The following tables show the five most frequent given names, by State, for male and female births in 2010. The number to the right of each name is the number of occurrences in the data. The source is a 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2011.
Top Five Male Names for Births in 2010
State |
Rank 1 |
Number |
Rank 2 |
Number |
Rank 3 |
Number |
Rank 4 |
Number |
Rank 5 |
Number |
Alabama |
William |
494 |
James |
334 |
John |
302 |
Jacob |
290 |
Jayden |
284 |
Alaska |
William |
56 |
James |
51 |
Logan |
50 |
Michael |
49 |
Jacob |
46 |
Arizona |
Jacob |
533 |
Daniel |
427 |
Anthony |
424 |
Alexander |
401 |
Angel |
389 |
Arkansas |
William |
193 |
Jacob |
156 |
Elijah |
149 |
James |
147 |
Ethan |
145 |
California |
Jacob |
3,324 |
Daniel |
3,119 |
Anthony |
2,846 |
Alexander |
2,587 |
Angel |
2,521 |
Colorado |
Jacob |
336 |
Alexander |
306 |
Noah |
280 |
William |
264 |
Daniel |
262 |
Connecticut |
Michael |
249 |
Alexander |
227 |
Jacob |
220 |
Matthew |
204 |
Ryan |
201 |
Delaware |
Michael |
68 |
William |
62 |
Alexander |
57 |
James |
57 |
Anthony |
56 |
Dist. of Columbia |
William |
70 |
Alexander |
67 |
Henry |
60 |
John |
58 |
Christopher |
55 |
Florida |
Jayden |
1,286 |
Jacob |
1,202 |
Michael |
1,090 |
Anthony |
1,068 |
Alexander |
1,015 |
Georgia |
William |
782 |
Jacob |
655 |
Jayden |
620 |
Joshua |
608 |
Elijah |
580 |
Hawaii |
Noah |
88 |
Jacob |
73 |
Elijah |
63 |
Joshua |
57 |
Ethan |
56 |
Idaho |
William |
113 |
Samuel |
112 |
Logan |
109 |
Ethan |
98 |
Jacob |
92 |
Illinois |
Alexander |
912 |
Jacob |
905 |
Michael |
739 |
Daniel |
731 |
Anthony |
712 |
Indiana |
Elijah |
448 |
Jacob |
438 |
Ethan |
418 |
Mason |
411 |
Noah |
411 |
Iowa |
Noah |
181 |
Mason |
180 |
Ethan |
178 |
Aiden |
169 |
Jacob |
163 |
Kansas |
Jacob |
202 |
William |
192 |
Alexander |
177 |
Ethan |
176 |
Elijah |
175 |
Kentucky |
William |
372 |
Jacob |
336 |
Brayden |
304 |
Noah |
293 |
James |
287 |
Louisiana |
Jayden |
301 |
Ethan |
257 |
Mason |
246 |
Noah |
236 |
Michael |
224 |
Maine |
Owen |
84 |
Aiden |
79 |
Liam |
78 |
Noah |
78 |
Logan |
74 |
Maryland |
Jacob |
385 |
Joshua |
360 |
Michael |
357 |
Noah |
328 |
Ethan |
310 |
Massachusetts |
Ryan |
446 |
Benjamin |
438 |
William |
433 |
Jacob |
428 |
Michael |
405 |
Michigan |
Jacob |
672 |
Ethan |
576 |
Noah |
534 |
Logan |
492 |
Aiden |
489 |
Minnesota |
Mason |
406 |
Ethan |
343 |
William |
332 |
Owen |
322 |
Logan |
315 |
Mississippi |
William |
215 |
James |
198 |
Jayden |
197 |
John |
187 |
Elijah |
159 |
Missouri |
Jacob |
413 |
Mason |
379 |
William |
360 |
Logan |
358 |
Jackson |
349 |
Montana |
Wyatt |
60 |
Samuel |
56 |
Ethan |
52 |
Jacob |
52 |
Logan |
50 |
Nebraska |
Jacob |
129 |
Mason |
125 |
Noah |
110 |
William |
109 |
Jackson |
105 |
Nevada |
Jacob |
192 |
Jayden |
185 |
Anthony |
184 |
Daniel |
157 |
Alexander |
153 |
New Hampshire |
Logan |
98 |
Mason |
95 |
Owen |
91 |
Jacob |
89 |
Liam |
88 |
New Jersey |
Michael |
703 |
Ryan |
625 |
Jayden |
611 |
Anthony |
608 |
Joseph |
594 |
New Mexico |
Elijah |
142 |
