The 2025 report
What 2025 named its babies
3.32 million babies were named in 2025.
Share held by these 20
7.5%
Top baby names in 2025
Liam leads the boys and Olivia the girls, but not by the same margin: 20,818 births against 13,544, a gap of 54%. That is less about popularity than about crowding: the top 1,000 boys' names cover 81% of boys, against 74% of girls, so the boys' leader draws from a tighter field.
Top ten names given to girls and boys in 2025.
Climbed to
#14
Story of the year
Ailany climbed from #101 to #14 among girls — 2,606 births in 2024 to 7,136 in 2025, a 174% jump that lifted it 7.2× up the rankings.
Longest run at #1
9 yrs
The names behind the year
2024 → 2025Who holds the lead, who is gaining or losing births, and who reached the top 100 for the first time.
Peak year
1957
The long run, 1880–2025
375,362,447 births are recorded across 146 years.
Recorded births per year
Boys and girls together. Peak was 1957.
What 2025 named its babies
3.32M babies were given a recorded name in 2025, down 0.83% from 2024. That is 21% below the all-time peak of 4.20M in 1957. 31,227 name-and-sex pairs were published for 2025.
Top baby names
| # | Girls | Births | Boys | Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 13,544 | Liam | 20,818 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 13,400 | Noah | 20,358 |
| 3 | Emma | 12,754 | Oliver | 14,939 |
| 4 | Amelia | 12,699 | Theodore | 13,355 |
| 5 | Sophia | 12,561 | Henry | 12,020 |
| 6 | Mia | 11,078 | James | 11,945 |
| 7 | Isabella | 10,666 | Elijah | 11,111 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 9,123 | Mateo | 11,045 |
| 9 | Sofia | 8,252 | William | 10,545 |
| 10 | Eliana | 8,191 | Lucas | 10,219 |
Ranked separately by sex. Spellings count separately; Sophia and Sofia are two names.
Story of the year: Ailany
Ailany climbed from #101 to #14 among girls — 2,606 births in 2024 to 7,136 in 2025, a 174% jump that lifted it 7.2× up the rankings.
The biggest relative rank climb is measured as previous rank divided by current rank. Ranks compress toward the top.
Biggest climb · boys
Akari: #1631 → #542; 104 → 554 births.
Biggest climb · girls
Ailany: #101 → #14; 2,606 → 7,136 births.
Source: Social Security Administration, 1880–2025. Counts below five per name, sex and year are unpublished. Early years undercount births because records depend on applications for Social Security numbers. Full report, tools and downloadable data: www.unnamed.baby.
The names behind the year
Establishment
Liam has been the most popular boys' name for 9 straight years (since 2017), and Olivia has led the girls for 7 straight years (since 2019).
Boys
| # | Name | Births | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 20,818 | 0 |
| 2 | Noah | 20,358 | 0 |
| 3 | Oliver | 14,939 | 0 |
| 4 | Theodore | 13,355 | 0 |
| 5 | Henry | 12,020 | +1 |
| 6 | James | 11,945 | -1 |
| 7 | Elijah | 11,111 | +1 |
| 8 | Mateo | 11,045 | -1 |
| 9 | William | 10,545 | +1 |
| 10 | Lucas | 10,219 | -1 |
Girls
| # | Name | Births | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 13,544 | 0 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 13,400 | +2 |
| 3 | Emma | 12,754 | -1 |
| 4 | Amelia | 12,699 | -1 |
| 5 | Sophia | 12,561 | +1 |
| 6 | Mia | 11,078 | -1 |
| 7 | Isabella | 10,666 | 0 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 9,123 | 0 |
| 9 | Sofia | 8,252 | +1 |
| 10 | Eliana | 8,191 | +8 |
Momentum
Percentage change in births, 2024 to 2025, among names with at least 300 births in 2025. Rank change and birth change measure different things.
Fastest rising
| Name / sex | Births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Akari · boys | 554 | +433% |
| Madisson · girls | 958 | +372% |
| Kasai · boys | 437 | +360% |
| Jasai · boys | 719 | +331% |
| Klarity · girls | 344 | +295% |
| Rynlee · girls | 359 | +259% |
| Eziah · boys | 465 | +247% |
| Ailany · girls | 7,136 | +174% |
| Neithan · boys | 371 | +171% |
| Merritt · girls | 401 | +152% |
Fastest falling
| Name / sex | Births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dayana · girls | 392 | -37% |
| Kylian · boys | 448 | -34% |
| Angela · girls | 765 | -32% |
| Crue · boys | 314 | -30% |
| Blake · girls | 1,035 | -29% |
| Destiny · girls | 458 | -29% |
| Journi · girls | 345 | -28% |
| Jayla · girls | 569 | -28% |
| Kobe · boys | 578 | -27% |
| Reign · boys | 333 | -27% |
Arrivals
First-ever entry into the top 100 in 2025.
Boys
Atlas #75 · Adriel #84 · Arthur #87 · Emiliano #94 · Eithan #97 · Archer #98
Girls
Ailany #14 · Sienna #94 · Amara #98 · Georgia #99 · Juniper #100
The long run, 1880–2025
Early records undercount births. Boys are solid blue; girls are dashed pink.
Recorded births per year
Full lists and CSV downloads: www.unnamed.baby. Generated from the SSA national archive, 1880–2025.