2016
Top Baby Names of 2016
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 2016
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Emma 19,548 2
Olivia 19,409 3
Ava 16,347 4
Sophia 16,182 5
Isabella 14,861 6
Mia 14,462 7
Charlotte 13,117 8
Abigail 11,794 9
Emily 11,004 10
Amelia 10,808 11
Harper 10,802 12
Evelyn 10,116 13
Elizabeth 9,602 14
Sofia 9,177 15
Madison 9,055 16
Avery 8,774 17
Ella 7,939 18
Scarlett 7,716 19
Grace 7,616 20
Chloe 7,481 21
Victoria 7,328 22
Riley 7,159 23
Aria 6,948 24
Lily 6,608 25
Aubrey 6,551 26
Zoey 6,478 27
Penelope 6,397 28
Lillian 6,385 29
Addison 6,336 30
Layla 6,298 31
Natalie 6,191 32
Camila 6,052 33
Hannah 6,036 34
Brooklyn 5,970 35
Zoe 5,763 36
Nora 5,593 37
Leah 5,433 38
Savannah 5,388 39
Audrey 5,368 40
Claire 5,216 41
Eleanor 5,139 42
Skylar 5,134 43
Ellie 5,072 44
Samantha 4,955 45
Stella 4,933 46
Paisley 4,882 47
Violet 4,881 48
Mila 4,830 49
Anna 4,805 50
Allison 4,782 51
Alexa 4,775 52
Hazel 4,681 53
Aaliyah 4,656 54
Ariana 4,608 55
Lucy 4,604 56
Caroline 4,437 57
Sarah 4,426 58
Genesis 4,351 59
Kennedy 4,341 60
Sadie 4,297 61
Gabriella 4,262 62
Madelyn 4,240 63
Adeline 4,119 64
Maya 4,089 65
Autumn 4,045 66
Aurora 4,005 67
Piper 3,955 68
Hailey 3,946 69
Arianna 3,911 70
Serenity 3,865 71
Ruby 3,847 72
Kaylee 3,845 73
Nevaeh 3,823 74
Eva 3,812 75
Naomi 3,806 76
Alice 3,692 77
Luna 3,685 78
Bella 3,681 79
Quinn 3,648 80
Lydia 3,622 81
Peyton 3,510 82
Melanie 3,490 83
Kylie 3,424 84
Aubree 3,420 85
Mackenzie 3,410 86
Kinsley 3,377 87
Cora 3,373 88
Julia 3,344 89
Madeline 3,280 89
Taylor 3,280 91
Katherine 3,275 92
Gianna 3,226 93
Eliana 3,207 94
Elena 3,187 95
Vivian 3,141 96
Willow 3,124 97
Brianna 3,097 98
Reagan 3,096 99
Faith 3,090 100
Clara 3,075 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 2016
1
Noah 19,187 2
Liam 18,272 3
William 15,808 4
Mason 15,286 5
James 14,916 6
Benjamin 14,682 7
Jacob 14,554 8
Michael 14,139 9
Elijah 13,970 10
Ethan 13,854 11
Alexander 13,445 12
Oliver 13,065 13
Daniel 12,992 14
Lucas 12,904 15
Matthew 12,665 16
Aiden 12,265 17
Jackson 11,311 18
Logan 11,278 19
David 11,148 20
Joseph 10,961 21
Samuel 10,615 22
Henry 10,389 23
Sebastian 10,308 24
Owen 10,302 25
Gabriel 10,278 26
Carter 10,218 27
Jayden 10,156 28
John 10,055 29
Luke 9,999 30
Anthony 9,899 31
Isaac 9,774 32
Dylan 9,719 33
Wyatt 9,579 34
Andrew 9,431 35
Joshua 9,253 36
Christopher 9,101 37
Grayson 8,692 38
Jack 8,430 39
Julian 8,388 40
Ryan 8,258 41
Jaxon 8,142 42
Levi 8,113 43
Nathan 8,000 44
Caleb 7,978 45
Hunter 7,675 46
Christian 7,668 47
Isaiah 7,568 48
Thomas 7,365 49
Aaron 7,175 50
Eli 7,129 51
Lincoln 7,127 52
Charles 7,125 53
Landon 7,046 54
Connor 7,037 55
Josiah 7,022 56
Jonathan 6,980 57
Cameron 6,858 58
Jeremiah 6,626 59
Mateo 6,558 60
Adrian 6,336 61
Hudson 6,127 62
Robert 6,005 63
Nicholas 5,763 64
Brayden 5,734 65
Jordan 5,674 66
Easton 5,642 67
Nolan 5,634 68
Colton 5,623 69
Evan 5,612 70
Angel 5,561 71
Asher 5,525 72
Dominic 5,427 73
Austin 5,368 74
Leo 5,299 75
Adam 5,221 76
Jace 5,207 77
Jose 5,119 78
Ian 5,079 79
Cooper 4,974 80
Gavin 4,943 81
Carson 4,931 82
Jaxson 4,915 83
Theodore 4,910 84
Jason 4,885 85
Ezra 4,879 86
Chase 4,868 87
Parker 4,729 88
Xavier 4,624 89
Zachary 4,576 90
Kevin 4,554 91
Tyler 4,514 92
Ayden 4,506 93
Elias 4,486 94
Bryson 4,372 95
Leonardo 4,325 95
Greyson 4,325 97
Sawyer 4,248 98
Roman 4,221 99
Brandon 4,101 100
Bentley 4,069 About 2016 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 2016, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.