Born in 2013 · Gen Alpha
Baby names of 2013
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,646,327 babies born in 2013: 1,754,746 girls and 1,891,581 boys. Sophia and Noah were the most popular names, and 8.7% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 10.7% in 2003. The name most tied to 2013 is Jase: among boys, it was 18× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Alpha
- Born 2013–2025
- Babies on record
- 3,646,327
- 1,754,746 girls · 1,891,581 boys
- Different names
- 19,279
- for girls, plus 14,070 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 8.7%
- of babies got one · girls 8.7%, boys 8.7%
Top 10 names of 2013
- Sophia was the #1 name for girls every year from 2011 to 2013.
- Noah was the #1 name for boys every year from 2013 to 2016.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 2013, 8.7% of babies were given one of that year's 10 most popular names. Across all years, that share fell from 29.0% in 1935 to 7.5% in 2025.
Names that sound like 2013
These names were far more common in 2013 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2013 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jase | Boy | #89 | 18× |
| Jayceon | Boy | #207 | 11× |
| Jaylah | Girl | #235 | 9.6× |
| Brantley | Boy | #119 | 8.7× |
| Bentley | Boy | #81 | 8.0× |
| Aubree | Girl | #53 | 7.4× |
| Khloe | Girl | #78 | 7.3× |
| Kinley | Girl | #208 | 6.6× |
| Iker | Boy | #227 | 6.6× |
| London | Girl | #85 | 6.4× |
Names that peaked in 2013
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2013, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2013.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson | Boy | #16 |
| Isaac | Boy | #28 |
| Colton | Boy | #65 |
| Jace | Boy | #66 |
| Dominic | Boy | #68 |
| Parker | Boy | #74 |
| Jase | Boy | #89 |
| Serenity | Girl | #52 |
| Aubree | Girl | #53 |
| Damian | Boy | #98 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2013
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2013 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Daleyza485 babies
- Henley319 babies
- Sutton316 babies
- Remi315 babies
- Ariyah307 babies
- Carter300 babies
- Everleigh297 babies
- Hadlee289 babies
Boys
- Jayceon1,849 babies
- Azariah260 babies
- Kamdyn245 babies
- Brantlee236 babies
- Zayn233 babies
- Ares232 babies
- Jericho221 babies
- Lochlan213 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 2013 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 2013 and 2025.
Girls
- Alexa #60 in 2013 , now #1,029 in 2025
Boys
Every top-100 boys' name from 2013 is still in the 2025 top 1,000.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data