2016
Top Baby Names of 2016
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 2016
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Emma 19,548 2
Olivia 19,409 3
Ava 16,347 4
Sophia 16,182 5
Isabella 14,861 6
Mia 14,462 7
Charlotte 13,117 8
Abigail 11,794 9
Emily 11,004 10
Amelia 10,808 11
Harper 10,802 12
Evelyn 10,116 13
Elizabeth 9,602 14
Sofia 9,177 15
Madison 9,055 16
Avery 8,774 17
Ella 7,939 18
Scarlett 7,716 19
Grace 7,616 20
Chloe 7,481 21
Victoria 7,328 22
Riley 7,159 23
Aria 6,948 24
Lily 6,608 25
Aubrey 6,551 26
Zoey 6,478 27
Penelope 6,397 28
Lillian 6,385 29
Addison 6,336 30
Layla 6,298 31
Natalie 6,191 32
Camila 6,052 33
Hannah 6,036 34
Brooklyn 5,970 35
Zoe 5,763 36
Nora 5,593 37
Leah 5,433 38
Savannah 5,388 39
Audrey 5,368 40
Claire 5,216 41
Eleanor 5,139 42
Skylar 5,134 43
Ellie 5,072 44
Samantha 4,955 45
Stella 4,933 46
Paisley 4,882 47
Violet 4,881 48
Mila 4,830 49
Anna 4,805 50
Allison 4,782 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 2016
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Noah 19,187 2
Liam 18,272 3
William 15,808 4
Mason 15,286 5
James 14,916 6
Benjamin 14,682 7
Jacob 14,554 8
Michael 14,139 9
Elijah 13,970 10
Ethan 13,854 11
Alexander 13,445 12
Oliver 13,065 13
Daniel 12,992 14
Lucas 12,904 15
Matthew 12,665 16
Aiden 12,265 17
Jackson 11,311 18
Logan 11,278 19
David 11,148 20
Joseph 10,961 21
Samuel 10,615 22
Henry 10,389 23
Sebastian 10,308 24
Owen 10,302 25
Gabriel 10,278 26
Carter 10,218 27
Jayden 10,156 28
John 10,055 29
Luke 9,999 30
Anthony 9,899 31
Isaac 9,774 32
Dylan 9,719 33
Wyatt 9,579 34
Andrew 9,431 35
Joshua 9,253 36
Christopher 9,101 37
Grayson 8,692 38
Jack 8,430 39
Julian 8,388 40
Ryan 8,258 41
Jaxon 8,142 42
Levi 8,113 43
Nathan 8,000 44
Caleb 7,978 45
Hunter 7,675 46
Christian 7,668 47
Isaiah 7,568 48
Thomas 7,365 49
Aaron 7,175 50
Eli 7,129 About 2016 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 2016, 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.