Jacob |
131 |
Aiden |
126 |
Michael |
124 |
Noah |
123 |
New York |
Michael |
1,506 |
Jayden |
1,422 |
Jacob |
1,382 |
Ethan |
1,334 |
Daniel |
1,291 |
North Carolina |
William |
812 |
Jacob |
698 |
Elijah |
572 |
Noah |
558 |
Jayden |
547 |
North Dakota |
Mason |
64 |
Jacob |
59 |
Logan |
56 |
Noah |
51 |
Aiden |
50 |
Ohio |
Jacob |
744 |
Mason |
711 |
Logan |
698 |
Noah |
665 |
Ethan |
645 |
Oklahoma |
Jacob |
226 |
Aiden |
220 |
Elijah |
206 |
Ethan |
206 |
Noah |
200 |
Oregon |
Jacob |
239 |
Logan |
200 |
Benjamin |
194 |
Noah |
193 |
Mason |
191 |
Pennsylvania |
Michael |
816 |
Jacob |
811 |
Mason |
752 |
Logan |
710 |
Ryan |
666 |
Rhode Island |
Logan |
83 |
Michael |
80 |
Alexander |
73 |
Jayden |
73 |
Jacob |
72 |
South Carolina |
William |
396 |
James |
296 |
Jacob |
274 |
Jayden |
262 |
Michael |
251 |
South Dakota |
Jacob |
68 |
Mason |
67 |
Noah |
63 |
Carter |
51 |
Landon |
51 |
Tennessee |
William |
567 |
Jacob |
500 |
Elijah |
456 |
James |
412 |
Noah |
383 |
Texas |
Jacob |
2,253 |
Jose |
1,919 |
Jayden |
1,809 |
Angel |
1,744 |
David |
1,679 |
Utah |
William |
260 |
Mason |
238 |
Ethan |
232 |
Jacob |
230 |
James |
225 |
Vermont |
Logan |
43 |
Wyatt |
37 |
William |
36 |
Connor |
34 |
Liam |
34 |
Virginia |
William |
612 |
Jacob |
539 |
Michael |
499 |
Alexander |
449 |
Ethan |
440 |
Washington |
Jacob |
413 |
Alexander |
388 |
Ethan |
373 |
Daniel |
369 |
William |
367 |
West Virginia |
Jacob |
167 |
Mason |
129 |
Noah |
116 |
Logan |
110 |
Landon |
109 |
Wisconsin |
Mason |
447 |
Ethan |
341 |
Jacob |
317 |
Logan |
308 |
Noah |
283 |
Wyoming |
James |
36 |
Logan |
35 |
Wyatt |
35 |
Gabriel |
29 |
Samuel |
29 |
Top Five Female Names for Births in 2010
State |
Rank 1 |
Number |
Rank 2 |
Number |
Rank 3 |
Number |
Rank 4 |
Number |
Rank 5 |
Number |
Alabama |
Emma |
318 |
Isabella |
253 |
Madison |
250 |
Ava |
218 |
Olivia |
199 |
Alaska |
Sophia |
60 |
Emma |
51 |
Isabella |
51 |
Olivia |
44 |
Ava |
33 |
Arizona |
Isabella |
546 |
Sophia |
510 |
Mia |
370 |
Emma |
329 |
Olivia |
305 |
Arkansas |
Emma |
200 |
Isabella |
173 |
Addison |
168 |
Chloe |
138 |
Madison |
136 |
California |
Isabella |
3,341 |
Sophia |
3,339 |
Emily |
2,374 |
Mia |
1,997 |
Emma |
1,766 |
Colorado |
Isabella |
340 |
Sophia |
314 |
Olivia |
268 |
Emma |
265 |
Abigail |
243 |
Connecticut |
Isabella |
272 |
Olivia |
233 |
Sophia |
229 |
Ava |
191 |
Emma |
191 |
Delaware |
Sophia |
72 |
Isabella |
65 |
Ava |
64 |
Olivia |
45 |
Emily |
40 |
Dist. of Columbia |
Madison |
49 |
Olivia |
43 |
Charlotte |
37 |
Ashley |
35 |
Sophia |
34 |
Florida |
Isabella |
1,832 |
Sophia |
1,243 |
Olivia |
879 |
Emma |
830 |
Emily |
815 |
Georgia |
Isabella |
566 |
Emma |
521 |
Madison |
520 |
Abigail |
460 |
Olivia |
453 |
Hawaii |
Isabella |
70 |
Sophia |
59 |
Chloe |
58 |
Ava |
45 |
Emma |
43 |
Idaho |
Olivia |
122 |
Emma |
104 |
Sophia |
100 |
Ava |
84 |
Abigail |
82 |
Illinois |
Isabella |
936 |
Sophia |
912 |
Olivia |
816 |
Emma |
649 |
Emily |
648 |
Indiana |
Emma |
454 |
Sophia |
451 |
Isabella |
446 |
Olivia |
418 |
Ava |
400 |
