Top Baby Names in the U.S.A. for 2015

Every year on the Friday before Mother's Day the Social Security Administration releases the most popular baby names in the United States as calculated through requests for social security numbers of children born here the previous year. Before you look at the top 10 names for 2015, have a look at 2014.

Popularity in 2014 Rank Male name Female name 1 Noah Emma 2 Liam Olivia 3 Mason Sophia 4 Jacob Isabella 5 William Ava 6 Ethan Mia 7 Michael Emily 8 Alexander Abigail 9 James Madison 10 Daniel Charlotte

The main difference, I think you'll notice, is that not much changed. The top 3 names for both boys and girls are exactly the same. Other than losing Daniel, on the boy's side, and Madison, on the girl's side, thereby gaining Harper (for girls) and regaining Benjamin (for boys), the only other difference is that a few names switched spots. The biggest change really is that Ava is now in the top 4 names used for girls last year. Will she make it to #1 someday? Is 4 the highest she'll go? Is she here to stay, a new classic or will she fall out of favor for generations?

Popularity in 2015

Rank	Male name	Female name
1	Noah	Emma
2	Liam	Olivia
3	Mason	Sophia
4	Jacob	Ava
5	William	Isabella
6	Ethan	Mia
7	James	Abigail
8	Alexander	Emily
9	Michael	Charlotte
10	Benjamin	Harper

I thought it might be nice to examine the bottom half of the top 20 names in 2015 by just making some name combinations using the first half of the list (names 1-10).

Here's what I came up with:

Noah Jayden

Liam  Oliver

Mason Elijah

Jacob Logan

William Jackson

Ethan Lucas

James Matthew

Alexander David

Michael Aiden

Benjamin Daniel

Emma Victoria

Olivia Chloe

Sophia Grace

Ava Madison

Isabella Evelyn

Mia Elizabeth

Abigail Avery

Emily Sofia

Charlotte Ella

Harper Amelia