Top Baby Names of 2012
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Sophia 22,335 2
Emma 20,972 3
Isabella 19,134 4
Olivia 17,332 5
Ava 15,548 6
Emily 13,664 7
Abigail 12,728 8
Mia 12,037 9
Madison 11,416 10
Elizabeth 9,729 11
Chloe 9,670 12
Ella 9,211 13
Avery 8,318 14
Addison 8,183 15
Aubrey 8,059 16
Lily 7,969 17
Natalie 7,908 18
Sofia 7,837 19
Charlotte 7,482 20
Zoey 7,481 21
Grace 7,393 22
Hannah 7,291 23
Amelia 7,248 24
Harper 7,199 25
Lillian 7,171 26
Samantha 6,937 27
Evelyn 6,880 28
Victoria 6,871 29
Brooklyn 6,795 30
Zoe 6,466 31
Layla 6,278 32
Hailey 5,917 33
Leah 5,779 34
Kaylee 5,629 35
Anna 5,628 36
Aaliyah 5,522 37
Gabriella 5,511 38
Allison 5,427 39
Nevaeh 5,408 40
Alexis 5,372 41
Audrey 5,298 42
Sarah 5,205 43
Savannah 5,202 44
Alyssa 5,090 45
Claire 4,944 46
Taylor 4,870 47
Riley 4,833 48
Camila 4,790 49
Arianna 4,733 50
Ashley 4,700 👦
Boy Names
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Jacob 19,104 2
Mason 18,993 3
Ethan 17,694 4
Noah 17,378 5
William 16,914 6
Liam 16,823 7
Michael 16,209 8
Jayden 16,150 9
Alexander 15,257 10
Aiden 14,924 11
Daniel 14,301 12
Matthew 13,991 13
Elijah 13,909 14
James 13,456 15
Anthony 13,226 16
Benjamin 12,833 17
Joshua 12,677 18
Andrew 12,641 19
Joseph 12,589 20
David 12,558 21
Jackson 12,497 22
Logan 12,488 23
Christopher 11,919 24
Gabriel 11,577 25
Samuel 11,468 26
Ryan 10,944 27
Lucas 10,717 28
John 10,635 29
Nathan 10,431 30
Isaac 10,062 31
Dylan 10,000 32
Caleb 9,975 33
Christian 9,639 34
Jonathan 9,369 35
Landon 9,354 36
Carter 9,272 37
Luke 9,022 38
Owen 8,695 39
Brayden 8,513 40
Gavin 8,260 41
Wyatt 8,233 42
Isaiah 8,185 43
Eli 8,076 44
Henry 8,075 45
Hunter 8,050 46
Jack 7,940 47
Evan 7,909 48
Jordan 7,827 49
Nicholas 7,741 50
Tyler 7,705 About 2012 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 2012, 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.