Popular baby names by state
The number one boy and girl name in each state in 2023, the newest year of SSA state data. Each state page also lists the names that are far more common there than in the US as a whole.
- AlaskaLiam and Charlotte
- AlabamaWilliam and Olivia
- ArkansasLiam and Olivia
- ArizonaLiam and Olivia
- CaliforniaNoah and Olivia
- ColoradoLiam and Charlotte
- ConnecticutNoah and Olivia
- District of ColumbiaLiam and Charlotte
- DelawareNoah and Charlotte
- FloridaLiam and Olivia
- GeorgiaLiam and Olivia
- HawaiiElijah and Isla
- IowaOliver and Charlotte
- IdahoOliver and Olivia
- IllinoisNoah and Olivia
- IndianaLiam and Charlotte
- KansasLiam and Amelia
- KentuckyLiam and Amelia
- LouisianaLiam and Amelia
- MassachusettsNoah and Charlotte
- MarylandLiam and Olivia
- MaineTheodore and Charlotte
- MichiganNoah and Charlotte
- MinnesotaTheodore and Charlotte
- MissouriOliver and Charlotte
- MississippiJohn and Ava
- MontanaOliver and Charlotte
- North CarolinaLiam and Olivia
- North DakotaOliver and Evelyn
- NebraskaOliver and Charlotte
- New HampshireOliver and Charlotte
- New JerseyLiam and Olivia
- New MexicoLiam and Olivia
- NevadaLiam and Olivia
- New YorkLiam and Emma
- OhioOliver and Charlotte
- OklahomaLiam and Olivia
- OregonOliver and Olivia
- PennsylvaniaNoah and Charlotte
- Rhode IslandNoah and Charlotte
- South CarolinaNoah and Olivia
- South DakotaOliver and Ava
- TennesseeLiam and Charlotte
- TexasLiam and Emma
- UtahLiam and Charlotte
- VirginiaLiam and Charlotte
- VermontOliver and Amelia
- WashingtonOliver and Olivia
- WisconsinTheodore and Charlotte
- West VirginiaOliver and Amelia
- WyomingHenry and Evelyn
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, state data 2023. 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.