Top Baby Names of 2019

Most popular names for boys and girls in 2019.

What the Data Says About 2019

The Social Security Administration's national 2019 file shows 1,283,759 births concentrated in the top 100 boy and top 100 girl names, the segment of U.S. baby-name data released to the public for that year. The #1 boy name of 2019 was Liam, with 20,622 births registered nationally. The #1 girl name of 2019 was Olivia, with 18,569 births nationally. The top 100 boys captured 730,292 births compared with 553,467 for the top 100 girls — consistent with the historical SSA pattern in which a smaller pool of boy names dominates a larger share of annual births while girl names are more evenly distributed.

2019 sits within a specific era of U.S. naming trends. 2019 reflects the contemporary naming landscape — shorter names, -a endings for girls, classic revivals for boys, and a steadily flattening distribution in which no single name dominates the way they did mid-century. Liam and Olivia leading 2019 fits this broader cultural signature.

These rankings come directly from Social Security Administration card applications and represent approximately 96% of all U.S. births in 2019. Names with fewer than five occurrences nationally in 2019 are excluded from SSA's public file to protect privacy, meaning the true number of unique names given in 2019 is significantly larger than any public top-100 list can show. Each spelling variation is counted separately — Sophia and Sofia, Aiden and Ayden — so rankings reflect only the specific spelling filed on the SS card, not combined name pools. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming advice.

Top 100 Boys' Names Boy

Rank Name Births
1 Liam 20,622
2 Noah 19,172
3 Oliver 13,964
4 William 13,649
5 Elijah 13,428
6 James 13,193
7 Benjamin 13,036
8 Lucas 12,478
9 Mason 11,479
10 Alexander 11,325
11 Ethan 11,307
12 Jacob 10,786
13 Henry 10,766
14 Michael 10,614
15 Daniel 10,585
16 Logan 10,563
17 Jackson 10,169
18 Sebastian 9,881
19 Jack 9,402
20 Aiden 9,399
21 Owen 9,346
22 Samuel 9,321
23 Matthew 9,270
24 Joseph 9,174
25 Levi 9,062
26 Mateo 9,019
27 David 8,984
28 John 8,857
29 Wyatt 8,835
30 Carter 8,682
31 Julian 8,441
32 Luke 8,440
33 Grayson 8,306
34 Isaac 8,228
35 Jayden 7,957
36 Theodore 7,894
37 Gabriel 7,765
38 Anthony 7,722
39 Dylan 7,555
40 Leo 7,501
41 Lincoln 7,471
42 Jaxon 7,276
43 Asher 7,056
44 Christopher 7,015
45 Josiah 6,838
46 Andrew 6,809
47 Thomas 6,666
48 Joshua 6,625
49 Ezra 6,549
50 Hudson 6,493
51 Caleb 6,414
52 Charles 6,403
53 Isaiah 6,211
54 Ryan 6,120
55 Nathan 6,087
56 Adrian 5,784
57 Christian 5,780
58 Maverick 5,763
59 Colton 5,738
60 Elias 5,720
61 Aaron 5,544
62 Eli 5,535
63 Landon 5,508
64 Jonathan 5,466
65 Nolan 5,400
66 Hunter 5,396
67 Cameron 5,253
68 Connor 5,160
69 Jeremiah 5,073
70 Santiago 5,047
71 Ezekiel 4,936
72 Roman 4,916
73 Angel 4,914
74 Easton 4,893
75 Miles 4,889
76 Robert 4,851
77 Jameson 4,673
78 Nicholas 4,640
79 Greyson 4,564
80 Cooper 4,555
81 Ian 4,550
82 Carson 4,520
83 Jaxson 4,516
84 Axel 4,504
85 Dominic 4,441
86 Leonardo 4,425
87 Luca 4,421
88 Austin 4,401
89 Jordan 4,340
90 Xavier 4,191
91 Adam 4,188
92 Jose 4,132
93 Jace 4,104
94 Everett 4,082
95 Declan 3,971
96 Evan 3,964
97 Kayden 3,924
98 Parker 3,906
99 Wesley 3,763
100 Kai 3,741

Top 100 Girls' Names Girl

Rank Name Births
1 Olivia 18,569
2 Emma 17,221
3 Ava 14,544
4 Sophia 13,813
5 Isabella 13,404
6 Charlotte 13,236
7 Amelia 12,940
8 Mia 12,503
9 Harper 10,494
10 Evelyn 10,441
11 Abigail 9,189
12 Emily 8,256
13 Ella 8,127
14 Elizabeth 7,920
15 Camila 7,845
16 Luna 7,798
17 Sofia 7,401
18 Avery 7,349
19 Mila 7,341
20 Aria 7,116
21 Scarlett 7,084
22 Penelope 6,733
23 Layla 6,518
24 Chloe 6,411
25 Victoria 6,379
26 Madison 6,300
27 Eleanor 6,198
28 Grace 6,104
29 Nora 5,935
30 Riley 5,710
31 Zoey 5,685
32 Hannah 5,641
33 Hazel 5,462
34 Lily 5,458
35 Ellie 5,430
36 Violet 5,416
37 Lillian 5,126
38 Zoe 5,071
39 Aurora 5,002
40 Stella 4,994
41 Natalie 4,808
42 Everly 4,780
43 Leah 4,780
44 Emilia 4,773
45 Willow 4,603
46 Aubrey 4,595
47 Addison 4,493
48 Lucy 4,476
49 Audrey 4,459
50 Bella 4,396
51 Nova 4,329
52 Brooklyn 4,312
53 Paisley 4,277
54 Savannah 4,182
55 Claire 4,130
56 Skylar 4,049
57 Isla 4,043
58 Genesis 4,030
59 Naomi 3,954
60 Elena 3,948
61 Caroline 3,919
62 Eliana 3,890
63 Anna 3,845
64 Maya 3,820
65 Valentina 3,797
66 Ruby 3,738
67 Kennedy 3,691
68 Ivy 3,688
69 Ariana 3,683
70 Aaliyah 3,672
71 Cora 3,601
72 Madelyn 3,580
73 Alice 3,549
74 Kinsley 3,509
75 Gabriella 3,493
76 Hailey 3,489
77 Allison 3,439
78 Serenity 3,436
79 Gianna 3,422
80 Samantha 3,369
81 Sarah 3,322
82 Autumn 3,281
83 Quinn 3,208
84 Piper 3,188
85 Sophie 3,185
86 Eva 3,178
87 Sadie 3,162
88 Delilah 3,156
89 Josephine 3,122
90 Nevaeh 3,120
91 Adeline 3,077
92 Arya 3,050
93 Emery 3,017
94 Lydia 3,014
95 Clara 2,950
96 Vivian 2,933
97 Peyton 2,867
98 Madeline 2,861
99 Julia 2,787
100 Rylee 2,778

Nearby Year & Decade Rankings

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are excluded to protect privacy.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.