Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 2016

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2016 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 2015						Change from 2015
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Emma	19,496	1.010	0	-959	1	Noah	19,117	0.946	0	-518
2	Olivia	19,365	1.003	0	-326	2	Liam	18,218	0.902	0	-156
3	Ava	16,302	0.844	1	-76	3	William	15,761	0.780	2	-148
4	Sophia	16,128	0.835	-1	-1,289	4	Mason	15,244	0.754	-1	-1,383
5	Isabella	14,795	0.766	0	-822	5	James	14,862	0.736	2	38
6	Mia	14,428	0.747	0	-477	6	Benjamin	14,641	0.725	4	941
7	Charlotte	13,090	0.678	2	1,692	7	Jacob	14,510	0.718	-3	-1,439
8	Abigail	11,760	0.609	-1	-641	8	Michael	14,088	0.697	1	-343
9	Emily	10,972	0.568	-1	-814	9	Elijah	13,902	0.688	2	251
10	Harper	10,787	0.559	0	492	10	Ethan	13,819	0.684	-4	-1,258
11	Amelia	10,774	0.558	1	913	11	Alexander	13,408	0.664	-3	-1,139
12	Evelyn	10,106	0.523	3	743	12	Oliver	13,037	0.645	7	1,382
13	Elizabeth	9,555	0.495	0	-175	13	Daniel	12,944	0.641	-1	-562
14	Sofia	9,167	0.475	0	-523	14	Lucas	12,881	0.638	2	576
15	Madison	9,030	0.468	-4	-1,058	15	Matthew	12,621	0.625	0	-128
16	Avery	8,765	0.454	0	-577	16	Aiden	12,228	0.605	-3	-1,233
17	Ella	7,908	0.410	1	6	17	Jackson	11,284	0.558	0	-985
18	Scarlett	7,703	0.399	4	572	18	Logan	11,244	0.557	-4	-1,675
19	Grace	7,594	0.393	0	-62	19	David	11,110	0.550	-1	-682
20	Chloe	7,461	0.386	-3	-469	20	Joseph	10,918	0.540	1	-569
21	Victoria	7,310	0.379	-1	-299	21	Samuel	10,576	0.523	2	-289
22	Riley	7,141	0.370	13	1,411	22	Henry	10,374	0.513	7	202
23	Aria	6,933	0.359	6	528	23	Owen	10,294	0.509	13	698
24	Lily	6,592	0.341	1	-69	24	Sebastian	10,286	0.509	11	666
25	Aubrey	6,533	0.338	-4	-853	25	Gabriel	10,229	0.506	-3	-641
26	Zoey	6,444	0.334	-3	-500	26	Carter	10,185	0.504	-2	-595
27	Penelope	6,389	0.331	7	440	27	Jayden	10,121	0.501	-7	-1,420
28	Lillian	6,358	0.329	-2	-254	28	John	10,013	0.496	-2	-373
29	Addison	6,322	0.327	-5	-399	29	Luke	9,984	0.494	-1	-292
30	Layla	6,264	0.324	0	-66	30	Anthony	9,865	0.488	-5	-769
31	Natalie	6,178	0.320	-4	-322	31	Isaac	9,742	0.482	0	-222
32	Camila	6,048	0.313	11	774	32	Dylan	9,694	0.480	-5	-583
33	Hannah	6,013	0.311	-5	-401	33	Wyatt	9,561	0.473	1	-84
34	Brooklyn	5,955	0.308	-3	-356	34	Andrew	9,390	0.465	-4	-720
35	Zoe	5,743	0.297	-2	-298	35	Joshua	9,204	0.456	-2	-597
36	Nora	5,589	0.289	5	266	36	Christopher	9,066	0.449	-4	-749
37	Leah	5,415	0.280	-1	-203	37	Grayson	8,673	0.429	10	765
38	Savannah	5,364	0.278	0	-92	38	Jack	8,413	0.416	2	-86
39	Audrey	5,360	0.278	-2	-243	39	Julian	8,374	0.414	6	328
40	Claire	5,209	0.270	9	380	40	Ryan	8,240	0.408	-1	-286
41	Eleanor	5,134	0.266	19	700	41	Jaxon	8,114	0.402	3	47
42	Skylar	5,119	0.265	0	-162	42	Levi	8,078	0.400	0	-228
43	Ellie	5,065	0.262	5	203	43	Nathan	7,981	0.395	-5	-607
44	Samantha	4,952	0.256	-4	-388	44	Caleb	7,958	0.394	-7	-843
45	Stella	4,930	0.255	6	138	45	Hunter	7,651	0.379	-4	-679
46	Violet	4,866	0.252	4	53	46	Christian	7,633	0.378	-3	-563
47	Paisley	4,865	0.252	-2	-213	47	Isaiah	7,519	0.372	2	-94
48	Mila	4,821	0.250	5	91	48	Thomas	7,348	0.364	3	161
49	Anna	4,784	0.248	-5	-346	49	Aaron	7,157	0.354	3	-2
50	Allison	4,775	0.247	-11	-571	50	Lincoln	7,115	0.352	16	1,119

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.