Born in 2019 · Gen Alpha
Baby names of 2019
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,472,582 babies born in 2019: 1,678,366 girls and 1,794,216 boys. Olivia and Liam were the most popular names, and 8.0% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 8.9% in 2009. The name most tied to 2019 is Everly: among girls, it was 22× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Alpha
- Born 2013–2025
- Babies on record
- 3,472,582
- 1,678,366 girls · 1,794,216 boys
- Different names
- 18,024
- for girls, plus 14,133 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 8.0%
- of babies got one · girls 8.2%, boys 7.9%
Top 10 names of 2019
- Olivia has been the #1 name for girls every year since 2019.
- Liam has been the #1 name for boys every year since 2017.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 2019, 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 2019
These names were far more common in 2019 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2019 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everly | Girl | #42 | 22× |
| Everleigh | Girl | #108 | 22× |
| Legend | Boy | #150 | 14× |
| Kehlani | Girl | #243 | 13× |
| Kyrie | Boy | #231 | 13× |
| Nova | Girl | #51 | 12× |
| Alaia | Girl | #184 | 12× |
| Arya | Girl | #92 | 12× |
| Luna | Girl | #16 | 10× |
| Mila | Girl | #19 | 9.4× |
Names that peaked in 2019
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2019, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2019.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Julian | Boy | #31 |
| Penelope | Girl | #22 |
| Layla | Girl | #23 |
| Jameson | Boy | #77 |
| Declan | Boy | #95 |
| Arya | Girl | #92 |
| Ryleigh | Girl | #138 |
| Colt | Boy | #210 |
| Lukas | Boy | #214 |
| Harmony | Girl | #169 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2019
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2019 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Salem377 babies
- Ainhoa368 babies
- Alaiya353 babies
- Navy336 babies
- Kaisley318 babies
- Oakleigh313 babies
- Indie311 babies
- Denver300 babies
Boys
- Ermias523 babies
- Eliel400 babies
- Kyro339 babies
- Atreus292 babies
- Amias274 babies
- Legacy273 babies
- Bellamy270 babies
- Kiaan264 babies
Where are they now?
Every top-100 name from 2019 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