Annual field notes / 2025
2025 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 2024.
What stands out in 2025
Eliana entered the female-field top ten from position 18 in 2024. Charlotte moved from fourth to second, only 144 published births behind Olivia. Liam and Noah remained first and second in the male field.
Outside the first ten, Ailany moved from position 101 to 14 in the female field, and Atlas moved from 101 to 75 in the male field. These are precise spelling-level observations; they should not be used to infer why families chose the names.
Female recorded field
| Position* | Name | Count | From 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 13,544 | same |
| 2 | Charlotte | 13,400 | up 2 |
| 3 | Emma | 12,754 | down 1 |
| 4 | Amelia | 12,699 | down 1 |
| 5 | Sophia | 12,561 | up 1 |
| 6 | Mia | 11,078 | down 1 |
| 7 | Isabella | 10,666 | same |
| 8 | Evelyn | 9,123 | same |
| 9 | Sofia | 8,252 | up 1 |
| 10 | Eliana | 8,191 | up 8 |
Male recorded field
| Position* | Name | Count | From 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 20,818 | same |
| 2 | Noah | 20,358 | same |
| 3 | Oliver | 14,939 | same |
| 4 | Theodore | 13,355 | same |
| 5 | Henry | 12,020 | up 1 |
| 6 | James | 11,945 | down 1 |
| 7 | Elijah | 11,111 | up 1 |
| 8 | Mateo | 11,045 | down 1 |
| 9 | William | 10,545 | up 1 |
| 10 | Lucas | 10,219 | down 1 |
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.