2018
Top Baby Names of 2018
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 2018
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Emma 18,818 2
Olivia 18,055 3
Ava 15,028 4
Isabella 14,568 5
Sophia 14,004 6
Charlotte 13,036 7
Mia 12,738 8
Amelia 12,402 9
Harper 10,644 10
Evelyn 10,432 11
Abigail 9,877 12
Emily 8,716 13
Elizabeth 8,595 14
Mila 8,167 15
Ella 8,126 16
Avery 8,097 17
Sofia 7,663 18
Camila 7,508 19
Aria 7,435 20
Scarlett 7,223 21
Victoria 7,134 22
Madison 7,099 23
Luna 6,932 24
Grace 6,785 25
Chloe 6,677 26
Penelope 6,523 27
Layla 6,509 28
Riley 6,009 29
Zoey 5,943 30
Nora 5,837 31
Lily 5,752 32
Eleanor 5,727 33
Hannah 5,680 34
Lillian 5,566 35
Addison 5,231 36
Ellie 5,221 37
Aubrey 5,208 38
Stella 5,163 39
Natalie 5,127 40
Zoe 5,123 41
Leah 5,036 42
Hazel 4,951 43
Violet 4,829 44
Aurora 4,828 45
Savannah 4,767 46
Audrey 4,696 47
Brooklyn 4,652 48
Bella 4,573 49
Skylar 4,407 50
Claire 4,405 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 2018
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Liam 19,974 2
Noah 18,429 3
William 14,645 4
James 13,642 5
Oliver 13,499 6
Benjamin 13,483 7
Elijah 13,012 8
Lucas 12,659 9
Mason 12,520 10
Logan 12,443 11
Alexander 12,109 12
Ethan 11,930 13
Jacob 11,891 14
Michael 11,750 15
Daniel 11,290 16
Henry 10,712 17
Jackson 10,423 18
Sebastian 10,135 19
Aiden 10,058 20
Matthew 10,004 21
Samuel 9,850 22
David 9,811 23
Joseph 9,677 24
Carter 9,382 25
Owen 9,335 26
John 9,198 27
Wyatt 9,181 28
Jack 8,892 29
Luke 8,624 29
Jayden 8,624 31
Dylan 8,610 32
Grayson 8,605 33
Levi 8,537 34
Isaac 8,502 35
Gabriel 8,435 36
Julian 8,367 37
Mateo 8,221 38
Anthony 8,045 39
Jaxon 7,767 40
Joshua 7,443 41
Lincoln 7,406 42
Christopher 7,333 43
Andrew 7,313 44
Theodore 7,088 45
Caleb 6,994 46
Ryan 6,940 47
Asher 6,878 48
Nathan 6,850 49
Thomas 6,836 50
Leo 6,772 About 2018 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 2018, 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.