According to a report released by BabyCenter this fall, Olivias and Noah are in good company as they were announced as some of the most popular baby names in 2024.
Many of the top 10 names in 2023 still retain their spots in 2024, with Liam and Oliver and Amelia and Emma in the top three. The only new entries in the top 10 are Ellie and Asher entering at the 9th position on their respective lists.
While the top 10 names remained almost the same for boys and girls, several new trends were found. For boys, “e” names increased, while for girls, names ending in “-lee” or “-lin” were on the rise.
Some of these entries include Elijah (No. 4) for boys, Ezra (No. 8) and Evelyn (No. 13) for girls.
There were notable changes during the year, including SARA, which has remained in the top 100 for more than 60 years and is now ranked 108. Eva, Dominic, Aaron and Jasmine all saw the same fate, simply falling out of the top 100.
What are the top 10 most popular girls names?
- olivia
- Amelia
- emma
- Sofia
- charlotte
- isabella
- Ava
- MIA
- Ellie
- luna
What are the top 10 most popular boys names?
- noah
- Liam
- oliver
- Eliza
- Mateo
- lucas
- levy
- ezra
- asher
- leo
Baby Naming Trends: Pop Culture, Olympics, Bears
BabyCenter also saw an increase in French names following the 2024 Paris Olympics and “names associated with high-profile figures from the WNBA and the Super Bowl.”
Parents also got inspiration from movies and TV shows like “Inside Out,” “Ripley” and “The Bear,” as well as astronomical events like a total solar eclipse.
These names include:
Boys:
- rafal
- Louis
- Banke
- remy
- gustavo
- orion
Girls:
- Lewis
- elodie
- Arlette
- jolie
- Caitlin
- camilla
- aja
- eclipse
- Fifth note of musical scale
“The BabyCenter report captures information from more than 500,000 babies born through 2024 to parents registered on the BabyCenter site and mobile app,” the company said in a news release. The company said it has been publishing reports in the names of children since 2004.
“BabyCenter is a community of millions of parents, many of whom choose to self-report their baby’s name at birth,” Robin Hillmantel, senior director of editorial strategy and development at BabyCenter, said in a statement.
“For two decades, it has given us unparalleled insight into baby name trends as they are happening in real time,” Hillmantel said. “Because of this proprietary data set, we are able to reliably share the top baby names each year, months before the Social Security Administration data comes out.”
