2024 Baby Names — The Year in Review
What changed in 2024? The biggest risers, the biggest drops, brand-new names making their first-ever appearance, and the names that broke into or out of the top 100.
The year's #1 names
Olivia topped the girls' list and Muhammad led the boys for 2024.
Biggest risers
Names whose rank improved the most year-over-year.
Girls
- Eden87 → 60 (▲27)714 this year
- Elodie75 → 55 (▲20)802 this year
- Maryam77 → 57 (▲20)752 this year
- Raya100 → 82 (▲18)574 this year
- Margot44 → 28 (▲16)1,243 this year
- Hazel91 → 75 (▲16)629 this year
- Maya29 → 15 (▲14)1,592 this year
- Arabella43 → 30 (▲13)1,222 this year
- Bonnie26 → 16 (▲10)1,583 this year
- Maeve36 → 26 (▲10)1,265 this year
Boys
- Elias96 → 79 (▲17)687 this year
- Mohammad68 → 53 (▲15)986 this year
- Musa85 → 73 (▲12)731 this year
- Myles99 → 87 (▲12)609 this year
- Frankie69 → 58 (▲11)911 this year
- Felix73 → 62 (▲11)810 this year
- Yusuf79 → 68 (▲11)762 this year
- Bobby93 → 82 (▲11)652 this year
- Rowan51 → 41 (▲10)1,246 this year
- Rory33 → 24 (▲9)1,588 this year
Biggest fallers
Names whose rank dropped the most year-over-year.
Girls
- Robyn64 → 78 (▼14)617 this year
- Maria78 → 91 (▼13)506 this year
- Willow9 → 21 (▼12)1,481 this year
- Ella27 → 39 (▼12)1,108 this year
- Jessica83 → 95 (▼12)483 this year
- Mila35 → 46 (▼11)953 this year
- Nancy70 → 81 (▼11)578 this year
- Amelie89 → 100 (▼11)465 this year
- Luna38 → 48 (▼10)908 this year
- Eleanor58 → 67 (▼9)672 this year
Boys
- Hunter57 → 78 (▼21)692 this year
- Brody82 → 99 (▼17)553 this year
- Tommy26 → 39 (▼13)1,324 this year
- Mason50 → 63 (▼13)806 this year
- Grayson78 → 90 (▼12)586 this year
- Isaac27 → 37 (▼10)1,360 this year
- Joshua40 → 50 (▼10)1,027 this year
- Gabriel64 → 74 (▼10)730 this year
- Logan66 → 76 (▼10)698 this year
- Toby77 → 86 (▼9)621 this year
Debut names
Names that show up in the data for the very first time.
New in the top 100
Names that broke into the top 100 this year for the first time since 2023.
Girls
- EloiseNew entry — rank #85556 this year
- NoraNew entry — rank #86549 this year
- MylaNew entry — rank #89522 this year
- RosaNew entry — rank #94486 this year
- AthenaNew entry — rank #96480 this year
- SaraNew entry — rank #97476 this year
- ZoeNew entry — rank #99471 this year
Boys
- AustinNew entry — rank #88597 this year
- NathanNew entry — rank #89597 this year
- VinnieNew entry — rank #91585 this year
- YahyaNew entry — rank #93583 this year
Left the top 100
Names that fell out of the top 100 this year after being in it in 2023.
Girls
- GracieWas #84 — now off the chart554 this year
- SummerWas #86 — now off the chart542 this year
- MollyWas #88 — now off the chart534 this year
- HannahWas #94 — now off the chart515 this year
- LilahWas #95 — now off the chart513 this year
- AutumnWas #96 — now off the chart510 this year
- NevaehWas #99 — now off the chart494 this year
Boys
- CarterWas #86 — now off the chart603 this year
- JaxWas #87 — now off the chart602 this year
- ChesterWas #89 — now off the chart583 this year
- StanleyWas #90 — now off the chart582 this year