Annual field notes / 2024

2024 U.S. baby names: the published record

The ten leading spellings in each national SSA recorded-sex field, with published birth counts and their change in calculated position from 2023.

What stands out in 2024

Sofia joined the female-field top ten from position 12 in 2023. Theodore reached fourth among the male-field spellings after being seventh the previous year.

Liam had its highest published annual count in this archive in 2024. Elsewhere in the top 100, Ayla moved from 106 to 69 in the female field and Santiago from 45 to 29 in the male field.

Female recorded field

Top ten published female-field spellings, 2024
Position*	Name	Count	From 2023
1	Olivia	14,772	same
2	Emma	13,524	same
3	Amelia	12,786	up 1
4	Charlotte	12,597	down 1
5	Mia	12,149	up 1
6	Sophia	12,126	down 1
7	Isabella	10,810	same
8	Evelyn	9,146	up 1
9	Ava	8,700	down 1
10	Sofia	8,113	up 2

Male recorded field

Top ten published male-field spellings, 2024
Position*	Name	Count	From 2023
1	Liam	22,252	same
2	Noah	20,409	same
3	Oliver	15,396	same
4	Theodore	12,069	up 3
5	James	11,856	down 1
6	Henry	11,596	up 2
7	Mateo	11,349	down 1
8	Elijah	11,238	down 3
9	Lucas	10,743	same
10	William	10,647	same

What these lists leave out

These are exact spellings, not totals for related forms. Birth counts are raw published SSA observations and are not adjusted for total births or historical coverage. The same spelling may appear in both recorded-sex fields. Published national files omit rows below the SSA disclosure threshold; absence is never proof of zero births.

*Positions are calculated from the pinned published file and are not official SSA ranks. Changes compare calculated positions in the two adjacent files.

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Sources: SSA national data and suppression rules · our data method. Data reviewed 1 November 2026.