Name Popularity Peak Years
See when familiar names reached their best recorded national rank within the imported SSA dataset.
Historical peak rankings
| Name | Category | Best rank | Peak year | Recorded births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda | Girls | #1 | 1947 | 99,692 |
| James | Boys | #1 | 1947 | 94,767 |
| Michael | Boys | #1 | 1957 | 92,781 |
| Robert | Boys | #1 | 1953 | 86,243 |
| David | Boys | #1 | 1960 | 85,929 |
| Mary | Girls | #1 | 1921 | 73,984 |
| Jennifer | Girls | #1 | 1972 | 63,600 |
| Lisa | Girls | #1 | 1965 | 60,271 |
| John | Boys | #1 | 1921 | 58,216 |
| Jessica | Girls | #1 | 1987 | 55,992 |
| Ashley | Girls | #1 | 1991 | 43,477 |
| Jacob | Boys | #1 | 1999 | 35,371 |
| Emily | Girls | #1 | 1999 | 26,542 |
| Isabella | Girls | #1 | 2010 | 22,936 |
| Sophia | Girls | #1 | 2012 | 22,336 |
| Liam | Boys | #1 | 2024 | 22,252 |
| Emma | Girls | #1 | 2014 | 20,970 |
| Noah | Boys | #1 | 2015 | 19,680 |
| Olivia | Girls | #1 | 2019 | 18,577 |
| Christopher | Boys | #2 | 1984 | 60,021 |
| Jason | Boys | #2 | 1977 | 55,631 |
| Deborah | Girls | #2 | 1955 | 52,318 |
| William | Boys | #2 | 1920 | 50,146 |
| Debra | Girls | #2 | 1956 | 48,324 |
| Susan | Girls | #2 | 1957 | 45,954 |
| Barbara | Girls | #2 | 1942 | 44,739 |
| Shirley | Girls | #2 | 1935 | 42,366 |
| Dorothy | Girls | #2 | 1924 | 39,996 |
| Betty | Girls | #2 | 1930 | 38,240 |
| Helen | Girls | #2 | 1918 | 36,148 |
| Amanda | Girls | #2 | 1980 | 35,811 |
| Michelle | Girls | #2 | 1969 | 34,319 |
| Melissa | Girls | #2 | 1979 | 34,050 |
| Kimberly | Girls | #2 | 1967 | 33,097 |
| Matthew | Boys | #2 | 1995 | 32,882 |
| Amy | Girls | #2 | 1975 | 32,254 |
| Hannah | Girls | #2 | 2000 | 23,087 |
| Madison | Girls | #2 | 2001 | 22,166 |
| Ethan | Boys | #2 | 2009 | 19,858 |
| Mason | Boys | #2 | 2011 | 19,530 |
| Charlotte | Girls | #2 | 2025 | 13,400 |
| Anna | Girls | #2 | 1895 | 5,950 |
| Patricia | Girls | #3 | 1951 | 56,446 |
| Brittany | Girls | #3 | 1989 | 37,792 |
| Karen | Girls | #3 | 1965 | 32,869 |
| Joshua | Boys | #3 | 2002 | 25,998 |
| Heather | Girls | #3 | 1975 | 24,301 |
| Sarah | Girls | #3 | 1993 | 24,257 |
| Samantha | Girls | #3 | 1998 | 20,195 |
| Alexis | Girls | #3 | 1999 | 19,237 |
| Ava | Girls | #3 | 2016 | 16,354 |
| Oliver | Boys | #3 | 2024 | 15,396 |
| Amelia | Girls | #3 | 2024 | 12,786 |
| Margaret | Girls | #3 | 1911 | 9,279 |
| Ruth | Girls | #3 | 1893 | 3,658 |
| Elizabeth | Girls | #3 | 1892 | 3,461 |
