Most popular baby names of 2013

In 2013, the most popular names for US babies were Noah for boys (18,287 babies, 1.0% of boys) and Sophia for girls (21,253 babies, 1.2% of girls). The rest of the top five were Jacob, Liam, Mason and William for boys and Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava for girls. SSA recorded 14,067 different boy names and 19,276 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 2013
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	18,287	▲ 3
2	Jacob	18,196	▼ 1
3	Liam	18,153	▲ 3
4	Mason	17,727	▼ 2
5	William	16,665	–
6	Ethan	16,259	▼ 3
7	Michael	15,540	–
8	Alexander	14,922	▲ 1
9	Jayden	14,798	▼ 1
10	Daniel	14,323	▲ 1
11	Elijah	13,826	▲ 2
12	Aiden	13,646	▼ 2
13	James	13,595	▲ 1
14	Benjamin	13,513	▲ 2
15	Matthew	13,360	▼ 3
16	Jackson	12,609	▲ 5
17	David	12,396	▲ 3
18	Logan	12,365	▲ 4
19	Anthony	12,293	▼ 4
20	Joseph	12,276	▼ 1
21	Joshua	11,855	▼ 4
22	Andrew	11,682	▼ 4
23	Lucas	11,558	▲ 4
24	Gabriel	11,244	–
25	Samuel	11,139	–
26	Christopher	10,878	▼ 3
27	John	10,736	▲ 1
28	Isaac	10,133	▲ 2
29	Dylan	10,127	▲ 2
30	Ryan	9,893	▼ 4
31	Nathan	9,721	▼ 2
32	Caleb	9,612	–
33	Carter	9,589	▲ 3
34	Luke	9,587	▲ 3
35	Christian	9,350	▼ 2
36	Hunter	8,985	▲ 9
37	Henry	8,883	▲ 7
38	Owen	8,766	–
39	Landon	8,751	▼ 4
40	Jack	8,577	▲ 6
41	Jonathan	8,575	▼ 7
42	Wyatt	8,567	▼ 1
43	Eli	7,949	–
44	Isaiah	7,903	▼ 2
45	Jaxon	7,562	▲ 21
46	Sebastian	7,552	▲ 18
47	Julian	7,519	▲ 6
48	Brayden	7,455	▼ 9
49	Levi	7,447	▲ 6
50	Gavin	7,421	▼ 10
51	Aaron	7,319	–
52	Oliver	7,275	▲ 21
53	Jordan	7,219	▼ 5
54	Nicholas	7,147	▼ 5
55	Evan	7,119	▼ 8
56	Connor	7,116	▲ 3
57	Charles	7,025	▲ 5
58	Jeremiah	6,989	▼ 6
59	Cameron	6,870	▼ 5
60	Adrian	6,854	▲ 1
61	Thomas	6,797	▲ 2
62	Robert	6,721	▼ 2
63	Tyler	6,659	▼ 13
64	Austin	6,499	▼ 6
65	Colton	6,488	–
66	Jace	6,398	▲ 19
67	Angel	6,369	▼ 10
68	Dominic	6,335	▲ 2
69	Josiah	6,314	▲ 10
70	Brandon	6,234	▼ 14
71	Ayden	6,083	▼ 3
72	Kevin	5,945	▼ 3
73	Zachary	5,774	▼ 6
74	Parker	5,672	▲ 7
75	Blake	5,649	▼ 4
76	Jose	5,627	▼ 4
77	Grayson	5,557	▲ 9
78	Chase	5,554	▼ 1
79	Jason	5,517	▼ 3
80	Ian	5,432	▼ 2
81	Bentley	5,394	▼ 6
82	Adam	5,251	–
83	Xavier	4,997	▼ 3
84	Cooper	4,898	▼ 1
85	Justin	4,873	▼ 11
86	Nolan	4,745	▲ 3
87	Hudson	4,671	▲ 6
88	Easton	4,649	▲ 8
89	Jase	4,555	▲ 215
90	Carson	4,538	▼ 3
91	Nathaniel	4,537	▼ 7
92	Jaxson	4,463	▲ 14
93	Kayden	4,433	▲ 4
94	Brody	4,337	▼ 3
95	Lincoln	4,039	▲ 37
96	Tristan	4,015	▼ 8
97	Luis	4,007	▼ 7
98	Damian	3,974	▲ 1
99	Camden	3,897	▲ 57
100	Juan	3,891	▼ 8

