These Are the Top Baby Names in Every State

There are certain words and sayings that can totally give away where you’re from. Call a carbonated beverage a pop? There’s a good chance you’re from the upper Midwest. Or if all bubbly drinks are “Coke” in your eyes, you likely hail from the south. But how about baby names—are you more likely to stumble upon an Olivia or a Liam in certain parts of the country than others? According to the latest data from the Social Security Administration, baby names do follow some regional trends! Wondering what’s on top in your neck of the woods? Keep reading to discover the most popular baby names in every state.

The Most Popular Baby Names in New England

Connecticut

Top Boy Names in Connecticut

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Oliver
4. James
5. Theodore

Top Girl Names in Connecticut

1. Mia
2. Olivia
3. Charlotte
4. Emma
5. Amelia

Maine

Top Boy Names in Maine

1. Oliver
2. Theodore
3. Henry
4. Jack
5. Owen

Top Girl Names in Maine

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Evelyn
4. Eleanor
5. Sophia

Massachusetts

Top Boy Names in Massachusetts

1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Oliver
4. James
5. Henry

Top Girl Names in Massachusetts

1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Emma
4. Sophia
5. Amelia

New Hampshire

Top Boy Names in New Hampshire

1. Theodore
2. Oliver
3. Henry
4. Noah
5. James

Top Girl Names in New Hampshire

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Amelia
4. Evelyn
5. Sophia

Rhode Island

Top Boy Names in Rhode Island

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Lucas
4. Henry
5. Oliver

Top Girl Names in Rhode Island

1. Charlotte
2. Mia
3. Emma
4. Amelia
5. Olivia

Vermont

Top Boy Names in Vermont

1. Oliver
2. Henry
3. Theodore
4. Noah
5. Owen

Top Girl Names in Vermont

1. Amelia
2. Charlotte
3. Harper
4. Lucy
5. Violet

Mid Atlantic

Delaware

Top Boy Names in Delaware

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Oliver
4. James
5. Elijah

Top Girl Names in Delaware

1. Charlotte
2. Sophia
3. Emma
4. Isabella
5. Mia

District of Columbia

Top Boy Names in D.C.

1. James
2. Liam
3. Henry
4. Noah
5. Theodore

Top Girl Names in D.C.

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Zoe
4. Emma
5. Sophia

Maryland

Top Boy Names in Maryland

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. James
4. Oliver
5. Lucas

Top Girl Names in Maryland

1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Emma
4. Sophia
5. Mia

New Jersey

Top Boy Names in New Jersey

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Lucas
4. Joseph
5. Michael

Top Girl Names in New Jersey

1. Mia
2. Sophia
3. Emma
4. Olivia
5. Charlotte

New York

Top Boy Names in New York

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Lucas
4. Ethan
5. Joseph

Top Girl Names in New York

1. Mia
2. Emma
3. Sophia
4. Olivia
5. Isabella

Pennsylvania

Top Boy Names in Pennsylvania

1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Oliver
4. Theodore
5. Henry

