Once again, the most popular names for babies born in the United States are Liam and Olivia, but there was a little shuffling just below the top spots in 2025.

If these names look familiar, they are. Liam and Olivia remain at number one, as they were last year, while Noah and Oliver held steady in the number two and three spots for boys. On the girls’ side, Charlotte moved into the number two spot, pushing Emma to third.

New to the rankings? Eliana joined the girls’ top 10 for 2025.

For purposes of the list, variations and alternate spellings are treated as different names. That’s why Liam and William both make the boys’ list, and why Sophia and Sofia both appear in the girls’ top 10. SSA notes that different spellings of similar names are not combined. There is one quirky exception: hyphens and spaces are removed from the “First Name” field, so names like Julie-Anne, Julie Anne, and Julieanne are counted together.

Names included in the database are limited to cases where the year of birth, sex, and state of birth are on record, and where the given name is at least two characters long. National name data are also restricted to births in the 50 states and the District of Columbia (U.S. territories are tracked separately and are not included in the national data).

The data is compiled by the Social Security Administration (SSA) based on Social Security card applications. For 2025, 3,593,747 applications were recorded for babies born in the U.S., including 1,835,823 boys and 1,757,924 girls. That’s down from 3,628,418 in 2024—and still well below the 2007 high-water mark of 4,332,400 in SSA’s card-application data.

Baby Names That Changed The Most

Each year, the Social Security Administration also shares the names that saw the biggest change in popularity. A change in........

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