Most popular baby names of 2018

Sophia celebrates her ninth consecutive year as the top choice for girls, while Jackson remains the most popular name for boys for six years running. Oliver and Layla both jumped into the top 10, pushing out Logan and Zoe. The fastest climbers of 2018 include Everly, Isla, Leo, and Carson.

Click on a name below to find its popularity over time, common sibling names, and more. Plus, get ideas from this year's list of alternatives to popular baby names, discover the hottest baby-naming trends, and see our predictions for up-and-coming names.

Note: To capture true popularity, our exclusive baby names list combines names that sound the same but have multiple spellings (like Sophia and Sofia, or Jackson and Jaxon). Our data comes from more than 742,000 parents who shared their baby's name with us in 2018.

Top baby names of 2018

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Based on true popularity

	Girls	Boys
1	Emma	Noah
2	Olivia	Ethan
3	Isabella	Jacob
4	Ava	Liam
5	Sophia	Logan
6	Emily	Michael
7	Madison	Matthew
8	Mia	Jack
9	Hannah	Ryan
10	Abigail	Mason
11	Chloe	Joshua
12	Ella	Aiden
13	Lily	James
14	Amelia	Jackson
15	Grace	Elijah
16	Charlotte	Andrew
17	Elizabeth	Alexander
18	Avery	Lucas
19	Sarah	Benjamin
20	Natalie	Daniel
21	Addison	Dylan
22	Hailey	William
23	Zoe	Nathan
24	Anna	Nicholas
25	Victoria	Gabriel
26	Riley	Luke
27	Harper	Caleb
28	Savannah	Jayden
29	Evelyn	Anthony
30	Ellie	Joseph
31	Layla	David
32	Julia	Connor
33	Audrey	Owen
34	Sophie	Christopher
35	Maya	Oliver
36	Mackenzie	Austin
37	Aubrey	Carter
38	Claire	Hunter
39	Brooklyn	Christian
40	Leah	Evan
41	Lillian	Samuel
42	Kaylee	John
43	Aria	Cameron
44	Gabriella	Wyatt
45	Scarlett	Isaac
46	Lucy	Jordan
47	Bella	Henry
48	Mila	Sebastian
49	Kylie	Adam
50	Allison	Landon
51	Gianna	Isaiah
52	Madelyn	Thomas
53	Peyton	Max
54	Stella	Julian
55	Eva	Jonathan
56	Isabelle	Brayden
57	Aaliyah	Aaron
58	Nora	Levi
59	Luna	Eli
60	Kennedy	Ian
61	Arianna	Grayson
62	Maria	Dominic
63	Violet	Charlie
64	Penelope	Cooper
65	Makayla	Leo
66	Nevaeh	Adrian
67	Aurora	Xavier
68	Elena	Josiah
69	Naomi	Jason
70	Eleanor	Colton
71	Jordan	Carson
72	Hazel	Nolan
73	Alice	Asher
74	Eliana	Jeremiah
75	Reagan	Muhammad
76	Paisley	Hudson
77	Emilia	Mateo
78	Isla	Riley
79	Willow	Lincoln
80	Quinn	Micah
81	Cora	Kai
82	Delilah	Miles
83	Kinsley	Ezra
84	Nova	Elias
85	Melanie	Luca
86	Liliana	Caden
87	Jocelyn	Easton
88	Juliana	Roman
89	Vivian	Bryson
90	Adeline	Declan
91	Everly	Damian
92	Emery	Xander
93	London	Ezekiel
94	Alaina	Maverick
95	Charlie	Jameson
96	Callie	Theodore
97	Lila	Weston
98	Emerson	Avery
99	Adalyn	Peyton
100	Logan	Zane

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