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NameAlmanac

Rankings

Lists with a stated method: the most gender-neutral names (Dakota led 2025), rare names with a long history (12,209 of them), and the most common names of living Americans (Michael and Mary).

All rankings: SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026, and SSA’s cohort life tables. SSA’s notes on the data.

Every ranking

  1. Unisex namesNames shared most evenly by girls and boys in 2025, and the names that changed sides.
  2. Rare names with a long historyGiven to 5 to 49 babies in 2025 after 20 or more recorded years.
  3. Girls’ names of 2025The top 1,000, with rank changes.
  4. Boys’ names of 2025The top 1,000, with rank changes.
  5. Rising and falling namesThe biggest climbs and drops of 2025, and the comebacks.
  6. The most common names todaySurvival-weighted: the names of Americans alive in 2026.

Each list states its threshold above the table.