The top 50 girls' names in the United States, 2025

These are the official Social Security Administration figures for babies born in the United States in 2025, released on 8 May 2026. SSA tabulates them from a 100 per cent sample of Social Security card applications as of March 2026 — so this is close to a full count of American births, not a survey.

Rank	Name	Babies	Meaning and origin
1	Olivia	13,544	Olive tree; Latin, popularised by Shakespeare
2	Charlotte	13,400	Free man; French feminine of Charles
3	Emma	12,754	Whole, universal; Germanic ermen
4	Amelia	12,699	Work; Germanic amal
5	Sophia	12,561	Wisdom; Greek
6	Mia	11,078	"Mine" in Italian and Spanish; also short for Maria
7	Isabella	10,666	Italian form of Elizabeth
8	Evelyn	9,123	From a Norman surname, from Aveline
9	Sofia	8,252	Wisdom; the Spanish, Italian and Greek spelling of Sophia
10	Eliana	8,191	Hebrew, "my God has answered"; also a Greek-derived name of separate origin
11	Ava	7,732	Disputed — Germanic, a form of Eve, or Latin avis
12	Eleanor	7,649	Uncertain; long linked to the Provençal name Aliénor
13	Violet	7,546	The flower; Latin viola
14	Ailany	7,136	A modern coinage; not recorded in standard etymological reference works
15	Aurora	7,065	Dawn; Latin
16	Harper	6,792	Harp player; occupational surname
17	Elizabeth	6,760	My God is an oath; Hebrew
18	Lily	6,673	The flower; Latin lilium
19	Camila	6,591	From Latin Camilla, an attendant at a religious rite
20	Nora	6,380	Short form of Honora or Eleanor
21	Hazel	6,318	The tree; Old English
22	Penelope	6,225	Greek; possibly from pēnē, "thread" — uncertain
23	Chloe	6,203	Green shoot; Greek
24	Ellie	6,176	Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen or Elizabeth
25	Lucy	6,176	Light; Latin lux
26	Aria	6,130	Melody (Italian); also Hebrew and Persian names of separate origin
27	Luna	6,076	Moon; Latin
28	Isla	6,012	Scottish, from the island of Islay or the River Isla
29	Ella	5,831	Disputed — Germanic, or a short form of Eleanor
30	Lainey	5,738	Diminutive of Elaine, itself an Old French form of Helen
31	Zoe	5,646	Life; Greek
32	Scarlett	5,644	A dyer or seller of scarlet cloth; occupational surname
33	Gianna	5,634	God is gracious; Italian feminine of Giovanni
34	Emily	5,451	Rival; Latin Aemilia
35	Valentina	5,354	Strong, healthy; Latin valens
36	Layla	5,338	Night; Arabic
37	Avery	5,267	From a Norman form of Alfred or Alberic
38	Grace	5,127	Grace; Latin gratia
39	Ivy	5,117	The plant; Old English
40	Madison	4,945	Son of Maud; English surname
41	Abigail	4,941	My father is joy; Hebrew
42	Elena	4,836	Spanish, Italian and Russian form of Helen; meaning disputed
43	Mila	4,796	Gracious, dear; Slavic mil
44	Willow	4,763	The tree; Old English welig
45	Emilia	4,677	Rival; the Latin and Italian form of Emily
46	Nova	4,657	New; Latin, also an astronomical term
47	Naomi	4,644	Pleasantness; Hebrew
48	Riley	4,441	Two origins — Old English "rye clearing" and Irish Ó Raghallaigh
49	Eloise	4,251	Disputed; a French form related to Heloise and Louise
50	Sadie	4,168	Diminutive of Sarah, "princess"

What the 2025 data actually shows

Olivia held the top spot for a seventh year — by 144 babies

SSA's announcement led on Olivia and Liam holding number one for the seventh consecutive year. But Olivia's margin over Charlotte was just 144 registrations out of more than 1.7 million girls. Olivia also lost ground in absolute terms, falling from 14,772 in 2024 to 13,544 in 2025, while Charlotte rose from 12,597 to 13,400. If both continue on that path the top spot changes hands.

Two real changes in the top 10

SSA singled out both. Charlotte climbed to second, ending Emma's six-year run as runner-up. And Ava — a top-10 fixture for years — dropped out entirely, falling to 11th, replaced by Eliana, which debuted at number 10.

The most striking entry is at 14

Ailany appears at number 14 with 7,136 births. That is not a typographical error: SSA's own rank-change table records Ailany moving from 101st in 2024 to 14th in 2025, and the underlying national data file confirms the count. Its recent trajectory in SSA's files runs 857th in 2023, to 101st in 2024, to 14th in 2025. A jump of this size into the top 20 is genuinely rare, and worth knowing about if you are choosing a name because it feels unusual — this one no longer is.

The fastest risers overall

SSA named Klarity, a respelling of "clarity", as the leading riser among girls' names, up 1,396 places to 791st. Behind it came Rynlee (up 1,222), Ailanny (up 963), Naylani (up 940) and Madisson (up 863). Note that Ailanny with a double N is a different entry from Ailany at 14th; SSA ranks every spelling separately.

The top 1,000 covers less than you would expect

SSA reports that for 2025 US births the top 1,000 names account for about 72 per cent of all names — and for girls specifically, just 67.25 per cent. In other words, a third of American girls born in 2025 received a name outside the thousand most common. Naming in the US is far more dispersed than in England and Wales.

How to use this list

Do the spelling arithmetic before you judge a name as common or rare. SSA states the rule plainly: different spellings of similar names are not combined, and it gives Caitlin, Caitlyn, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Kaitlynn, Katelyn and Katelynn as an example of seven separate ranked names. Sophia at 5th and Sofia at 9th are the same name aloud; together they would rank second. Emilia at 45th and Emily at 34th are close cousins. If you want to know how often your child will hear her name, add the variants.

Know what SSA does and does not clean up. Hyphens and spaces are removed, so Julie-Anne, Julie Anne and Julieanne count as one entry. But the data is otherwise unedited — SSA warns that the sex recorded against a name may be wrong, and that placeholder entries such as "Unknown" and "Baby" are not removed. Names with fewer than five occurrences in any geographic area are suppressed for privacy.

Finally, remember the vintage. These counts reflect card applications as of March 2026 and creep upward slightly as late applications arrive, so the very low end of the rankings is more provisional than the top.

Most Popular Baby Girl Names in the US (SSA 2025)