Popular baby names of 2017

In 2017, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls (19,873 babies) and Liam for boys (18,874). Social Security records show 3,577,417 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 18,448 girls' names and 14,262 boys' names.

2017 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 8.0% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Emilia, Everly, Isabelle, Nova, Valentina.
New in the boys' top 100: Ezekiel, Maverick, Santiago, Kayden, Jameson.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016
1	Emma	19,873	–
2	Olivia	18,778	–
3	Ava	16,017	–
4	Isabella	15,263	↑1
5	Sophia	14,947	↓1
6	Mia	13,521	–
7	Charlotte	12,969	–
8	Amelia	11,870	↑2
9	Evelyn	10,748	↑3
10	Abigail	10,645	↓2
11	Harper	10,524	–
12	Emily	9,817	↓3
13	Elizabeth	9,004	–
14	Avery	8,237	↑2
15	Sofia	8,175	↓1
16	Ella	8,084	↑1
17	Madison	7,910	↓2
18	Scarlett	7,721	–
19	Victoria	7,314	↑2
20	Aria	7,168	↑3
21	Grace	7,087	↓2
22	Chloe	6,982	↓2
23	Camila	6,776	↑9
24	Penelope	6,668	↑3
25	Riley	6,368	↓3
26	Layla	6,335	↑4
27	Lillian	6,181	↑1
28	Zoey	6,077	↓2
29	Nora	6,067	↑7
30	Mila	5,974	↑18
31	Aubrey	5,937	↓6
32	Hannah	5,934	↑1
33	Lily	5,862	↓9
34	Addison	5,639	↓5
35	Natalie	5,554	↓4
36	Eleanor	5,549	↑5
37	Luna	5,356	↑40
38	Savannah	5,255	–
39	Brooklyn	5,213	↓5
40	Leah	5,202	↓3
41	Zoe	5,173	↓6
42	Stella	5,070	↑3
43	Hazel	5,047	↑9
44	Ellie	5,020	↓1
45	Paisley	4,958	↑1
46	Audrey	4,835	↓7
47	Violet	4,741	–
48	Skylar	4,736	↓6
49	Claire	4,702	↓9
50	Bella	4,667	↑28
51	Aurora	4,615	↑15
52	Lucy	4,604	↑3
53	Anna	4,574	↓4
54	Samantha	4,333	↓10
55	Caroline	4,294	↑1
56	Genesis	4,274	↑2
57	Aaliyah	4,197	↓4
58	Kennedy	4,162	↑1
59	Kinsley	4,053	↑27
60	Maya	4,046	↑4
61	Allison	4,037	↓11
62	Sarah	4,036	↓5
63	Madelyn	3,967	↓1
64	Adeline	3,937	↓1
65	Gabriella	3,905	↓4
66	Alexa	3,896	↓15
67	Ariana	3,890	↓13
68	Elena	3,882	↑26
69	Naomi	3,866	↑6
70	Alice	3,826	↑6
71	Sadie	3,724	↓11
72	Hailey	3,712	↓4
73	Eva	3,642	↑1
74	Nevaeh	3,623	↓1
75	Autumn	3,611	↓10
76	Quinn	3,597	↑3
77	Emilia	3,596	new
78	Serenity	3,596	↓8
79	Ruby	3,587	↓8
80	Willow	3,569	↑16
81	Piper	3,567	↓14
82	Everly	3,524	new
83	Cora	3,446	↑4
84	Kaylee	3,417	↓12
85	Lydia	3,341	↓5
86	Aubree	3,328	↓2
87	Arianna	3,290	↓18
88	Eliana	3,283	↑5
89	Peyton	3,260	↓8
90	Melanie	3,240	↓8
91	Gianna	3,199	↑1
92	Isabelle	3,168	new
