Born in 2018 · Gen Alpha
Baby names of 2018
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,517,232 babies born in 2018: 1,701,074 girls and 1,816,158 boys. Emma and Liam were the most popular names, and 8.0% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 9.0% in 2008. The name most tied to 2018 is Daleyza: among girls, it was 18× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Alpha
- Born 2013–2025
- Babies on record
- 3,517,232
- 1,701,074 girls · 1,816,158 boys
- Different names
- 18,152
- for girls, plus 14,118 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 8.0%
- of babies got one · girls 8.2%, boys 7.9%
Top 10 names of 2018
- 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 2018, 8.0% 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 2018
These names were far more common in 2018 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2018 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daleyza | Girl | #293 | 18× |
| Everly | Girl | #53 | 14× |
| Kyrie | Boy | #222 | 9.7× |
| Mila | Girl | #14 | 9.5× |
| Arya | Girl | #119 | 8.7× |
| King | Boy | #149 | 8.6× |
| Everleigh | Girl | #197 | 8.2× |
| Adalynn | Girl | #108 | 7.9× |
| Nova | Girl | #55 | 7.3× |
| Brantley | Boy | #192 | 7.3× |
Names that peaked in 2018
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2018, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2018.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Harper | Girl | #9 |
| Sebastian | Boy | #18 |
| Grayson | Boy | #32 |
| Mila | Girl | #14 |
| Aria | Girl | #19 |
| Nolan | Boy | #65 |
| Easton | Boy | #66 |
| Carson | Boy | #70 |
| Ryker | Boy | #122 |
| Brielle | Girl | #99 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2018
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2018 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Palmer433 babies
- Haisley357 babies
- Amaia354 babies
- Dior344 babies
- Keily328 babies
- Adalee316 babies
- Zhavia307 babies
- Journi306 babies
Boys
- Jaxtyn299 babies
- Onyx257 babies
- Kenzo249 babies
- Zakai242 babies
- Dakari235 babies
- Imran225 babies
- Krew223 babies
- Aries222 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 2018 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 2018 and 2025.
Girls
- Alexa #90 in 2018 , now #1,029 in 2025
Boys
Every top-100 boys' name from 2018 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