Top 100 girl names, 2013
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Sophia	21,253	–
2	Emma	20,966	–
3	Olivia	18,453	▲ 1
4	Isabella	17,679	▼ 1
5	Ava	15,271	–
6	Mia	13,166	▲ 2
7	Emily	13,142	▼ 1
8	Abigail	12,429	▼ 1
9	Madison	10,604	–
10	Elizabeth	9,474	–
11	Charlotte	9,311	▲ 8
12	Avery	9,185	▲ 1
13	Sofia	9,169	▲ 5
14	Chloe	8,798	▼ 3
15	Ella	8,461	▼ 3
16	Harper	8,284	▲ 8
17	Amelia	8,051	▲ 6
18	Aubrey	7,984	▼ 3
19	Addison	7,740	▼ 5
20	Evelyn	7,668	▲ 7
21	Natalie	7,488	▼ 4
22	Grace	7,385	▼ 1
23	Hannah	7,306	▼ 1
24	Zoey	7,256	▼ 4
25	Victoria	7,214	▲ 3
26	Lillian	7,083	▼ 1
27	Lily	7,002	▼ 11
28	Brooklyn	6,906	▲ 1
29	Samantha	6,516	▼ 3
30	Layla	6,489	▲ 1
31	Zoe	5,978	▼ 1
32	Leah	5,617	▲ 1
33	Audrey	5,605	▲ 8
34	Allison	5,445	▲ 4
35	Anna	5,396	–
36	Savannah	5,258	▲ 7
37	Aaliyah	5,245	▼ 1
38	Gabriella	5,216	▼ 1
39	Camila	5,147	▲ 9
40	Kaylee	5,126	▼ 6
41	Aria	5,118	▲ 51
42	Scarlett	5,053	▲ 19
43	Hailey	5,030	▼ 11
44	Arianna	5,005	▲ 5
45	Riley	4,941	▲ 2
46	Alexis	4,785	▼ 6
47	Nevaeh	4,783	▼ 8
48	Sarah	4,715	▼ 6
49	Sadie	4,663	▲ 71
50	Claire	4,660	▼ 5
51	Peyton	4,579	▲ 2
52	Serenity	4,471	▲ 6
53	Aubree	4,453	▲ 7
54	Ariana	4,420	▲ 20
55	Genesis	4,306	▲ 1
56	Penelope	4,292	▲ 69
57	Alyssa	4,212	▼ 13
58	Bella	4,189	▼ 4
59	Taylor	4,145	▼ 13
60	Alexa	4,106	▼ 3
61	Kylie	4,036	▼ 2
62	Mackenzie	4,024	▲ 9
63	Caroline	3,983	▲ 17
64	Autumn	3,964	▲ 4
65	Kennedy	3,961	▲ 19
66	Lucy	3,948	–
67	Ashley	3,942	▼ 17
68	Madelyn	3,940	▼ 1
69	Violet	3,935	▲ 20
70	Stella	3,916	▼ 8
71	Brianna	3,914	▼ 20
72	Maya	3,826	▼ 9
73	Skylar	3,789	▲ 14
74	Ellie	3,764	▲ 11
75	Julia	3,753	▼ 10
76	Sophie	3,752	▼ 24
77	Katherine	3,723	▼ 13
78	Mila	3,680	▲ 37
79	Khloe	3,678	▼ 24
80	Paisley	3,605	▲ 24
81	Annabelle	3,559	▲ 18
82	Alexandra	3,509	▼ 6
83	Nora	3,508	▲ 25
84	Melanie	3,474	▼ 7
85	London	3,462	▲ 9
86	Naomi	3,454	▼ 7
87	Gianna	3,442	▼ 14
88	Eva	3,433	▼ 2
89	Faith	3,419	▼ 14
90	Madeline	3,371	▲ 6
91	Nicole	3,351	▲ 23
92	Lauren	3,349	▼ 20
93	Ruby	3,319	▲ 12
94	Makayla	3,295	▼ 24
95	Lydia	3,261	–
96	Kayla	3,260	▼ 27
97	Piper	3,191	▲ 1
98	Sydney	3,177	▼ 20
99	Jocelyn	3,151	▼ 6
100	Morgan	3,116	▼ 18

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 2013. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.