Most Popular Baby Names of the 2010s

Across the 2010s, Emma was the most popular girls' name, given to 195,070 babies, and Noah led the boys with 183,378.

That's out of 17,501,836 girls and 18,803,137 boys counted between 2010 and 2019, under 34,524 different girls' names and 25,599 boys' names.

Number one, year by year

Most popular names each year, 2010 to 2019
Year	Girls	Boys
2010	Isabella	Jacob
2011	Sophia	Jacob
2012	Sophia	Jacob
2013	Sophia	Noah
2014	Emma	Noah
2015	Emma	Noah
2016	Emma	Noah
2017	Emma	Liam
2018	Emma	Liam
2019	Olivia	Liam

Top 100 names of the 2010s

Top girls' names, 2010–2019
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000s
1	Emma	195,070	up 2
2	Olivia	184,561	up 2
3	Sophia	181,174	up 10
4	Isabella	170,605	up 3
5	Ava	155,879	up 11
6	Mia	129,110	up 20
7	Abigail	118,734	down 1
8	Emily	117,646	down 7
9	Charlotte	102,488	not top 100 in 2000s
10	Madison	98,438	down 8
11	Elizabeth	94,103	down 2
12	Amelia	93,850	up 87
13	Evelyn	86,972	up 67
14	Ella	85,922	up 20
15	Chloe	85,316	up 5
16	Harper	85,193	not top 100 in 2000s
17	Avery	82,921	up 61
18	Sofia	82,402	up 55
19	Grace	73,058	down 4
20	Addison	71,021	up 30
21	Victoria	71,017	up 4
22	Lily	68,316	up 23
23	Natalie	68,142	down 2
24	Aubrey	65,935	not top 100 in 2000s
25	Zoey	64,974	not top 100 in 2000s
26	Lillian	64,960	up 26
27	Hannah	64,506	down 22
28	Layla	63,242	not top 100 in 2000s
29	Brooklyn	60,337	up 61
30	Scarlett	58,287	not top 100 in 2000s
31	Zoe	58,094	up 24
32	Camila	57,896	not top 100 in 2000s
33	Samantha	56,929	down 25
34	Riley	56,150	up 33
35	Leah	56,044	up 33
36	Aria	52,264	not top 100 in 2000s
37	Savannah	51,869	up 1
38	Audrey	51,616	up 41
39	Anna	51,326	down 15
40	Allison	49,003	up 1
41	Gabriella	48,132	up 19
42	Hailey	47,751	down 15
43	Claire	47,728	up 39
44	Penelope	47,614	not top 100 in 2000s
45	Aaliyah	46,734	up 46
46	Sarah	46,657	down 34
47	Nevaeh	45,048	up 38
48	Kaylee	44,629	down 4
49	Stella	44,225	not top 100 in 2000s
50	Mila	44,114	not top 100 in 2000s
51	Nora	44,076	not top 100 in 2000s
52	Ellie	43,240	not top 100 in 2000s
53	Bella	43,218	not top 100 in 2000s
54	Lucy	42,024	not top 100 in 2000s
55	Alexa	41,999	up 3
56	Arianna	41,814	up 31
57	Violet	41,581	not top 100 in 2000s
58	Ariana	41,342	up 28
59	Genesis	40,524	not top 100 in 2000s
60	Alexis	40,416	down 49
61	Eleanor	40,129	not top 100 in 2000s
62	Maya	39,769	up 19
63	Caroline	39,633	up 14
64	Peyton	39,623	not top 100 in 2000s
65	Skylar	39,436	not top 100 in 2000s
66	Madelyn	39,199	not top 100 in 2000s
67	Serenity	38,921	not top 100 in 2000s
68	Kennedy	38,593	not top 100 in 2000s
69	Taylor	38,221	down 52
70	Alyssa	37,935	down 56
71	Autumn	37,701	up 12
72	Paisley	37,582	not top 100 in 2000s
73	Ashley	37,237	down 63
74	Brianna	36,917	down 56
75	Sadie	36,582	not top 100 in 2000s
76	Naomi	36,194	not top 100 in 2000s
77	Kylie	36,120	down 13
78	Julia	35,909	down 48
79	Sophie	35,675	not top 100 in 2000s
80	Mackenzie	35,289	down 31
81	Eva	35,216	not top 100 in 2000s
82	Gianna	34,665	not top 100 in 2000s
83	Luna	34,179	not top 100 in 2000s
84	Katherine	34,144	down 47
85	Hazel	33,919	not top 100 in 2000s
86	Khloe	33,835	not top 100 in 2000s
87	Ruby	33,467	not top 100 in 2000s
88	Piper	33,092	not top 100 in 2000s
89	Melanie	33,086	up 7
90	Lydia	32,730	not top 100 in 2000s
91	Aubree	32,655	not top 100 in 2000s
92	Madeline	32,375	down 35
93	Aurora	32,160	not top 100 in 2000s
94	Faith	31,987	down 40
95	Alexandra	30,971	down 55
96	Alice	30,636	not top 100 in 2000s
97	Kayla	30,289	down 75
98	Jasmine	29,393	down 69
99	Maria	28,974	down 56
100	Annabelle	28,951	not top 100 in 2000s

