The most given baby name in the US right now is Liam: 20,818 boys got it in 2025, about 1 in 82 boys born that year. For girls it is Olivia, with 13,544, about 1 in 119. By the Social Security records, those are the most overused names today, but even they are far less … Read more
In 2025, Parker was the most given gender-neutral name in the US: 6,013 babies, 42% of them girls. Names like it are more common than they used to be. In 1950, 0.60% of babies got a name given to boys and girls in similar numbers; in 2025, 2.13% did. This guide lists the most popular … Read more
The most popular Biblical girl name for babies in 2025 was Elizabeth, #17 among all girl names, and the most popular Biblical boy name was Noah, #2 for boys. Counting everyone alive, Mary leads the girls with about 1,715,483 people, and Michael, James and John lead the boys. This guide lists the 50 most popular … Read more
The best count of last names in the United States comes from the Census Bureau. From the 2010 Census, it published how many people had every surname that appeared at least 100 times: 162,253 surnames, shared by 265,667,228 people. Find your last name in that list and you have a solid answer to how many … Read more
The most popular Gen Z names are Emily for girls and Jacob for boys: 344,456 girls and 441,312 boys got those names from 1997 to 2012, by Social Security records. This guide lists the 50 most popular Gen Z names for girls and boys with their meanings, the #1 names of each year, the names … Read more
In the Millennial birth years, 1981 to 1996, about 42,693 girls a year were named Jessica. In 2025, 424 were, and the name ranked #665. Many of the most popular names of those years are now rare choices for babies. This guide lists the 50 most popular Millennial names for girls and boys with their … Read more
Liam first ranked in the top 100 boys’ names in 1995, in five states: Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It took until 2011 to reach the top 100 in the last state, Mississippi. Social Security’s state records show this pattern again and again: a new name rises in a few states first … Read more
The most popular baby name for girls in California in 2025 was Olivia, with 1,796 babies, just 8 more than Mia, which had led the state in 2024. Olivia also led the country. For boys it was Liam, with 2,624, the same as the national #1. These figures come from the Social Security Administration’s state … Read more
The most popular baby names in Texas in 2025 were Emma for girls, with 1,707 babies, and Liam for boys, with 2,688. Emma took the top spot from Olivia, which led Texas in 2024 and still led the country in 2025. That is more Liams than California recorded (2,624), even though California had more babies … Read more
The most common Arabic name in the US is Layla: about 128,254 people alive have it, by How Many of Mee’s estimate from Social Security records, and it means “night” according to Behind the Name. For boys it is Omar, “populous, flourishing”, with about 100,296. Arabic names are given far more often than they used … Read more