Trending baby names
Names climbing and falling fastest in the U.S. over the last 5 years (2018–2023). Ranks come from the Social Security Administration’s national dataset.
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Girls rising fastest
↑ 13068
#13915 → #847
↑ 6026
#6798 → #772
↑ 5660
#6535 → #875
↑ 4857
#5536 → #679
↑ 4556
#5139 → #583
↑ 2511
#3208 → #697
↑ 2328
#2503 → #175
↑ 1817
#2433 → #616
↑ 1605
#2395 → #790
↑ 1535
#2421 → #886
↑ 1515
#2456 → #941
↑ 1509
#2475 → #966
↑ 1427
#2059 → #632
↑ 1375
#2239 → #864
↑ 1363
#2218 → #855
↑ 1349
#1954 → #605
↑ 1259
#2232 → #973
↑ 1183
#2105 → #922
↑ 1166
#2046 → #880
↑ 1137
#2128 → #991
↑ 1126
#1906 → #780
↑ 1124
#2005 → #881
↑ 1082
#1930 → #848
↑ 1067
#1846 → #779
Boys rising fastest
↑ 11953
#12680 → #727
↑ 5054
#5561 → #507
↑ 4925
#5857 → #932
↑ 3687
#4502 → #815
↑ 3597
#4056 → #459
↑ 2664
#3471 → #807
↑ 2483
#3332 → #849
↑ 1755
#2731 → #976
↑ 1395
#2099 → #704
↑ 1320
#1907 → #587
↑ 1298
#2037 → #739
↑ 1269
#1940 → #671
↑ 1255
#1981 → #726
↑ 1224
#1467 → #243
↑ 1147
#1934 → #787
↑ 1129
#1807 → #678
↑ 1120
#1987 → #867
↑ 1110
#1817 → #707
↑ 1029
#1967 → #938
↑ 1000
#1946 → #946
↑ 993
#1974 → #981
↑ 972
#1525 → #553
↑ 963
#1842 → #879
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New to the top 500
Names ranked in the top 500 in 2023 that didn’t appear at all in 2018 — the freshest entries on the chart.
Girls
Boys
Girls falling fastest
↓ 514
#90 → #604
↓ 463
#488 → #951
↓ 439
#500 → #939
↓ 414
#558 → #972
↓ 387
#359 → #746
↓ 365
#394 → #759
↓ 362
#565 → #927
↓ 359
#599 → #958
↓ 347
#503 → #850
↓ 347
#589 → #936
↓ 344
#352 → #696
↓ 338
#632 → #970
↓ 330
#424 → #754
↓ 327
#444 → #771
↓ 323
#465 → #788
↓ 315
#572 → #887
↓ 313
#365 → #678
↓ 312
#578 → #890
↓ 307
#627 → #934
↓ 301
#480 → #781
↓ 299
#385 → #684
↓ 297
#519 → #816
↓ 297
#621 → #918
Boys falling fastest
↓ 390
#598 → #988
↓ 382
#512 → #894
↓ 382
#502 → #884
↓ 377
#365 → #742
↓ 351
#381 → #732
↓ 346
#514 → #860
↓ 342
#557 → #899
↓ 338
#472 → #810
↓ 332
#653 → #985
↓ 331
#544 → #875
↓ 331
#509 → #840
↓ 317
#580 → #897
↓ 302
#670 → #972
↓ 301
#540 → #841
↓ 298
#677 → #975
↓ 292
#501 → #793
↓ 288
#335 → #623
↓ 288
#617 → #905
↓ 287
#615 → #902
↓ 285
#538 → #823
↓ 283
#674 → #957
↓ 279
#479 → #758
↓ 276
#434 → #710
How we measure trending
For each name with a U.S. rank in both 2018 and 2023, we compute the change in national rank. A positive delta means the name climbed (e.g., #487 → #142 = +345). “New to the top 500” lists names that weren’t ranked in 2018 but are now in the top 500 in 2023. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby names dataset.