Top boys' names, 2010–2019
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000s
1	Noah	183,378	up 19
2	Liam	174,017	up 94
3	Jacob	163,321	down 2
4	William	159,981	up 6
5	Mason	157,911	up 43
6	Ethan	149,111	up 2
7	Michael	145,220	down 5
8	Alexander	142,161	up 5
9	James	139,689	up 8
10	Elijah	137,147	up 24
11	Benjamin	134,509	up 14
12	Daniel	133,952	down 7
13	Aiden	129,675	up 41
14	Logan	126,850	up 14
15	Jayden	126,104	up 34
16	Matthew	125,101	down 12
17	Lucas	118,661	up 44
18	David	116,740	down 6
19	Jackson	116,264	up 23
20	Joseph	115,722	down 11
21	Anthony	112,151	down 10
22	Samuel	108,128	up 2
23	Joshua	106,273	down 20
24	Gabriel	105,621	up 6
25	Andrew	105,086	down 18
26	John	102,800	down 8
27	Christopher	102,156	down 21
28	Oliver	98,160	not top 100 in 2000s
29	Dylan	96,354	down 6
30	Carter	95,261	up 53
31	Isaac	94,574	up 15
32	Luke	93,274	up 15
33	Henry	92,585	not top 100 in 2000s
34	Owen	91,098	up 37
35	Ryan	91,006	down 20
36	Nathan	88,034	down 10
37	Wyatt	87,745	up 47
38	Caleb	86,734	down 3
39	Sebastian	86,688	up 41
40	Jack	85,695	same
41	Christian	84,198	down 19
42	Jonathan	79,888	down 23
43	Julian	79,530	up 31
44	Landon	79,325	up 29
45	Levi	78,001	not top 100 in 2000s
46	Isaiah	76,320	down 2
47	Hunter	74,919	down 6
48	Aaron	70,488	up 4
49	Thomas	70,027	down 12
50	Charles	70,024	up 8
51	Eli	69,900	not top 100 in 2000s
52	Jaxon	69,196	not top 100 in 2000s
53	Connor	68,270	same
54	Jeremiah	66,818	up 24
55	Nicholas	66,811	down 41
56	Grayson	66,408	not top 100 in 2000s
57	Cameron	66,206	down 18
58	Brayden	66,017	up 27
59	Adrian	65,986	up 5
60	Evan	64,762	down 15
61	Jordan	64,530	down 23
62	Josiah	63,132	not top 100 in 2000s
63	Angel	62,959	down 20
64	Robert	62,654	down 28
65	Gavin	62,331	down 14
66	Tyler	59,369	down 50
67	Austin	59,130	down 35
68	Colton	58,468	not top 100 in 2000s
69	Jose	55,186	down 38
70	Dominic	55,174	up 22
71	Brandon	54,128	down 50
72	Ian	52,475	down 2
73	Lincoln	52,017	not top 100 in 2000s
74	Hudson	51,463	not top 100 in 2000s
75	Kevin	51,318	down 42
76	Zachary	51,146	down 49
77	Adam	50,704	down 17
78	Jason	50,605	down 28
79	Mateo	50,604	not top 100 in 2000s
80	Chase	50,350	down 5
81	Nolan	50,045	not top 100 in 2000s
82	Ayden	49,636	not top 100 in 2000s
83	Cooper	49,273	not top 100 in 2000s
84	Parker	49,234	not top 100 in 2000s
85	Xavier	48,739	down 4
86	Asher	48,557	not top 100 in 2000s
87	Carson	48,026	up 11
88	Jace	47,476	not top 100 in 2000s
89	Easton	46,805	not top 100 in 2000s
90	Justin	45,603	down 61
91	Leo	44,706	not top 100 in 2000s
92	Bentley	43,956	not top 100 in 2000s
93	Jaxson	42,401	not top 100 in 2000s
94	Nathaniel	41,890	down 29
95	Blake	41,721	down 9
96	Elias	40,925	not top 100 in 2000s
97	Theodore	40,530	not top 100 in 2000s
98	Kayden	40,361	not top 100 in 2000s
99	Luis	39,079	down 40
100	Tristan	38,693	same

Names that peaked in the 2010s

These were among the decade's top 1,000 and reached their highest share of babies in a year between 2010 and 2019. The year each one peaked is in brackets.

Girls

Olivia (2014)
Sophia (2012)
Isabella (2010)
Mia (2015)
Chloe (2010)
Harper (2018)
Avery (2014)
Sofia (2015)
Lily (2011)
Aubrey (2012)

Boys

Mason (2011)
Aiden (2011)
Logan (2017)
Jayden (2010)
Lucas (2017)
Jackson (2013)
Gabriel (2010)
Carter (2015)
Isaac (2013)
Luke (2014)

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.