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The baby names on the rise in 2025
Ailany nearly tripled in a single year, Lainey grew almost sevenfold in five years, and Eithan went from 259 to 3,636 babies: the fastest-rising names in the latest Social Security figures.
The Social Security figures for 2025 are out. Olivia is still the most popular name for girls, with 13,544 babies, and Liam keeps the top spot for boys, with 20,818. But behind these safe bets, some names are climbing fast, while the total number of births in the records slipped slightly, from 3.34 million in 2024 to 3.32 million in 2025.
The top 10 of 2025
For girls: Olivia, Charlotte, Emma, Amelia, Sophia, Mia, Isabella, Evelyn, Sofia and Eliana.
For boys: Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore, Henry, James, Elijah, Mateo, William and Lucas.
The biggest gains in one year
Between 2024 and 2025, Ailany gained the most babies: 7,136, up from 2,606 a year earlier, which lifts it to No. 14. It is followed by Eliana (8,191, up 1,744), now No. 10, Valentina (5,354, up 898) and Ailani, which almost doubled to 1,807.
For boys, Eithan gained the most (3,636 births, up from 1,599). Cooper (7,472, up 1,757), Theodore (13,355, up 1,286), Bennett, Elias and Atlas complete the list.
The surges over five years
Over five years, the increases are even more striking. Among names given at least 200 times in 2020:
- Eithan went from 259 to 3,636 babies, 14 times more;
- Colter went from 221 to 2,354, more than ten times more;
- Lainey went from 844 to 5,738, almost seven times more;
- Wrenley went from 297 to 1,858;
- Callahan went from 288 to 1,566;
- Stetson, Alora, Ailani and Sylvie more than tripled.
What these figures show, and what they do not
These rankings count every baby whose Social Security card application gives the name. A name given fewer than 5 times in a year, for one sex, is not published. The figures say how fast a name is rising, not why: explanations are best left to those who can prove them.
To follow any of these names year by year, open its page, or browse the top names of 2025.
Figures: U.S. Social Security Administration baby names data (births since 1880). See Data and methods.