These Are the Most Popular Baby Names by State
Lesley Chen is a California native who writes about travel, health/fitness, and other lifestyle topics. She has a serious case of RBF and exercises mainly to balance out an aggressive candy addiction.
If you’ve recently noticed that everyone is giving their newborn a vintage or word name (the latter has been very much popularized by the entire Kardashian clan), you may think that baby names are getting more and more unusual. That may be the case in certain circles, but if you look at the cold hard data, you’ll see there are only a handful of names that the entire country leans toward for their tots. Based on 2105 Social Security card applications for births, these are the actual most popular baby names in each state last year. Basically, prepare for a lot of Liams and Emmas in the class of 2037.
Alabama: Boy: William; Girl: Ava
Alaska: Boy: Liam; Girl: Olivia
Arizona: Boy: Noah; Girl: Sophia
Arkansas: Boy: William; Girl: Emma
California: Boy: Noah; Girl: Sophia
Colorado: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Connecticut: Boy: Noah; Girl: Sophia
Delaware: Boy: Mason; Girl: Ava
District of Columbia: Boy: William; Girl: Genesis
Florida: Boy: Liam; Girl: Isabella
Georgia: Boy: William; Girl: Ava
Hawaii: Boy: Noah; Girl: Mia
Idaho: Boy: Liam; Girl: Olivia
Illinois: Boy: Noah; Girl: Olivia
Indiana: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Iowa: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Kansas: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Kentucky: Boy: William; Girl: Emma
Louisiana: Boy: Noah; Girl: Ava
Maine: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Maryland: Boy: Noah; Girl: Olivia
Massachusetts: Boy: Benjamin; Girl: Olivia
Michigan: Boy: Noah; Girl: Olivia
Minnesota: Boy: Henry; Girl: Olivia
Mississippi: Boy: William; Girl: Ava
Missouri: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Montana: Boy: William; Girl: Emma
Nebraska: Boy: Henry; Girl: Emma
Nevada: Boy: Noah; Girl: Sophia
New Hampshire: Boy: Jackson; Girl: Olivia
New Jersey: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
New Mexico: Boy: Noah; Girl: Mia
New York: Boy: Liam; Girl: Olivia
North Carolina: Boy: William; Girl: Ava
North Dakota: Boy: Liam; Girl: Ava
Ohio: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Oklahoma: Boy: Elijah; Girl: Emma
Oregon: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Pennsylvania: Boy: Mason; Girl: Olivia
Rhode Island: Boy: Noah; Girl: Olivia
South Carolina: Boy: William; Girl: Ava
South Dakota: Boy: Oliver; Girl: Harper
Tennessee: Boy: William; Girl: Emma
Texas: Boy: Noah; Girl: Emma
Utah: Boy: William; Girl: Emma
Vermont: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
Virginia: Boy: William; Girl: Emma
Washington: Boy: Oliver; Girl: Olivia
West Virginia: Boy: Noah; Girl: Emma
Wisconsin: Boy: Oliver; Girl: Emma
Wyoming: Boy: Liam; Girl: Emma
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Lesley Chen is a California native who writes about travel, health/fitness, and other lifestyle topics. She has a serious case of RBF and exercises mainly to balance out an aggressive candy addiction.