93	Julia	3,125	↓5
94	Nova	3,057	new
95	Clara	3,045	↑5
96	Valentina	3,042	new
97	Vivian	3,032	↓2
98	Reagan	3,005	–
99	Madeline	2,966	↓9
100	Mackenzie	2,962	↓15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016
1	Liam	18,874	↑1
2	Noah	18,507	↓1
3	William	15,046	–
4	James	14,362	↑1
5	Logan	14,061	↑13
6	Benjamin	13,858	–
7	Mason	13,602	↓3
8	Elijah	13,449	↑1
9	Jacob	13,269	↓2
10	Oliver	13,224	↑2
11	Lucas	13,032	↑3
12	Michael	12,726	↓4
13	Alexander	12,577	↓2
14	Ethan	12,483	↓4
15	Daniel	11,758	↓2
16	Matthew	11,732	↓1
17	Aiden	11,357	↓1
18	Joseph	10,488	↑2
19	Henry	10,482	↑3
20	Jackson	10,469	↓3
21	Samuel	10,449	–
22	David	10,244	↓3
23	Sebastian	10,197	–
24	Carter	9,833	↑2
25	Wyatt	9,727	↑8
26	Jayden	9,594	↑1
27	John	9,536	↑1
28	Owen	9,363	↓4
29	Dylan	9,315	↑3
30	Luke	9,224	↓1
31	Gabriel	9,178	↓6
32	Isaac	8,894	↓1
33	Anthony	8,877	↓3
34	Grayson	8,718	↑3
35	Levi	8,478	↑7
36	Jack	8,477	↑2
37	Julian	8,455	↑2
38	Joshua	8,353	↓3
39	Christopher	8,319	↓3
40	Andrew	8,290	↓6
41	Lincoln	8,202	↑10
42	Mateo	7,774	↑17
43	Jaxon	7,725	↓2
44	Ryan	7,706	↓4
45	Nathan	7,442	↓2
46	Isaiah	7,262	↑1
47	Aaron	7,219	↑2
48	Charles	7,193	↑4
49	Thomas	7,187	↓1
50	Caleb	7,154	↓6
51	Josiah	7,079	↑4
52	Christian	7,025	↓6
53	Hunter	6,760	↓8
54	Eli	6,637	↓4
55	Jonathan	6,534	↑1
56	Connor	6,422	↓2
57	Landon	6,358	↓4
58	Adrian	6,236	↑2
59	Asher	6,062	↑12
60	Cameron	5,975	↓3
61	Theodore	5,973	↑22
62	Leo	5,965	↑12
63	Jeremiah	5,887	↓5
64	Hudson	5,789	↓3
65	Robert	5,566	↓3
66	Easton	5,520	–
67	Nolan	5,400	–
68	Nicholas	5,372	↓5
69	Ezra	5,349	↑16
70	Colton	5,294	↓2
71	Angel	5,278	↓1
72	Brayden	5,178	↓8
73	Jordan	5,176	↓8
74	Dominic	5,111	↓2
75	Austin	5,060	↓2
76	Ian	5,033	↑2
77	Adam	4,933	↓2
78	Elias	4,931	↑15
79	Jaxson	4,866	↑3
80	Greyson	4,849	↑15
81	Jose	4,815	↓4
82	Ezekiel	4,777	new
83	Carson	4,766	↓2
84	Maverick	4,731	new
85	Evan	4,727	↓16
86	Bryson	4,679	↑8
87	Jace	4,656	↓11
88	Cooper	4,618	↓9
89	Xavier	4,521	↓1
90	Parker	4,382	↓3
91	Roman	4,282	↑7
92	Jason	4,256	↓8
93	Santiago	4,204	new
94	Chase	4,186	↓8
95	Sawyer	4,171	↑2
96	Gavin	4,159	↓16
97	Leonardo	4,131	↓1
98	Kayden	4,014	new
99	Ayden	3,964	↓7
100	Jameson	3,932	new

Every name given in 2017

All 32,710 names Social Security recorded for 2017, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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