Popular baby names of 2021

In 2021, the most popular baby names in the United States were Olivia for girls (17,847 babies) and Liam for boys (20,424). Social Security records show 3,390,343 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 17,676 girls' names and 14,096 boys' names.

2021 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 7.7% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 7.8% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Rylee, Athena.
New in the boys' top 100: Waylon, Bennett, Beau, Weston.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020
1	Olivia	17,847	–
2	Emma	15,549	–
3	Charlotte	13,368	↑2
4	Amelia	13,041	↑2
5	Ava	12,873	↓2
6	Sophia	12,585	↓2
7	Isabella	11,309	–
8	Mia	11,177	–
9	Evelyn	9,495	–
10	Harper	8,448	–
11	Luna	8,241	↑3
12	Camila	8,036	↓1
13	Gianna	7,477	–
14	Elizabeth	7,265	↑2
15	Eleanor	7,099	↑7
16	Ella	7,041	↓1
17	Abigail	6,993	↓5
18	Sofia	6,983	↓1
19	Avery	6,815	–
20	Scarlett	6,631	↑1
21	Emily	6,594	↓3
22	Aria	6,400	↑5
23	Penelope	6,370	↑3
24	Layla	6,356	–
25	Chloe	6,347	–
26	Mila	6,337	↓6
27	Nora	6,281	↑3
28	Hazel	6,015	↑3
29	Madison	5,964	↓6
30	Ellie	5,867	↓1
31	Lily	5,632	↑4
32	Nova	5,574	↑6
33	Grace	5,542	↓5
34	Isla	5,542	↑10
35	Aurora	5,528	↑1
36	Violet	5,524	↑1
37	Riley	5,225	↓4
38	Zoey	5,217	↓6
39	Willow	5,195	↑9
40	Emilia	4,854	↑1
41	Stella	4,820	↑1
42	Zoe	4,739	↓2
43	Victoria	4,713	↓9
44	Hannah	4,590	↓5
45	Addison	4,490	↑2
46	Leah	4,474	↓1
47	Eliana	4,460	↑6
48	Lucy	4,457	↑2
49	Ivy	4,396	↑8
50	Everly	4,395	↓7
51	Lillian	4,328	↓5
52	Paisley	4,299	↓3
53	Elena	4,283	↑2
54	Naomi	4,275	↓2
55	Maya	4,082	↑6
56	Natalie	4,060	↓5
57	Kinsley	3,885	↑2
58	Delilah	3,761	↑12
59	Claire	3,704	↓1
60	Audrey	3,685	–
61	Aaliyah	3,619	↑4
62	Ruby	3,599	↑12
63	Brooklyn	3,545	↓9
64	Aubrey	3,517	↓8
65	Alice	3,509	↑11
66	Autumn	3,498	↑16
67	Savannah	3,486	–
68	Leilani	3,485	↑24
69	Valentina	3,467	↑4
70	Kennedy	3,443	↑2
71	Madelyn	3,429	↓5
72	Josephine	3,391	↑15
73	Bella	3,369	↓10
74	Skylar	3,346	↓10
75	Genesis	3,345	↓13
76	Sophie	3,331	↓1
77	Hailey	3,248	↑4
78	Sadie	3,224	–
79	Natalia	3,207	↑6
80	Caroline	3,204	↓9
81	Quinn	3,201	↑3
82	Allison	3,140	↓2
83	Gabriella	3,116	↓6
84	Serenity	3,086	↓15
85	Anna	3,082	↓17
86	Nevaeh	3,071	↓3
87	Cora	3,008	↑1
88	Ariana	2,983	↓9
89	Lydia	2,935	↑6
90	Emery	2,921	↓1
91	Sarah	2,865	↓5
92	Jade	2,863	↑5
93	Eva	2,836	–
94	Adeline	2,770	↑5
95	Madeline	2,747	↑1
96	Piper	2,741	↓5
97	Rylee	2,718	new
98	Athena	2,717	new
99	Everleigh	2,699	↓5
100	Peyton	2,695	↓2

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020
1	Liam	20,424	–
2	Noah	18,919	–
3	Oliver	14,713	–
4	Elijah	12,845	–
5	James	12,474	↑1
6	William	12,170	↓1
7	Benjamin	11,895	–
8	Lucas	11,584	–
9	Henry	11,370	–
10	Theodore	9,600	↑13
11	Jack	9,568	↑10
12	Levi	9,559	↑6
13	Alexander	9,425	↓3
14	Jackson	9,287	↑3
15	Mateo	9,181	↑5
16	Daniel	9,162	↓2
17	Michael	9,150	↓5
18	Mason	9,103	↓7
19	Sebastian	8,932	–
20	Ethan	8,863	↓7
21	Logan	8,836	↓5
22	Owen	8,770	–
23	Samuel	8,580	↑2
24	Jacob	8,494	↓9
25	Asher	8,370	↑7
26	Aiden	8,313	↓2
27	John	8,186	–
28	Joseph	8,166	↓2
29	Wyatt	8,049	–
30	David	7,940	↓2
31	Leo	7,803	↑5
32	Luke	7,711	↓1
33	Julian	7,693	↑1
34	Hudson	7,625	↑9
35	Grayson	7,554	–
36	Matthew	7,489	↓6
37	Ezra	7,438	↑7
38	Gabriel	7,302	–
39	Carter	7,205	↓6
40	Isaac	6,987	↓1
41	Jayden	6,934	↓4
42	Luca	6,891	↑25
43	Anthony	6,792	↓2
44	Dylan	6,767	↓2
45	Lincoln	6,700	↓5
46	Thomas	6,680	↓1
47	Maverick	6,610	↑3
48	Elias	6,355	↑6
49	Josiah	6,157	–
50	Charles	6,010	↓4
51	Caleb	5,964	↑5
52	Christopher	5,863	↓5
53	Ezekiel	5,848	↑11
54	Jaxon	5,750	↓6
55	Miles	5,730	↑4
56	Isaiah	5,724	↓5
57	Andrew	5,623	↓5
58	Joshua	5,531	↓5
59	Nathan	5,432	↓4
60	Nolan	5,354	↑1
61	Adrian	5,144	↓3
62	Cameron	5,126	↑3
63	Santiago	5,076	↑8
64	Eli	4,913	↓4
65	Aaron	4,856	↓2
66	Ryan	4,735	↓9
67	Angel	4,718	↑9
68	Cooper	4,673	↑7
69	Waylon	4,660	new
70	Kai	4,641	↑23
71	Christian	4,636	↓9
72	Easton	4,625	↑1
73	Landon	4,606	↓4
74	Roman	4,571	↑3
75	Colton	4,566	↓9
76	Axel	4,540	↓4
77	Jonathan	4,465	↓7
78	Brooks	4,444	↑14
79	Robert	4,436	↑1
80	Jameson	4,309	↓1
81	Ian	4,302	↑2
82	Jeremiah	4,257	↓8
83	Everett	4,250	↑7
84	Greyson	4,225	↓3
85	Wesley	4,216	↑13
86	Hunter	4,206	↓18
87	Leonardo	4,105	↓1
88	Jordan	4,026	↓6
89	Jose	4,002	↑5
90	Bennett	3,939	new
91	Silas	3,916	↑9
92	Nicholas	3,866	↓5
93	Parker	3,845	↑2
94	Beau	3,815	new
95	Weston	3,793	new
96	Austin	3,780	↓8
97	Carson	3,777	↓13
98	Connor	3,764	↓20
99	Dominic	3,755	↓10
100	Xavier	3,741	↓9

Every name given in 2021

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