Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 2012

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2012 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Sophia	22,313	1.152	-4	-8,385	1	Jacob	19,074	0.941	-12	-7,304
2	Emma	20,945	1.081	1	-2,257	2	Mason	18,969	0.936	-7	-6,534
3	Isabella	19,099	0.986	-1	-4,635	3	Ethan	17,672	0.872	-9	-5,818
4	Olivia	17,316	0.894	2	605	4	Noah	17,353	0.856	2	914
5	Ava	15,533	0.802	2	-609	5	William	16,885	0.833	2	-2,369
6	Emily	13,649	0.705	-6	-4,993	6	Liam	16,804	0.829	5	3,033
7	Abigail	12,700	0.656	-4	-2,904	7	Michael	16,169	0.798	-7	-4,549
8	Mia	12,023	0.621	1	619	8	Jayden	16,127	0.796	-22	-7,574
9	Madison	11,397	0.588	-13	-4,361	9	Alexander	15,237	0.752	-2	-3,248
10	Elizabeth	9,708	0.501	-3	-1,195	10	Aiden	14,903	0.735	-9	-4,924
11	Chloe	9,661	0.499	-14	-3,035	11	Daniel	14,279	0.705	-4	-3,106
12	Ella	9,203	0.475	-3	-1,148	12	Matthew	13,971	0.689	-8	-4,047
13	Avery	8,314	0.429	-3	-261	13	Elijah	13,874	0.685	6	-988
14	Addison	8,178	0.422	-21	-2,975	14	James	13,426	0.662	10	99
15	Aubrey	8,052	0.416	-21	-2,862	15	Anthony	13,203	0.651	-23	-5,200
16	Lily	7,960	0.411	-15	-2,254	16	Benjamin	12,822	0.633	10	559
17	Natalie	7,894	0.408	-22	-2,799	17	Joshua	12,656	0.624	-24	-5,292
18	Sofia	7,831	0.404	1	-210	18	Andrew	12,621	0.623	-25	-5,387
19	Charlotte	7,479	0.386	13	5,461	19	Joseph	12,565	0.620	-4	-3,010
20	Zoey	7,471	0.386	-9	-1,572	20	David	12,541	0.619	-2	-2,844
21	Grace	7,377	0.381	-3	-653	21	Jackson	12,483	0.616	4	-2,160
22	Hannah	7,275	0.376	-11	-1,646	22	Logan	12,473	0.615	12	-121
23	Amelia	7,242	0.374	15	5,059	23	Christopher	11,898	0.587	-19	-4,637
24	Harper	7,192	0.371	15	3,390	24	Gabriel	11,552	0.570	-11	-3,217
25	Lillian	7,161	0.370	-9	-1,627	25	Samuel	11,454	0.565	4	-1,720
26	Samantha	6,929	0.358	-34	-3,032	26	Ryan	10,937	0.540	-20	-4,032
27	Evelyn	6,876	0.355	17	3,500	27	Lucas	10,707	0.528	19	1,878
28	Victoria	6,861	0.354	7	228	28	John	10,621	0.524	1	-1,502
29	Brooklyn	6,790	0.351	-18	-2,179	29	Nathan	10,420	0.514	-19	-3,630
30	Zoe	6,457	0.333	-10	-1,395	30	Isaac	10,052	0.496	-4	-1,635
31	Layla	6,265	0.323	4	203	31	Dylan	9,987	0.493	0	-1,438
32	Hailey	5,910	0.305	-47	-2,461	32	Caleb	9,966	0.492	-13	-3,037
33	Leah	5,773	0.298	-8	-778	33	Christian	9,621	0.475	-22	-3,112
34	Kaylee	5,621	0.290	-63	-2,683	34	Jonathan	9,356	0.462	-29	-3,644
35	Anna	5,618	0.290	-19	-1,473	35	Landon	9,347	0.461	-26	-3,520
36	Aaliyah	5,508	0.284	-29	-1,697	36	Carter	9,262	0.457	12	50
37	Gabriella	5,500	0.284	-33	-1,823	37	Luke	9,010	0.445	8	-433
38	Allison	5,426	0.280	-31	-1,748	38	Owen	8,690	0.429	13	598
39	Nevaeh	5,392	0.278	-46	-2,033	39	Brayden	8,502	0.419	-45	-4,119
40	Alexis	5,358	0.277	-139	-3,718	40	Gavin	8,255	0.407	-71	-4,806
41	Audrey	5,297	0.273	-5	-635	41	Wyatt	8,223	0.406	15	904
42	Savannah	5,191	0.268	-3	-446	42	Isaiah	8,159	0.403	-9	-1,545
43	Sarah	5,190	0.268	-24	-1,456	43	Henry	8,069	0.398	27	2,580
44	Alyssa	5,086	0.263	-106	-3,216	44	Eli	8,062	0.398	-14	-2,035
45	Claire	4,944	0.255	-4	-565	45	Hunter	8,037	0.397	-11	-1,971
46	Taylor	4,864	0.251	-75	-2,386	46	Jack	7,937	0.392	18	897
47	Riley	4,830	0.249	19	1,146	47	Evan	7,899	0.390	-39	-3,543
48	Camila	4,789	0.247	30	2,684	48	Jordan	7,808	0.385	-34	-3,162
49	Arianna	4,723	0.244	-46	-1,767	49	Nicholas	7,735	0.382	-25	-2,934
50	Ashley	4,699	0.243	-79	-2,432	50	Tyler	7,697	0.380	-69	-4,399

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.