Olivia and Liam again led the Social Security Administration’s annual rankings of popular U.S. baby names for children born in 2025, the agency said in a release timed for Mother’s Day. The SSA said the names come from applications for Social Security cards and that the data it uses for the annual list dates back to 1880.
In the agency’s 2025 rankings for girls, Olivia held the top position, followed by Charlotte after it climbed to second place and knocked Emma out of the runner-up spot after a six-year run. The SSA said Ava slipped out of the top 10 and was replaced by Eliana.
On the boys’ side, Liam also remained at No. 1 for a seventh straight year, with the top four names—Liam, Noah, Oliver and Theodore—holding their places in 2025. The agency’s release listed the next entries as Henry, James, Elijah, Mateo, William and Lucas to complete the top 10.
The SSA also highlighted names that rose quickly in popularity over the last year. Among boys, it cited Kasai, which the agency said means “fire” in Japanese and Swahili; it said Kasai surged 1,108 spots to enter the top 1,000 for the first time. For girls, the SSA said Klarity—described as a misspelling of the word “clarity”—led all risers, climbing 1,396 spots into the top 1,000.
Alongside the fastest risers, the SSA said it tracked names that fell in popularity. On the boys’ side, it said the names Karim, Khaza, Khai and Landen decreased the most. For girls, the agency said Aubrie, Cattleya, Jaycee and Zendaya declined the most over the last year.
The SSA said its latest data show 3.6 million babies were born in the United States in 2025, a slight decrease from 3.61 million babies the year before. The agency said the complete, searchable baby-name list is available on the Social Security website.