Noah and Olivia are at the top, but Dylan and Brooklyn are overshadowed, and John and Karen aren’t even on the list.
According to babycenter.com, we are talking about the most popular baby names as of 2024. babycenter.com says it aggregates trending names in real time, as opposed to Social Security’s baby name database, which publishes them with a delay of more than a year.
The most popular baby names for boys in the United States are Noah, Liam, Oliver, Elijah, Mateo, Lucas, Ezra, Levi, Asher, and James. The top 10 girls are: Oliva, Amelia, Emma, ​​Charlotte, Sofia, Isabella, Eva, Aurora, Luna, and Mia.
Most Popular Baby Names in Pennsylvania
We wondered how this national list compares to the most popular baby names in Pennsylvania, at least in Philadelphia. Nameberry.com has a list. Their list appears to be even more extensive.
The boys are Atticus, Silas, Malachi, River, Amari, Arlo, Charlie, Harold, Milo, and Soren. For the Philadelphia girls: Lila, Claire, Josephine, Maeve, Shiloh, Amari, Amelia, Eden, Genevieve, and Juliette.
Across Pennsylvania, the Social Security Administration released the most popular baby names as of April 2, 2024, but these names are as of 2022. For boys: Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore, Benjamin, James, Owen, Lucas, Henry, Michael. For girls: Olivia, Charlotte, Emma, ​​Sophia, Amelia, Eva, Isabella, Harper, Evelyn, Mia.
The bottom of SSA’s Pennsylvania Top 100 Names, or put another way, a ranking of names 90 to 100 that are declining in popularity. For boys: Christian, Carson, Silas, Jace, Adam, Emmett, Vincent, Miles, Kayden, Bryson, Jordan. For girls, the names that disappear are Brooklyn, Malik, Skyler, Margaret, Sloane, Adeline, Audrey, Remi, Josie, Madeline, and Piper.
John and Karen aren’t even on the list. Maybe they’re just too common a name (just ask John), or they’ve got some “baggage” (poor Cullens), or maybe they’re ready to make a comeback in ’25. Let’s take a look.
JD Mullane can be reached at 215-949-5745 or jmullane@couriertimes.com.
This article originally appeared in the Bucks County Courier Times: Most Popular Baby Names in Pennsylvania, U.S. in 2024
