Top Baby Names of the Decade

Sep 19, 2024 8:05 PM

　　The top baby names of the 2010s — the decade that is drawing to a close — are dominated by classic names still used by a wide range of parents.

　　The top four girl names — Emma, Sophia, Olivia, and Isabella — along with the top three boy names — Noah, Liam, and Jacob — were each given to more than 150,000 babies in the US in the nine years from 2010 to 2018. (We won’t see the official 2019 count until after the decade ends, in May of 2020.)

　　What does that mean? Perhaps that these classic names that topped the popularity list for most of the 2010s will give way in the 2020s to a new crop of favorites.

　　At the top of the most popular names of the last decade, the 2000s, are several choices that are starting to feel almost quaint: Emily and Madison in the top two spots for girls, Michael and Joshua at Numbers 2 and 3 for boys. The Top 10 for boys in the 2000s included Andrew and Joseph and for girls, Samantha and Hannah, all solid tradtional names but no longer fashionable.

　　Some of the names at the top of the 2010s list have a lot of life left in them: Olivia and Charlotte for girls, notably, along with James and Elijah for boys. We’ve marked them and others still on the way up with an asterisk.

Top Girl Names of the 2010s

Emma

　　Sophia

　　Olivia*

　　Isabella

　　Ava

　　Mia

　　Abigail

　　Emily

　　Madison

　　Charlotte*

　　Elizabeth

　　Amelia*

　　Chloe

　　Ella

　　Evelyn*

　　Avery

　　Sofia

　　Harper*

　　Grace

　　Addison

　　Victoria

　　Natalie

　　Lily

　　Aubrey

　　Lillian

　　Zoey

　　Hannah

　　Layla

　　Brooklyn

　　Samantha

　　Zoe

　　Leah

　　Scarlett

　　Riley

　　Camila

　　Savannah

　　Anna

　　Audrey

　　Allison

　　Aria*

　　Gabriella

　　Hailey

　　Claire

　　Sarah

　　Aaliyah

　　Kaylee

　　Nevaeh

　　Penelope*

　　Alexa

　　Arianna

　　Stella

　　Alexis

　　Bella

　　Nora

　　Ellie

　　Ariana

　　Lucy

　　Mila*

　　Peyton

　　Genesis

　　Alyssa

　　Taylor

　　Violet*

　　Maya

　　Caroline

　　Madelyn

　　Skylar

　　Serenity

　　Ashley

　　Brianna

　　Kennedy

　　Autumn

　　Eleanor*

　　Kylie

　　Sadie*

　　Paisley

　　Julia

　　Mackenzie

　　Sophie

　　Naomi

　　Eva

　　Khloe

　　Katherine

　　Gianna

　　Melanie

　　Aubree

　　Piper

　　Ruby

　　Lydia

　　Faith

　　Madeline

　　Alexandra

　　Kayla

　　Hazel*

　　Lauren

　　Annabelle

　　Jasmine

　　Aurora*

　　Alice*

　　Makayla

Top Boy Names of the 2010s

Noah

　　Liam*

　　Jacob

　　Mason

　　William

　　Ethan

　　Michael

　　Alexander

　　James*

　　Elijah*

　　Daniel

　　Benjamin

　　Aiden

　　Jayden

　　Logan*

　　Matthew

　　David

　　Joseph

　　Lucas

　　Jackson

　　Anthony

　　Joshua

　　Samuel

　　Andrew

　　Gabriel

　　Christopher

　　John

　　Dylan

　　Carter

　　Isaac

　　Ryan

　　Luke

　　Oliver*

　　Nathan

　　Henry

　　Owen*

　　Caleb

　　Wyatt*

　　Christian

　　Sebastian

　　Jack*

　　Jonathan

　　Landon

　　Julian

　　Isaiah

　　Hunter

　　Levi*

　　Aaron

　　Eli

　　Charles

　　Thomas

　　Connor

　　Brayden

　　Nicholas

　　Jaxon

　　Jeremiah

　　Cameron

　　Evan

　　Adrian

　　Jordan

　　Gavin

　　Grayson

　　Angel

　　Robert

　　Tyler

　　Josiah*

　　Austin*

　　Colton

　　Brandon

　　Jose

　　Dominic

　　Kevin

　　Zachary

　　Ian

　　Chase

　　Jason

　　Adam

　　Ayden

　　Parker

　　Hudson*

　　Cooper

　　Nolan

　　Lincoln*

　　Xavier

　　Carson

　　Jace

　　Justin

　　Easton*

　　Mateo*

　　Asher*

　　Bentley

　　Blake

　　Nathaniel

　　Jaxson

　　Leo*

　　Kayden

　　Tristan

　　Luis

　　Elias*

　　Brody

　　Which names will still be popular in the 2020s? We’d love to hear your ideas.

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