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Popular / 2016

Top baby names of 2016

The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.

#1

Emma

19,550 babies

#2

Olivia

19,414 babies

#3

Noah

19,188 babies

  1. 4Liam18,277
  2. 5Ava16,354
  3. 6Sophia16,185
  4. 7William15,810
  5. 8Mason15,287
  6. 9James14,920
  7. 10Isabella14,863
  8. 11Benjamin14,686
  9. 12Jacob14,559
  10. 13Mia14,464
  11. 14Michael14,145
  12. 15Elijah13,982
  13. 16Ethan13,855
  14. 17Alexander13,446
  15. 18Charlotte13,118
  16. 19Oliver13,066
  17. 20Daniel12,996
  18. 21Lucas12,906
  19. 22Matthew12,665
  20. 23Aiden12,269
  21. 24Abigail11,796
  22. 25Jackson11,315
  23. 26Logan11,278
  24. 27David11,153
  25. 28Emily11,006
  26. 29Joseph10,969
  27. 30Amelia10,809
  28. 31Harper10,803
  29. 32Samuel10,621
  30. 33Henry10,390
  31. 34Sebastian10,309
  32. 35Owen10,305
  33. 36Gabriel10,279
  34. 37Carter10,220
  35. 38Jayden10,158
  36. 39Evelyn10,116
  37. 40John10,060
  38. 41Luke10,001
  39. 42Anthony9,900
  40. 43Isaac9,782
  41. 44Dylan9,720
  42. 45Elizabeth9,607
  43. 46Wyatt9,581
  44. 47Andrew9,437
  45. 48Joshua9,258
  46. 49Sofia9,179
  47. 50Christopher9,106
  48. 51Madison9,057
  49. 52Avery8,774
  50. 53Grayson8,693
  51. 54Jack8,430
  52. 55Julian8,388
  53. 56Ryan8,261
  54. 57Jaxon8,145
  55. 58Levi8,118
  56. 59Nathan8,000
  57. 60Caleb7,982
  58. 61Ella7,940
  59. 62Scarlett7,720
  60. 63Hunter7,681
  61. 64Christian7,674
  62. 65Grace7,617
  63. 66Isaiah7,573
  64. 67Chloe7,484
  65. 68Thomas7,367
  66. 69Victoria7,329
  67. 70Aaron7,178
  68. 71Riley7,159
  69. 72Eli7,132
  70. 73Aria6,949
  71. 74Lily6,610
  72. 75Aubrey6,552
  73. 76Zoey6,481
  74. 77Penelope6,400
  75. 78Lillian6,386
  76. 79Addison6,341
  77. 80Layla6,300
  78. 81Natalie6,191
  79. 82Camila6,054
  80. 83Hannah6,038
  81. 84Brooklyn5,971
  82. 85Zoe5,764
  83. 86Nora5,593
  84. 87Leah5,434
  85. 88Savannah5,389
  86. 89Audrey5,369
  87. 90Claire5,216
  88. 91Eleanor5,140
  89. 92Skylar5,137
  90. 93Ellie5,074
  91. 94Samantha4,956
  92. 95Stella4,933
  93. 96Paisley4,883
  94. 97Violet4,882
  95. 98Mila4,830
  96. 99Anna4,810
  97. 100Allison4,786

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