Popular baby names of 2022

In 2022, the most popular baby names in the United States were Olivia for girls (16,670 babies) and Liam for boys (20,579). Social Security records show 3,386,139 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 17,760 girls' names and 14,333 boys' names.

2022 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 7.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 7.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Iris, Eloise, Maria, Liliana, Ayla, Raelynn.
New in the boys' top 100: Walker, Micah, Rowan, Theo, Adam.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021
1	Olivia	16,670	–
2	Emma	14,512	–
3	Charlotte	12,952	–
4	Amelia	12,415	–
5	Sophia	12,382	↑1
6	Isabella	11,761	↑1
7	Ava	11,107	↓2
8	Mia	11,077	–
9	Evelyn	9,332	–
10	Luna	8,977	↑1
11	Harper	8,227	↓1
12	Camila	8,001	–
13	Sofia	7,285	↑5
14	Scarlett	7,258	↑6
15	Elizabeth	7,020	↓1
16	Eleanor	6,927	↓1
17	Emily	6,498	↑4
18	Mila	6,487	↑8
19	Chloe	6,482	↑6
20	Violet	6,477	↑16
21	Penelope	6,430	↑2
22	Gianna	6,419	↓9
23	Aria	6,406	↓1
24	Abigail	6,306	↓7
25	Ella	6,291	↓9
26	Avery	6,251	↓7
27	Hazel	6,161	↑1
28	Nora	6,148	↓1
29	Layla	6,096	↓5
30	Lily	6,012	↑1
31	Aurora	6,003	↑4
32	Nova	5,927	–
33	Ellie	5,787	↓3
34	Madison	5,507	↓5
35	Grace	5,296	↓2
36	Isla	5,285	↓2
37	Willow	5,072	↑2
38	Zoe	5,022	↑4
39	Riley	4,914	↓2
40	Stella	4,849	↑1
41	Eliana	4,814	↑6
42	Ivy	4,814	↑7
43	Victoria	4,782	–
44	Emilia	4,685	↓4
45	Zoey	4,516	↓7
46	Naomi	4,503	↑8
47	Hannah	4,490	↓3
48	Lucy	4,448	–
49	Elena	4,290	↑4
50	Lillian	4,260	↑1
51	Maya	4,247	↑4
52	Leah	4,196	↓6
53	Paisley	4,056	↓1
54	Addison	3,968	↓9
55	Natalie	3,947	↑1
56	Everly	3,908	↓6
57	Valentina	3,901	↑12
58	Delilah	3,874	–
59	Leilani	3,868	↑9
60	Madelyn	3,724	↑11
61	Kinsley	3,705	↓4
62	Ruby	3,621	–
63	Sophie	3,524	↑13
64	Alice	3,511	↑1
65	Genesis	3,448	↑10
66	Claire	3,380	↓7
67	Audrey	3,340	↓7
68	Sadie	3,302	↑10
69	Aaliyah	3,286	↓8
70	Josephine	3,266	↑2
71	Autumn	3,241	↓5
72	Brooklyn	3,216	↓9
73	Quinn	3,103	↑8
74	Kennedy	3,077	↓4
75	Cora	3,076	↑12
76	Savannah	3,052	↓9
77	Caroline	3,030	↑3
78	Athena	3,029	↑20
79	Hailey	3,005	↓2
80	Natalia	3,003	↓1
81	Aubrey	2,999	↓17
82	Emery	2,973	↑8
83	Anna	2,962	↑2
84	Iris	2,935	new
85	Bella	2,915	↓12
86	Eloise	2,905	new
87	Skylar	2,894	↓13
88	Jade	2,888	↑4
89	Gabriella	2,882	↓6
90	Ariana	2,854	↓2
91	Maria	2,849	new
92	Adeline	2,825	↑2
93	Lydia	2,818	↓4
94	Serenity	2,811	↓10
95	Sarah	2,809	↓4
96	Nevaeh	2,808	↓10
97	Liliana	2,789	new
98	Ayla	2,758	new
99	Raelynn	2,726	new
100	Everleigh	2,722	↓1

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021
1	Liam	20,579	–
2	Noah	18,758	–
3	Oliver	15,176	–
4	James	12,119	↑1
5	Elijah	12,094	↓1
6	William	11,356	–
7	Henry	11,272	↑2
8	Lucas	10,973	–
9	Benjamin	10,912	↓2
10	Theodore	10,824	–
11	Mateo	10,397	↑4
12	Levi	9,869	–
13	Sebastian	9,403	↑6
14	Daniel	9,121	↑2
15	Jack	8,936	↓4
16	Michael	8,895	↑1
17	Alexander	8,757	↓4
18	Owen	8,589	↑4
19	Samuel	8,427	↑4
20	Asher	8,418	↑5
21	Ethan	8,312	↓1
22	Leo	8,293	↑9
23	Jackson	8,120	↓9
24	Mason	8,051	↓6
25	Ezra	8,023	↑12
26	John	8,001	↑1
27	Hudson	7,922	↑7
28	Luca	7,855	↑14
29	Aiden	7,852	↓3
30	Joseph	7,839	↓2
31	David	7,829	↓1
32	Jacob	7,667	↓8
33	Logan	7,614	↓12
34	Luke	7,393	↓2
35	Julian	7,305	↓2
36	Gabriel	7,257	↑2
37	Grayson	7,197	↓2
38	Wyatt	7,184	↓9
39	Matthew	7,077	↓3
40	Maverick	7,049	↑7
41	Isaac	6,752	↓1
42	Dylan	6,745	↑2
43	Elias	6,730	↑5
44	Anthony	6,607	↓1
45	Thomas	6,512	↑1
46	Jayden	6,500	↓5
47	Carter	6,361	↓8
48	Ezekiel	6,053	↑5
49	Santiago	6,036	↑14
50	Charles	5,934	–
51	Josiah	5,838	↓2
52	Caleb	5,778	↓1
53	Cooper	5,631	↑15
54	Lincoln	5,625	↓9
55	Christopher	5,589	↓3
56	Miles	5,574	↓1
57	Nathan	5,544	↑2
58	Isaiah	5,430	↓2
59	Kai	5,374	↑11
60	Joshua	5,197	↓2
61	Andrew	5,168	↓4
62	Angel	5,105	↑5
63	Adrian	5,044	↓2
64	Cameron	4,968	↓2
65	Nolan	4,928	↓5
66	Waylon	4,923	↑3
67	Jaxon	4,854	↓13
68	Roman	4,740	↑6
69	Eli	4,704	↓5
70	Wesley	4,668	↑15
71	Aaron	4,527	↓6
72	Ian	4,505	↑9
73	Christian	4,486	↓2
74	Ryan	4,403	↓8
75	Leonardo	4,367	↑12
76	Axel	4,350	–
77	Brooks	4,349	↑1
78	Walker	4,250	new
79	Jonathan	4,220	↓2
80	Easton	4,161	↓8
81	Everett	4,141	↑2
82	Weston	4,112	↑13
83	Bennett	4,105	↑7
84	Robert	4,082	↓5
85	Jameson	4,079	↓5
86	Landon	4,032	↓13
87	Silas	4,032	↑4
88	Jose	4,031	↑1
89	Micah	3,969	new
90	Beau	3,958	↑4
91	Colton	3,926	↓16
92	Jordan	3,919	↓4
93	Jeremiah	3,886	↓11
94	Parker	3,861	↓1
95	Greyson	3,773	↓11
96	Rowan	3,763	new
97	Nicholas	3,643	↓5
98	Theo	3,642	new
99	Adam	3,638	new
100	Xavier	3,618	–

Every name given in 2022

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