Born in 2017 · Gen Alpha
Baby names of 2017
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,577,417 babies born in 2017: 1,726,461 girls and 1,850,956 boys. Emma and Liam were the most popular names, and 8.2% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 9.3% in 2007. The name most tied to 2017 is Daleyza: among girls, it was 14× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Alpha
- Born 2013–2025
- Babies on record
- 3,577,417
- 1,726,461 girls · 1,850,956 boys
- Different names
- 18,448
- for girls, plus 14,262 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 8.2%
- of babies got one · girls 8.4%, boys 8.0%
Top 10 names of 2017
- Emma was the #1 name for girls every year from 2014 to 2018.
- Liam has been the #1 name for boys every year since 2017.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 2017, 8.2% 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 2017
These names were far more common in 2017 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2017 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daleyza | Girl | #247 | 14× |
| Brantley | Boy | #168 | 11× |
| King | Boy | #147 | 9.1× |
| Everly | Girl | #82 | 8.0× |
| Kyrie | Boy | #215 | 7.8× |
| Adalynn | Girl | #116 | 6.9× |
| Harper | Girl | #11 | 6.6× |
| Iker | Boy | #280 | 6.6× |
| Lincoln | Boy | #41 | 6.6× |
| Adaline | Girl | #181 | 6.6× |
Names that peaked in 2017
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2017, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2017.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Logan | Boy | #5 |
| Lucas | Boy | #11 |
| Wyatt | Boy | #25 |
| Lincoln | Boy | #41 |
| Scarlett | Girl | #18 |
| Josiah | Boy | #51 |
| Paisley | Girl | #45 |
| Greyson | Boy | #80 |
| Bryson | Boy | #86 |
| Genesis | Girl | #56 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2017
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2017 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Emberly471 babies
- Oaklyn434 babies
- Amora418 babies
- Dream330 babies
- Paisleigh324 babies
- Lyanna318 babies
- Oaklynn305 babies
- Malani290 babies
Boys
- Colson323 babies
- Kairo285 babies
- Jaxxon262 babies
- Caspian254 babies
- Kace248 babies
- Briar244 babies
- Nova230 babies
- Shepard228 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 2017 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 2017 and 2025.
Girls
- Alexa #66 in 2017 , now #1,029 in 2025
Boys
Every top-100 boys' name from 2017 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