Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of All-Time

Some names monopolized the top Number of Occurrences spots for many years. For this reason, only the highest Number of Occurrences listing is shown for each name.

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All-Time 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 (1947)	Linda	99,689	5.484	-725	-99,300	1 (1947)	James	94,757	5.102	-3	-81,232
1 (1921)	Mary	73,985	5.781	-125	-71,658	1 (1957)	Michael	92,704	4.238	-13	-81,084
1 (1972)	Jennifer	63,603	3.945	-344	-62,688	2 (1947)	Robert	91,640	4.934	-69	-86,500
1 (1965)	Lisa	60,269	3.298	-890	-59,967	3 (1947)	John	88,319	4.755	-24	-79,200
3 (1951)	Patricia	56,442	3.055	-910	-56,149	2 (1955)	David	86,253	4.128	-20	-76,556
1 (1987)	Jessica	55,994	2.988	-311	-54,937	4 (1947)	William	66,989	3.607	1	-52,473
2 (1987)	Ashley	54,854	2.927	-127	-52,587	2 (1984)	Christopher	60,029	3.199	-40	-52,768
3 (1954)	Deborah	54,677	2.747	-776	-54,330	5 (1946)	Richard	58,868	3.567	-183	-56,749
4 (1955)	Debra	50,556	2.522	-3,193	-50,506	6 (1960)	Mark	58,728	2.712	-204	-56,869
4 (1947)	Barbara	48,792	2.684	-926	-48,507	2 (1977)	Jason	55,653	3.255	-98	-51,806
5 (1955)	Susan	47,402	2.365	-1,074	-47,168	3 (1983)	Matthew	50,217	2.695	-17	-40,293
2 (1935)	Shirley	42,358	3.898	-1,462	-42,208	8 (1952)	Thomas	48,652	2.465	-41	-41,873
3 (1987)	Amanda	41,786	2.230	-366	-40,942	4 (1989)	Joshua	44,091	2.104	-37	-36,727
5 (1957)	Karen	40,586	1.935	-630	-40,118	9 (1947)	Charles	40,770	2.195	-43	-34,166
2 (1924)	Dorothy	39,999	3.087	-584	-39,482	10 (1952)	Gary	38,756	1.964	-664	-38,389
7 (1957)	Cynthia	39,326	1.875	-686	-38,910	5 (1985)	Daniel	38,542	2.003	-10	-27,369
2 (1930)	Betty	38,234	3.278	-1,126	-38,019	10 (1956)	Steven	38,397	1.790	-188	-36,375
3 (1989)	Brittany	37,788	1.897	-876	-37,483	8 (1972)	Brian	36,322	2.169	-227	-34,704
5 (1959)	Donna	36,465	1.754	-1,562	-36,328	6 (1987)	Andrew	36,206	1.857	-37	-28,972
2 (1918)	Helen	36,148	3.006	-411	-35,403	2 (1998)	Jacob	36,016	1.777	-11	-24,246
5 (1947)	Sandra	34,775	1.913	-970	-34,506	7 (1988)	Justin	35,042	1.751	-134	-32,255
2 (1969)	Michelle	34,322	1.947	-261	-33,083	10 (1947)	Larry	34,938	1.881	-696	-34,599
5 (1946)	Carol	34,284	2.126	-1,783	-34,171	11 (1947)	Ronald	34,887	1.878	-482	-34,309
3 (1970)	Kimberly	34,136	1.863	-167	-32,440	10 (1962)	Jeffrey	33,521	1.595	-321	-32,518
2 (1979)	Melissa	34,052	1.976	-295	-32,938	12 (1956)	Joseph	32,732	1.526	-11	-23,177
7 (1947)	Nancy	32,444	1.785	-832	-32,122	10 (1971)	Scott	30,921	1.701	-510	-30,380
2 (1975)	Amy	32,251	2.066	-203	-30,754	12 (1959)	Timothy	30,747	1.419	-153	-28,417
9 (1947)	Sharon	28,535	1.570	-1,118	-28,319	11 (1963)	Kevin	30,619	1.483	-114	-27,495
4 (1982)	Sarah	28,484	1.570	-63	-24,750	5 (1994)	Tyler	30,477	1.495	-114	-27,179
4 (1921)	Margaret	28,467	2.224	-123	-26,155	6 (1934)	Donald	30,409	2.864	-520	-29,876
12 (1954)	Pamela	27,365	1.375	-1,572	-27,230	12 (1985)	Ryan	29,903	1.554	-34	-22,998
10 (1951)	Kathleen	26,715	1.446	-884	-26,414	6 (1992)	Brandon	29,622	1.411	-118	-26,439
1 (1999)	Emily	26,539	1.364	-11	-17,883	6 (1995)	Nicholas	29,156	1.450	-68	-24,355
5 (1920)	Ruth	26,102	2.098	-260	-24,868	14 (1957)	Kenneth	28,029	1.281	-212	-26,374
6 (1971)	Angela	25,896	1.478	-258	-24,660	6 (1921)	George	27,476	2.415	-121	-24,417
5 (1990)	Samantha	25,867	1.259	-55	-21,970	18 (1957)	Paul	26,985	1.234	-216	-25,360
7 (1943)	Judith	25,209	1.756	-843	-24,891	10 (1995)	Austin	25,905	1.288	-70	-21,254
7 (1990)	Stephanie	24,860	1.210	-311	-23,834	15 (1993)	Zachary	25,535	1.237	-94	-22,007
13 (1957)	Brenda	24,323	1.160	-999	-24,068	15 (1990)	Anthony	25,075	1.166	-23	-17,072
3 (1975)	Heather	24,299	1.557	-1,146	-24,089	18 (1952)	Dennis	24,557	1.244	-538	-24,064
13 (1958)	Cheryl	24,111	1.168	-2,885	-24,054	15 (1988)	Jonathan	24,346	1.216	-48	-18,634
14 (1958)	Kathy	23,941	1.159	-2,096	-23,851	18 (1984)	Adam	23,935	1.276	-60	-19,260
8 (1963)	Lori	23,907	1.203	-1,567	-23,771	18 (1970)	Eric	23,573	1.237	-142	-21,184
14 (1955)	Diane	23,296	1.162	-2,459	-23,225	21 (1952)	Stephen	23,049	1.168	-263	-21,813
2 (2000)	Hannah	23,082	1.157	-31	-17,453	18 (1990)	Kyle	22,703	1.055	-205	-21,035
7 (1985)	Nicole	22,967	1.244	-211	-21,551	5 (2004)	Ethan	22,206	1.051	-7	-10,352
1 (2010)	Isabella	22,913	1.170	-3	-8,449	21 (1962)	Gregory	21,963	1.045	-387	-21,185
2 (2003)	Emma	22,706	1.132	1	-4,018	15 (1977)	Jeremy	21,615	1.264	-189	-19,660
1 (2012)	Sophia	22,313	1.152	-4	-8,385	9 (1924)	Edward	21,128	1.807	-160	-18,860
2 (2001)	Madison	22,164	1.119	-20	-15,128	21 (1993)	Alexander	20,523	0.994	10	-8,534

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.