Popular baby names of 2018

In 2018, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emma for girls (18,824 babies) and Liam for boys (19,977). Social Security records show 3,517,232 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 18,152 girls' names and 14,118 boys' names.

2018 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 7.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Isla, Ivy, Josephine, Delilah, Emery, Sophie, Brielle.
New in the boys' top 100: Axel, Everett, Miles.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017
1	Emma	18,824	–
2	Olivia	18,061	–
3	Ava	15,034	–
4	Isabella	14,575	–
5	Sophia	14,013	–
6	Charlotte	13,038	↑1
7	Mia	12,742	↓1
8	Amelia	12,405	–
9	Harper	10,646	↑2
10	Evelyn	10,433	↓1
11	Abigail	9,879	↓1
12	Emily	8,718	–
13	Elizabeth	8,600	–
14	Mila	8,169	↑16
15	Ella	8,127	↑1
16	Avery	8,099	↓2
17	Sofia	7,667	↓2
18	Camila	7,508	↑5
19	Aria	7,437	↑1
20	Scarlett	7,226	↓2
21	Victoria	7,134	↓2
22	Madison	7,103	↓5
23	Luna	6,937	↑14
24	Grace	6,789	↓3
25	Chloe	6,679	↓3
26	Penelope	6,524	↓2
27	Layla	6,512	↓1
28	Riley	6,010	↓3
29	Zoey	5,946	↓1
30	Nora	5,837	↓1
31	Lily	5,753	↑2
32	Eleanor	5,728	↑4
33	Hannah	5,680	↓1
34	Lillian	5,567	↓7
35	Addison	5,232	↓1
36	Ellie	5,223	↑8
37	Aubrey	5,209	↓6
38	Stella	5,164	↑4
39	Natalie	5,127	↓4
40	Zoe	5,124	↑1
41	Leah	5,038	↓1
42	Hazel	4,951	↑1
43	Violet	4,834	↑4
44	Aurora	4,830	↑7
45	Savannah	4,769	↓7
46	Audrey	4,697	–
47	Brooklyn	4,652	↓8
48	Bella	4,578	↑2
49	Skylar	4,411	↓1
50	Claire	4,406	↓1
51	Lucy	4,378	↑1
52	Paisley	4,366	↓7
53	Everly	4,345	↑29
54	Anna	4,198	↓1
55	Nova	4,174	↑39
56	Caroline	4,167	↓1
57	Genesis	4,099	↓1
58	Emilia	4,040	↑19
59	Kennedy	3,946	↓1
60	Willow	3,933	↑20
61	Samantha	3,924	↓7
62	Maya	3,918	↓2
63	Kinsley	3,881	↓4
64	Naomi	3,855	↑5
65	Aaliyah	3,845	↓8
66	Sarah	3,781	↓4
67	Elena	3,776	↑1
68	Ariana	3,739	↓1
69	Gabriella	3,710	↓4
70	Allison	3,694	↓9
71	Alice	3,667	↓1
72	Madelyn	3,652	↓9
73	Cora	3,596	↑10
74	Ruby	3,591	↑5
75	Serenity	3,570	↑3
76	Eva	3,569	↓3
77	Autumn	3,506	↓2
78	Adeline	3,491	↓14
79	Hailey	3,474	↓7
80	Gianna	3,451	↑11
81	Valentina	3,436	↑15
82	Isla	3,410	new
83	Nevaeh	3,410	↓9
84	Eliana	3,405	↑4
85	Quinn	3,390	↓9
86	Ivy	3,287	new
87	Sadie	3,267	↓16
88	Piper	3,230	↓7
89	Lydia	3,213	↓4
90	Alexa	3,068	↓24
91	Josephine	3,050	new
92	Delilah	3,012	new
93	Julia	3,010	–
94	Emery	3,009	new
95	Arianna	2,983	↓8
96	Vivian	2,976	↑1
97	Kaylee	2,963	↓13
98	Sophie	2,948	new
99	Brielle	2,939	new
100	Madeline	2,918	↓1

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017
1	Liam	19,977	–
2	Noah	18,441	–
3	William	14,646	–
4	James	13,650	–
5	Oliver	13,500	↑5
6	Benjamin	13,488	–
7	Elijah	13,020	↑1
8	Lucas	12,665	↑3
9	Mason	12,526	↓2
10	Logan	12,447	↓5
11	Alexander	12,110	↑2
12	Ethan	11,931	↑2
13	Jacob	11,897	↓4
14	Michael	11,756	↓2
15	Daniel	11,296	–
16	Henry	10,714	↑3
17	Jackson	10,424	↑3
18	Sebastian	10,137	↑5
19	Aiden	10,062	↓2
20	Matthew	10,009	↓4
21	Samuel	9,854	–
22	David	9,812	–
23	Joseph	9,682	↓5
24	Carter	9,385	–
25	Owen	9,337	↑3
26	John	9,204	↑1
27	Wyatt	9,183	↓2
28	Jack	8,894	↑8
29	Jayden	8,626	↓3
30	Luke	8,624	–
31	Dylan	8,610	↓2
32	Grayson	8,606	↑2
33	Levi	8,540	↑2
34	Isaac	8,503	↓2
35	Gabriel	8,439	↓4
36	Julian	8,368	↑1
37	Mateo	8,221	↑5
38	Anthony	8,048	↓5
39	Jaxon	7,774	↑4
40	Joshua	7,446	↓2
41	Lincoln	7,408	–
42	Christopher	7,341	↓3
43	Andrew	7,315	↓3
44	Theodore	7,088	↑17
45	Caleb	6,997	↑5
46	Ryan	6,943	↓2
47	Asher	6,879	↑12
48	Nathan	6,850	↓3
49	Thomas	6,840	–
50	Leo	6,773	↑12
51	Isaiah	6,719	↓5
52	Josiah	6,684	↓1
53	Charles	6,667	↓5
54	Christian	6,582	↓2
55	Hudson	6,576	↑9
56	Hunter	6,117	↓3
57	Eli	6,094	↓3
58	Connor	6,086	↓2
59	Ezra	6,048	↑10
60	Aaron	5,996	↓13
61	Landon	5,860	↓4
62	Adrian	5,817	↓4
63	Jonathan	5,779	↓8
64	Jeremiah	5,632	↓1
65	Nolan	5,629	↑2
66	Easton	5,463	–
67	Elias	5,351	↑11
68	Colton	5,314	↑2
69	Cameron	5,313	↓9
70	Carson	5,259	↑13
71	Robert	5,191	↓6
72	Angel	5,065	↓1
73	Maverick	5,041	↑11
74	Nicholas	4,847	↓6
75	Dominic	4,795	↓1
76	Jaxson	4,770	↑3
77	Greyson	4,754	↑3
78	Adam	4,711	↓1
79	Ian	4,706	↓3
80	Jordan	4,703	↓7
81	Austin	4,693	↓6
82	Santiago	4,670	↑11
83	Cooper	4,473	↑5
84	Brayden	4,422	↓12
85	Evan	4,392	–
86	Roman	4,390	↑5
87	Ezekiel	4,366	↓5
88	Xavier	4,345	↑1
89	Jose	4,318	↓8
90	Jace	4,304	↓3
91	Jameson	4,252	↑9
92	Bryson	4,225	↓6
93	Leonardo	4,223	↑4
94	Axel	4,074	new
95	Everett	4,029	new
96	Parker	4,007	↓6
97	Kayden	4,004	↑1
98	Miles	3,994	new
99	Jason	3,880	↓7
100	Sawyer	3,878	↓5

Every name given in 2018

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