Iowa |
Ava |
208 |
Emma |
198 |
Sophia |
193 |
Olivia |
192 |
Isabella |
190 |
Kansas |
Isabella |
212 |
Ava |
187 |
Sophia |
175 |
Emma |
174 |
Olivia |
161 |
Kentucky |
Isabella |
369 |
Emma |
312 |
Abigail |
255 |
Addison |
255 |
Madison |
249 |
Louisiana |
Ava |
289 |
Emma |
270 |
Isabella |
258 |
Madison |
228 |
Olivia |
213 |
Maine |
Emma |
91 |
Olivia |
84 |
Isabella |
76 |
Madison |
69 |
Sophia |
68 |
Maryland |
Sophia |
344 |
Madison |
300 |
Olivia |
292 |
Isabella |
291 |
Abigail |
282 |
Massachusetts |
Isabella |
496 |
Sophia |
492 |
Olivia |
445 |
Ava |
390 |
Emma |
380 |
Michigan |
Sophia |
624 |
Isabella |
621 |
Olivia |
607 |
Ava |
590 |
Emma |
560 |
Minnesota |
Ava |
384 |
Olivia |
375 |
Sophia |
372 |
Isabella |
316 |
Emma |
302 |
Mississippi |
Madison |
200 |
Emma |
150 |
Addison |
139 |
Isabella |
133 |
Ava |
132 |
Missouri |
Isabella |
423 |
Emma |
396 |
Olivia |
383 |
Sophia |
379 |
Ava |
330 |
Montana |
Emma |
62 |
Isabella |
57 |
Sophia |
50 |
Olivia |
48 |
Ella |
46 |
Nebraska |
Olivia |
154 |
Isabella |
129 |
Ava |
123 |
Sophia |
116 |
Emma |
113 |
Nevada |
Isabella |
223 |
Sophia |
209 |
Emily |
140 |
Emma |
123 |
Mia |
117 |
New Hampshire |
Sophia |
91 |
Olivia |
87 |
Isabella |
86 |
Ava |
85 |
Emma |
84 |
New Jersey |
Isabella |
748 |
Sophia |
637 |
Olivia |
519 |
Ava |
478 |
Emily |
450 |
New Mexico |
Isabella |
157 |
Sophia |
123 |
Nevaeh |
93 |
Mia |
92 |
Olivia |
90 |
New York |
Isabella |
1,513 |
Sophia |
1,373 |
Olivia |
1,179 |
Emma |
1,040 |
Ava |
986 |
North Carolina |
Emma |
576 |
Isabella |
560 |
Ava |
525 |
Madison |
474 |
Sophia |
469 |
North Dakota |
Sophia |
53 |
Isabella |
52 |
Addison |
48 |
Ella |
48 |
Olivia |
45 |
Ohio |
Isabella |
786 |
Ava |
760 |
Olivia |
760 |
Emma |
748 |
Sophia |
742 |
Oklahoma |
Isabella |
252 |
Emma |
226 |
Olivia |
195 |
Addison |
188 |
Madison |
182 |
Oregon |
Sophia |
237 |
Olivia |
225 |
Emma |
223 |
Isabella |
214 |
Emily |
165 |
Pennsylvania |
Isabella |
894 |
Sophia |
806 |
Emma |
784 |
Olivia |
744 |
Ava |
733 |
Rhode Island |
Isabella |
92 |
Sophia |
89 |
Olivia |
76 |
Ava |
74 |
Emma |
61 |
South Carolina |
Madison |
287 |
Isabella |
267 |
Emma |
218 |
Olivia |
209 |
Ava |
195 |
South Dakota |
Sophia |
59 |
Ava |
56 |
Emma |
53 |
Olivia |
49 |
Isabella |
48 |
Tennessee |
Isabella |
441 |
Emma |
424 |
Madison |
382 |
Addison |
356 |
Abigail |
350 |
Texas |
Isabella |
2,278 |
Sophia |
1,941 |
Emma |
1,517 |
Emily |
1,516 |
Mia |
1,466 |
Utah |
Olivia |
265 |
Abigail |
204 |
Sophia |
202 |
Emma |
197 |
Lily |
187 |
Vermont |
Sophia |
44 |
Ava |
37 |
Olivia |
36 |
Emma |
33 |
Isabella |
29 |
Virginia |
Olivia |
491 |
Sophia |
455 |
Isabella |
444 |
Emma |
441 |
Abigail |
433 |
Washington |
Sophia |
462 |
Olivia |
420 |
Isabella |
404 |
Emma |
355 |
Abigail |
318 |
West Virginia |
Isabella |
152 |
Emma |
120 |
Madison |
119 |
Abigail |
112 |
Alexis |
101 |
Wisconsin |
Sophia |
396 |
Olivia |
392 |
Ava |
344 |
Isabella |
336 |
Emma |
310 |
Wyoming |
Isabella |
44 |
Madison |
35 |
Sophia |
34 |
Addison |
27 |
Chloe |
24 |