Mary was among the most popular baby.

Most popular names by year. Hottest names in recent years. Find out whats up whats down and whats trending in the most up-to-date name chart around. 2 with Deborah at No.

Liam Jackson and Noah. In 1955 Michael was the most popular name for boys and Mary was the most popular name for baby girls. Because Social Security can take quite a while to compile data on the most popular baby names for each year weve combined data on the actual births in recent years with user interest on our site to predict the most popular baby names.

2019 Sophia Olivia and Emma. Michael James and Robert are the most popular baby boy names this year. Male name Female name.

Rank 1 is assigned to the name with the highest number of occurrences rank 2 to the name with the next highest. To give you a little preview weve provided a sampling of each years favorites. The name would remain in the top.

Updated 238 PM ET Sat May 8 2021 CNN Olivia and Liam were Americas most popular names for baby girls and boys in 2020 according to the. Debra came in at No. Right now 2020s most popular baby name list isnt out just yet but in the meantime you can check out this list of 2020 baby name predictions and then hang.

Heres a fascinating look at the most popular baby names through time all the way back to the 1800s. For girls there was a switch. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year.