| Carol | Girls | #4 | 1941 | 24,187 |
| Judith | Girls | #4 | 1940 | 22,385 |
| Alexander | Boys | #4 | 2009 | 18,254 |
| Jayden | Boys | #4 | 2010 | 17,203 |
| Abigail | Girls | #4 | 2005 | 15,756 |
| Theodore | Boys | #4 | 2025 | 13,355 |
| Elijah | Boys | #4 | 2020 | 13,238 |
| George | Boys | #4 | 1911 | 6,586 |
| Charles | Boys | #4 | 1880 | 5,348 |
| Richard | Boys | #5 | 1946 | 58,870 |
| Daniel | Boys | #5 | 1985 | 38,559 |
| Donna | Girls | #5 | 1959 | 36,468 |
| Andrew | Boys | #5 | 1988 | 35,745 |
| Sandra | Girls | #5 | 1947 | 34,779 |
| Tyler | Boys | #5 | 1994 | 30,482 |
| Nicholas | Boys | #5 | 1999 | 25,639 |
| Joseph | Boys | #5 | 1917 | 24,761 |
| Angela | Girls | #5 | 1975 | 23,361 |
| Joan | Girls | #5 | 1932 | 21,044 |
| Logan | Boys | #5 | 2017 | 14,061 |
| Mia | Girls | #5 | 2024 | 12,149 |
| Henry | Boys | #5 | 2025 | 12,020 |
| Minnie | Girls | #5 | 1886 | 2,372 |
| Mark | Boys | #6 | 1960 | 58,727 |
| Donald | Boys | #6 | 1934 | 30,408 |
| Brandon | Boys | #6 | 1992 | 29,628 |
| Nancy | Girls | #6 | 1950 | 29,617 |
| Stephanie | Girls | #6 | 1985 | 23,243 |
| Nicole | Girls | #6 | 1982 | 21,706 |
| Taylor | Girls | #6 | 1994 | 20,734 |
| Virginia | Girls | #6 | 1921 | 19,032 |
| Mildred | Girls | #6 | 1920 | 18,060 |
| Doris | Girls | #6 | 1929 | 16,498 |
| Benjamin | Boys | #6 | 2016 | 14,686 |
| Mateo | Boys | #6 | 2023 | 11,293 |
| Florence | Girls | #6 | 1898 | 3,790 |
| Ethel | Girls | #6 | 1896 | 3,502 |
| Frank | Boys | #6 | 1888 | 3,459 |
| Cynthia | Girls | #7 | 1957 | 39,340 |
| Justin | Boys | #7 | 1988 | 35,055 |
| Anthony | Boys | #7 | 2007 | 19,639 |
| Marie | Girls | #7 | 1904 | 3,595 |
| Bertha | Girls | #7 | 1888 | 2,450 |
| Ida | Girls | #7 | 1886 | 2,049 |
| Clara | Girls | #7 | 1885 | 1,910 |
| Thomas | Boys | #8 | 1952 | 48,647 |
| Brian | Boys | #8 | 1972 | 36,306 |
| Sharon | Girls | #8 | 1943 | 24,712 |
| Lori | Girls | #8 | 1963 | 23,899 |
| Edward | Boys | #8 | 1921 | 20,817 |
| Tammy | Girls | #8 | 1968 | 20,058 |
| Frances | Girls | #8 | 1918 | 16,132 |
| Lucas | Boys | #8 | 2018 | 12,665 |
| Evelyn | Girls | #8 | 2024 | 9,146 |
| Alice | Girls | #8 | 1906 | 4,192 |
| Harry | Boys | #8 | 1889 | 2,559 |
| Annie | Girls | #8 | 1881 | 1,326 |
| Gary | Boys | #9 | 1954 | 37,920 |
| Jeffrey | Boys | #9 | 1966 | 30,200 |
| Ronald | Boys | #9 | 1943 | 29,239 |
| Kathleen | Girls | #9 | 1949 | 26,357 |
| Austin | Boys | #9 | 1996 | 25,663 |
