
28	Hannah	6,434	–
29	Aria	6,419	↑2
30	Layla	6,348	↓1
31	Brooklyn	6,333	↓5
32	Alexa	6,053	↑32
33	Zoe	6,051	↓1
34	Penelope	5,953	↑9
35	Riley	5,739	↑12
36	Leah	5,636	↓1
37	Audrey	5,613	↓1
38	Savannah	5,469	–
39	Allison	5,356	–
40	Samantha	5,347	↓7
41	Nora	5,330	↑8
42	Skylar	5,295	↑6
43	Camila	5,275	↓2
44	Anna	5,150	↓10
45	Paisley	5,091	↑8
46	Ariana	4,973	↓9
47	Aaliyah	4,884	↓2
48	Ellie	4,873	↑7
49	Claire	4,837	↓5
50	Violet	4,822	↑17
51	Stella	4,798	↑15
52	Sadie	4,763	↓6
53	Mila	4,733	↑19
54	Gabriella	4,631	↓12
55	Lucy	4,558	↑6
56	Arianna	4,548	↓16
57	Sarah	4,535	↓7
58	Kennedy	4,523	↓4
59	Madelyn	4,486	↑1
60	Eleanor	4,442	↑18
61	Kaylee	4,377	↓9
62	Caroline	4,333	↓3
63	Hazel	4,302	new
64	Hailey	4,251	↓13
65	Genesis	4,168	↑3
66	Kylie	4,162	↑7
67	Piper	4,140	↑8
68	Maya	4,133	↑6
69	Autumn	4,124	↑2
70	Nevaeh	4,028	↓7
71	Serenity	4,006	↓13
72	Peyton	3,906	↓16
73	Mackenzie	3,869	↓4
74	Bella	3,814	↓4
75	Naomi	3,775	↑5
76	Eva	3,772	↑7
77	Taylor	3,756	–
78	Aurora	3,654	new
79	Aubree	3,636	↓17
80	Lydia	3,514	↑4
81	Melanie	3,497	–
82	Brianna	3,475	↑3
83	Ruby	3,467	↑7
84	Katherine	3,454	↓2
85	Alexis	3,435	↓20
86	Ashley	3,429	↑1
87	Alice	3,426	↑11
88	Cora	3,403	new
89	Julia	3,375	↓3
90	Faith	3,348	↓11
91	Madeline	3,339	↓2
92	Annabelle	3,283	↓35
93	Alyssa	3,255	↓17
94	Isabelle	3,225	↑2
95	Vivian	3,204	↑2
96	Gianna	3,183	↓1
97	Quinn	3,095	new
98	Clara	3,070	new
99	Reagan	3,061	new
100	Alexandra	3,007	↓8

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014
1	Noah	19,680	–
2	Liam	18,410	–
3	Mason	16,675	–
4	Jacob	16,005	–
5	William	15,950	–
6	Ethan	15,103	–
7	James	14,865	↑2
8	Alexander	14,584	–
9	Michael	14,504	↓2
10	Benjamin	13,732	↑2
11	Elijah	13,710	–
12	Daniel	13,543	↓2
13	Aiden	13,506	↑1
14	Logan	12,939	↓1
15	Matthew	12,785	↑1
16	Lucas	12,331	↑3
17	Jackson	12,299	↑1
18	David	11,838	↓1
19	Oliver	11,670	↑13
20	Jayden	11,583	↓5
21	Joseph	11,531	↓1
22	Gabriel	10,913	↑2
23	Samuel	10,905	–
24	Carter	10,814	↑3
25	Anthony	10,664	↓4
26	John	10,423	–
27	Dylan	10,298	↑2
28	Luke	10,294	–
29	Henry	10,186	↑4
30	Andrew	10,147	↓8
31	Isaac	9,988	–
32	Christopher	9,853	↓2
33	Joshua	9,850	↓8
34	Wyatt	9,659	↑5
35	Sebastian	9,632	↓1
36	Owen	9,608	–
37	Caleb	8,826	↓2
38	Nathan	8,600	–
39	Ryan	8,548	↓2
40	Jack	8,514	↑1
41	Hunter	8,367	↓1
42	Levi	8,337	↑3
43	Christian	8,220	↓1
44	Jaxon	8,082	↑2
45	Julian	8,064	↑2
46	Landon	7,948	↓3
47	Grayson	7,926	↑16
48	Jonathan	7,660	↓4
49	Isaiah	7,658	↓1
50	Charles	7,204	↑1
51	Thomas	7,204	↑3
52	Aaron	7,177	↓2
53	Eli	7,163	↓4
54	Jeremiah	6,827	↑2
55	Connor	6,772	↓3
56	Cameron	6,760	↓3
57	Josiah	6,677	↑7
58	Adrian	6,540	↑1
59	Jordan	6,327	↓4
60	Colton	6,318	↑5
61	Brayden	6,282	↑1
62	Nicholas	6,263	↓5
63	Robert	6,137	↓3
64	Angel	6,116	↑3
65	Hudson	6,049	↑15
66	Lincoln	6,001	↑21
67	Evan	5,916	↓9
68	Dominic	5,870	↑1
69	Austin	5,827	↓3
70	Gavin	5,794	↓9
71	Nolan	5,739	↑10
72	Parker	5,418	↑1
73	Adam	5,404	↑6
74	Chase	5,387	↑4
75	Jace	5,357	↓7
76	Ian	5,332	↑1
77	Cooper	5,272	↑9
78	Easton	5,230	↑5
79	Kevin	5,184	↓9
80	Jose	5,177	↓4
81	Tyler	5,175	↓9
82	Asher	5,137	↑10
83	Brandon	5,128	↓12
84	Jaxson	5,070	↑1
85	Mateo	5,029	new
86	Jason	5,025	↓11
87	Ayden	4,891	↓13
88	Zachary	4,866	↓6
89	Carson	4,761	↑2
90	Xavier	4,667	↓2
91	Leo	4,603	↑6
92	Bentley	4,342	↓3
93	Ezra	4,339	new
94	Sawyer	4,272	new
95	Kayden	4,263	↓5
96	Blake	4,234	↓12
97	Nathaniel	4,234	↓3
98	Ryder	4,165	↓3
99	Theodore	4,155	new
100	Elias	4,101	new

Every name given in 2015

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