Popular baby names of 2016

In 2016, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls (19,550 babies) and Noah for boys (19,188). Social Security records show 3,669,760 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 18,885 girls' names and 14,207 boys' names.

2016 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 8.2% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Adeline, Luna, Kinsley, Eliana, Elena, Willow.
New in the boys' top 100: Bryson, Greyson, Leonardo, Roman.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015
1	Emma	19,550	–
2	Olivia	19,414	–
3	Ava	16,354	↑1
4	Sophia	16,185	↓1
5	Isabella	14,863	–
6	Mia	14,464	–
7	Charlotte	13,118	↑2
8	Abigail	11,796	↓1
9	Emily	11,006	↓1
10	Amelia	10,809	↑2
11	Harper	10,803	↓1
12	Evelyn	10,116	↑3
13	Elizabeth	9,607	–
14	Sofia	9,179	–
15	Madison	9,057	↓4
16	Avery	8,774	–
17	Ella	7,940	↑1
18	Scarlett	7,720	↑4
19	Grace	7,617	–
20	Chloe	7,484	↓3
21	Victoria	7,329	↓1
22	Riley	7,159	↑13
23	Aria	6,949	↑6
24	Lily	6,610	↑1
25	Aubrey	6,552	↓4
26	Zoey	6,481	↓3
27	Penelope	6,400	↑7
28	Lillian	6,386	↓2
29	Addison	6,341	↓5
30	Layla	6,300	–
31	Natalie	6,191	↓4
32	Camila	6,054	↑11
33	Hannah	6,038	↓5
34	Brooklyn	5,971	↓3
35	Zoe	5,764	↓2
36	Nora	5,593	↑5
37	Leah	5,434	↓1
38	Savannah	5,389	–
39	Audrey	5,369	↓2
40	Claire	5,216	↑9
41	Eleanor	5,140	↑19
42	Skylar	5,137	–
43	Ellie	5,074	↑5
44	Samantha	4,956	↓4
45	Stella	4,933	↑6
46	Paisley	4,883	↓1
47	Violet	4,882	↑3
48	Mila	4,830	↑5
49	Anna	4,810	↓5
50	Allison	4,786	↓11
51	Alexa	4,775	↓19
52	Hazel	4,682	↑11
53	Aaliyah	4,660	↓6
54	Ariana	4,609	↓8
55	Lucy	4,604	–
56	Caroline	4,437	↑6
57	Sarah	4,429	–
58	Genesis	4,351	↑7
59	Kennedy	4,341	↓1
60	Sadie	4,299	↓8
61	Gabriella	4,263	↓7
62	Madelyn	4,241	↓3
63	Adeline	4,120	new
64	Maya	4,090	↑4
65	Autumn	4,045	↑4
66	Aurora	4,006	↑12
67	Piper	3,956	–
68	Hailey	3,947	↓4
69	Arianna	3,913	↓13
70	Serenity	3,871	↑1
71	Ruby	3,847	↑12
72	Kaylee	3,845	↓11
73	Nevaeh	3,825	↓3
74	Eva	3,814	↑2
75	Naomi	3,808	–
76	Alice	3,692	↑11
77	Luna	3,688	new
78	Bella	3,685	↓4
79	Quinn	3,649	↑18
80	Lydia	3,625	–
81	Peyton	3,511	↓9
82	Melanie	3,490	↓1
83	Kylie	3,427	↓17
84	Aubree	3,422	↓5
85	Mackenzie	3,410	↓12
86	Kinsley	3,378	new
87	Cora	3,374	↑1
88	Julia	3,344	↑1
89	Taylor	3,281	↓12
90	Madeline	3,280	↑1
91	Katherine	3,276	↓7
92	Gianna	3,226	↑4
93	Eliana	3,207	new
94	Elena	3,190	new
95	Vivian	3,142	–
96	Willow	3,125	new
97	Brianna	3,098	↓15
98	Reagan	3,097	↑1
99	Faith	3,093	↓9
100	Clara	3,075	↓2

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015
1	Noah	19,188	–
2	Liam	18,277	–
3	William	15,810	↑2
4	Mason	15,287	↓1
5	James	14,920	↑2
6	Benjamin	14,686	↑4
7	Jacob	14,559	↓3
8	Michael	14,145	↑1
9	Elijah	13,982	↑2
10	Ethan	13,855	↓4
11	Alexander	13,446	↓3
12	Oliver	13,066	↑7
13	Daniel	12,996	↓1
14	Lucas	12,906	↑2
15	Matthew	12,665	–
16	Aiden	12,269	↓3
17	Jackson	11,315	–
18	Logan	11,278	↓4
19	David	11,153	↓1
20	Joseph	10,969	↑1
21	Samuel	10,621	↑2
22	Henry	10,390	↑7
23	Sebastian	10,309	↑12
24	Owen	10,305	↑12
25	Gabriel	10,279	↓3
26	Carter	10,220	↓2
27	Jayden	10,158	↓7
28	John	10,060	↓2
29	Luke	10,001	↓1
30	Anthony	9,900	↓5
31	Isaac	9,782	–
32	Dylan	9,720	↓5
33	Wyatt	9,581	↑1
34	Andrew	9,437	↓4
35	Joshua	9,258	↓2
36	Christopher	9,106	↓4
37	Grayson	8,693	↑10
38	Jack	8,430	↑2
39	Julian	8,388	↑6
40	Ryan	8,261	↓1
41	Jaxon	8,145	↑3
42	Levi	8,118	–
43	Nathan	8,000	↓5
44	Caleb	7,982	↓7
45	Hunter	7,681	↓4
46	Christian	7,674	↓3
47	Isaiah	7,573	↑2
48	Thomas	7,367	↑3
49	Aaron	7,178	↑3
50	Eli	7,132	↑3
51	Lincoln	7,129	↑15
52	Charles	7,127	↓2
53	Landon	7,046	↓7
54	Connor	7,037	↑1
55	Josiah	7,025	↑2
56	Jonathan	6,982	↓8
57	Cameron	6,861	↓1
58	Jeremiah	6,629	↓4
59	Mateo	6,559	↑26
60	Adrian	6,337	↓2
61	Hudson	6,127	↑4
62	Robert	6,010	↑1
63	Nicholas	5,765	↓1
64	Brayden	5,734	↓3
65	Jordan	5,680	↓6
66	Easton	5,643	↑12
67	Nolan	5,634	↑4
68	Colton	5,624	↓8
69	Evan	5,613	↓2
70	Angel	5,564	↓6
71	Asher	5,525	↑11
72	Dominic	5,428	↓4
73	Austin	5,374	↓4
74	Leo	5,299	↑17
75	Adam	5,224	↓2
76	Jace	5,208	↓1
77	Jose	5,119	↑3
78	Ian	5,079	↓2
79	Cooper	4,974	↓2
80	Gavin	4,944	↓10
81	Carson	4,931	↑8
82	Jaxson	4,916	↑2
83	Theodore	4,910	↑16
84	Jason	4,886	↑2
85	Ezra	4,882	↑8
86	Chase	4,868	↓12
87	Parker	4,730	↓15
88	Xavier	4,625	↑2
89	Zachary	4,576	↓1
90	Kevin	4,557	↓11
91	Tyler	4,515	↓10
92	Ayden	4,506	↓5
93	Elias	4,486	↑7
94	Bryson	4,372	new
95	Greyson	4,326	new
96	Leonardo	4,325	new
97	Sawyer	4,248	↓3
98	Roman	4,222	new
99	Brandon	4,101	↓16
100	Bentley	4,073	↓8

Every name given in 2016

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