| Lauren | Girls | #9 | 1989 | 21,065 |
| Crystal | Girls | #9 | 1982 | 19,099 |
| Rachel | Girls | #9 | 1996 | 16,121 |
| Aiden | Boys | #9 | 2010 | 15,547 |
| Chloe | Girls | #9 | 2009 | 11,922 |
| Harper | Girls | #9 | 2018 | 10,646 |
| Sofia | Girls | #9 | 2025 | 8,252 |
| Bessie | Girls | #9 | 1889 | 2,343 |
| Steven | Boys | #10 | 1956 | 38,413 |
| Larry | Boys | #10 | 1947 | 34,946 |
| Scott | Boys | #10 | 1971 | 30,901 |
| Pamela | Girls | #10 | 1953 | 25,760 |
| Megan | Girls | #10 | 1985 | 20,013 |
| Carolyn | Girls | #10 | 1942 | 19,978 |
| Tracy | Girls | #10 | 1970 | 18,464 |
| Kelly | Girls | #10 | 1977 | 18,234 |
| Laura | Girls | #10 | 1969 | 17,922 |
| Julie | Girls | #10 | 1971 | 15,322 |
| Rebecca | Girls | #10 | 1974 | 15,163 |
| Luna | Girls | #10 | 2022 | 8,977 |
| Walter | Boys | #10 | 1914 | 8,962 |
| Eliana | Girls | #10 | 2025 | 8,191 |
| Lillian | Girls | #10 | 1900 | 3,414 |
| Kevin | Boys | #11 | 1963 | 30,613 |
| Timothy | Boys | #11 | 1960 | 30,498 |
| Ryan | Boys | #11 | 1986 | 29,524 |
| Brenda | Girls | #11 | 1961 | 23,781 |
| Judy | Girls | #11 | 1946 | 20,477 |
| Kayla | Girls | #11 | 1995 | 16,087 |
| Alyssa | Girls | #11 | 1999 | 14,036 |
| Joyce | Girls | #11 | 1938 | 12,698 |
| Addison | Girls | #11 | 2007 | 11,949 |
| Jack | Boys | #11 | 2021 | 9,568 |
| Camila | Girls | #11 | 2020 | 8,165 |
| Willie | Boys | #11 | 1910 | 2,897 |
| Gladys | Girls | #11 | 1901 | 2,676 |
| Edna | Girls | #11 | 1899 | 2,534 |
| Zachary | Boys | #12 | 1994 | 25,139 |
| Christina | Girls | #12 | 1985 | 16,600 |
| Harold | Boys | #12 | 1921 | 13,811 |
| Paul | Boys | #12 | 1930 | 12,955 |
| Jean | Girls | #12 | 1928 | 12,209 |
| Levi | Boys | #12 | 2022 | 9,869 |
| Ella | Girls | #12 | 2011 | 9,597 |
| Avery | Girls | #12 | 2013 | 9,185 |
| Eleanor | Girls | #12 | 2025 | 7,649 |
| Cheryl | Girls | #13 | 1958 | 24,119 |
| Eric | Boys | #13 | 1976 | 21,359 |
| Tiffany | Girls | #13 | 1988 | 18,364 |
| Amber | Girls | #13 | 1986 | 16,954 |
| Kenneth | Boys | #13 | 1939 | 14,715 |
| Dolores | Girls | #13 | 1930 | 12,842 |
| Grace | Girls | #13 | 2003 | 12,781 |
| Marilyn | Girls | #13 | 1936 | 11,064 |
| Natalie | Girls | #13 | 2008 | 10,201 |
| Sebastian | Boys | #13 | 2022 | 9,403 |
| Elias | Boys | #13 | 2025 | 8,837 |
| Ezra | Boys | #13 | 2024 | 8,822 |
| Gianna | Girls | #13 | 2020 | 7,903 |
| Violet | Girls | #13 | 2025 | 7,546 |
| Kathy | Girls | #14 | 1958 | 23,938 |
| Diane | Girls | #14 | 1955 | 23,290 |