- Every year around Mother's Day, the Social Security Administration reveals the most popular baby names in the US from the previous year.
- The most popular name for baby boys in 2017 was Liam, and for baby girls was Emma.
Trends in baby names come and go, and this year is no different.
Every year, around Mother's Day, the Social Security Administration releases data about the most common names given to babies in the US in the previous year.
In 2017, the most popular name for baby boys was Liam, overtaking second-place Noah, which held the crown between 2013 and 2016. Meanwhile, Emma continued its four-year streak as the most common name for baby girls.
Here are the ten most popular names for boys from 2017, along with how common those names have been in the last ten years. Jacob, now in tenth place, was the most popular name for baby boys between 1999 and 2012. Meanwhile, Liam has steadily grown in popularity over time:
Here are the top ten names for girls. Fourth-place Isabella was the most popular name for girls in 2009 and 2010, right around the peak popularity of the "Twilight" saga and its protagonist Isabella Swan. While the top two names Emma and Olivia have been steadily popular over the last decade, several names in the lower half of the top ten like Charlotte, Amelia, and Evelyn have been increasingly common:
