Born in 2023 · Gen Alpha
Baby names of 2023
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,315,158 babies born in 2023: 1,604,582 girls and 1,710,576 boys. Olivia and Liam were the most popular names, and 7.5% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 8.7% in 2013. The name most tied to 2023 is Wrenley: among girls, it was 276× as common that year as in the decades before it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Alpha
- Born 2013–2025
- Babies on record
- 3,315,158
- 1,604,582 girls · 1,710,576 boys
- Different names
- 17,615
- for girls, plus 14,215 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 7.5%
- of babies got one · girls 7.2%, boys 7.8%
Top 10 names of 2023
- 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 2023, 7.5% 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 2023
These names were far more common in 2023 than in the decades before it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2023 babies with its average share 6–25 years earlier.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrenley | Girl | #175 | 276× |
| Oaklynn | Girl | #157 | 72× |
| Aziel | Boy | #243 | 43× |
| Kehlani | Girl | #155 | 42× |
| Kairo | Boy | #234 | 33× |
| Alaia | Girl | #120 | 27× |
| Aitana | Girl | #217 | 19× |
| Atlas | Boy | #111 | 19× |
| Palmer | Girl | #277 | 19× |
| Koa | Boy | #298 | 17× |
Names that peaked in 2023
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2023, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2023.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Mateo | Boy | #6 |
| Maverick | Boy | #37 |
| Miles | Boy | #43 |
| Theo | Boy | #78 |
| Micah | Boy | #87 |
| Amir | Boy | #99 |
| Athena | Girl | #76 |
| Jasper | Boy | #122 |
| Jonah | Boy | #124 |
| Zion | Boy | #125 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2023
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2023 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Kaeli430 babies
- Azari415 babies
- Adhara365 babies
- Tallulah345 babies
- Avani326 babies
- Ailany311 babies
- Ainara309 babies
- Alitzel307 babies
Boys
- Jahmir306 babies
- Izael304 babies
- Chozen300 babies
- Massimo289 babies
- Jireh285 babies
- Kyaire272 babies
- Matheo271 babies
- Izan267 babies
Where are they now?
Every top-100 name from 2023 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