Top Girl Names in Pennsylvania

1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Emma
4. Sophia
5. Amelia

Midwest

Illinois

Top Boy Names in Illinois

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Oliver
4. Theodore
5. Mateo
   

Top Girl Names in Illinois

1. Olivia
2. Mia
3. Charlotte
4. Sophia
5. Emma

Indiana

Top Boy Names in Indiana

1. Oliver
2. Liam
3. Theodore
4. Noah
5. Henry

Top Girl Names in Indiana

1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Sophia
4. Olivia
5. Emma

Iowa

Top Boy Names in Iowa

1. Oliver
2. Henry
3. Liam
4. Theodore
5. Noah

Top Girl Names in Iowa

1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Evelyn
4. Harper
5. Olivia

Kansas

Top Boy Names in Kansas

1. Oliver
2. Theodore
3. Liam
4. Noah
5. Henry

Top Girl Names in Kansas

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Emma
4. Amelia
5. Sophia

Michigan

Top Boy Names in Michigan

1. Noah
2. Theodore
3. Oliver
4. Henry
5. Liam

Top Girl Names in Michigan

1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Olivia
4. Emma
5. Evelyn

Minnesota

Top Boy Names in Minnesota

1. Liam
2. Henry
3. Theodore
4. Oliver
5. Noah

Top Girl Names in Minnesota

1. Charlotte
2. Evelyn
3. Olivia
4. Emma
5. Amelia

Missouri

Top Boy Names in Missouri

1. Oliver
2. Henry
3. Theodore
4. Noah
5. Liam

Top Girl Names in Missouri

1. Amelia
2. Charlotte
3. Olivia
4. Eleanor
5. Evelyn

Nebraska

Top Boy Names in Nebraska

1. Oliver
2. Theodore
3. Henry
4. Liam
5. Noah

Top Girl Names in Nebraska

1. Charlotte
2. Evelyn
3. Amelia
4. Harper
5. Olivia

North Dakota

Top Boy Names in North Dakota

1. Liam
2. Oliver
3. Henry
4. Theodore
5. Asher

Top Girl Names in North Dakota

1. Evelyn
2. Amelia
3. Lainey
4. Aurora
5. Ivy

Ohio

Top Boy Names in Ohio

1. Oliver
2. Noah
3. Theodore
4. Liam
5. Henry

Top Girl Names in Ohio

1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Olivia
4. Evelyn
5. Sophia

South Dakota

Top Boy Names in South Dakota

1. Oliver
2. Henry
3. Hudson
4. Theodore
5. Owen

Top Girl Names in South Dakota

1. Amelia
2. Charlotte
3. Lainey
4. Harper
5. Olivia

Wisconsin

Top Boy Names in Wisconsin

1. Oliver
2. Henry
3. Liam
4. Theodore
5. Noah

Top Girl Names in Wisconsin

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Evelyn
4. Amelia
5. Emma

South

Alabama

Top Boy Names in Alabama

1. William
2. John
3. James
4. Liam
5. Noah

Top Girl Names in Alabama

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Amelia
4. Elizabeth
5. Emma

Arkansas

Top Boy Names in Arkansas

1. Liam
2. Oliver
3. Noah
4. Elijah
5. Asher

Top Girl Names in Arkansas

1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Isabella
4. Sophia
5. Amelia

Florida

Top Boy Names in Florida

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Lucas
4. Elijah
5. Oliver

Top Girl Names in Florida

1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Mia
4. Isabella
5. Sophia

Georgia

Top Boy Names in Georgia

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. James
4. William
5. Oliver

Top Girl Names in Georgia

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Amelia
4. Emma
5. Ava

Kentucky

Top Boy Names in Kentucky

1. Liam
2. Oliver
3. Waylon
4. Noah
5. Hudson

Top Girl Names in Kentucky

1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Lainey
4. Willow
5. Olivia

Louisiana

Top Boy Names in Louisiana

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Elijah
4. John
5. William

Top Girl Names in Louisiana

1. Olivia
2. Amelia
3. Charlotte
4. Ava
5. Evelyn

Mississippi

Top Boy Names in Mississippi

1. William
2. John
3. James
4. Noah
5. Liam

Top Girl Names in Mississippi

1. Ava
2. Olivia
3. Amelia
4. Harper
5. Mary

North Carolina

Top Boy Names in North Carolina

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Oliver
4. William
5. James

Top Girl Names in North Carolina

1. Olivia
2. Amelia
3. Emma
4. Charlotte
5. Sophia

Oklahoma

Top Boy Names in Oklahoma

1. Liam
2. Oliver
3. Noah
4. Elijah
5. Theodore

Top Girl Names in Oklahoma

1. Olivia
2. Amelia
3. Charlotte
4. Evelyn
5. Emma

South Carolina

Top Boy Names in South Carolina

1. Noah
2. Liam
3. William
4. James
5. Oliver

Top Girl Names in South Carolina

1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Olivia
4. Emma
5. Ava

Tennessee

Top Boy Names in Tennessee

1. Liam
2. Oliver
3. William
4. Noah
5. James

Top Girl Names in Tennessee

1. Amelia
2. Charlotte
3. Olivia
4. Evelyn
5. Emma

Texas

Top Boy Names in Texas

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Mateo
4. Santiago
5. Sebastian

Top Girl Names in Texas

1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Mia
4. Camila
5. Isabella

Virginia

Top Boy Names in Virginia

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. James
4. William
5. Oliver

Top Girl Names in Virginia

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Sophia
4. Emma
5. Amelia

West Virginia

Top Boy Names in West Virginia

1. Oliver
2. Waylon
3. Maverick
4. Hudson
5. Liam

Top Girl Names in West Virginia

1. Amelia
2. Lainey
3. Olivia
4. Willow
5. Charlotte

Mountain West

Arizona

Top Girl Names in Arizona

1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Isabella
4. Sophia
5. Amelia

Top Boy Names in Arizona

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Mateo
4. Oliver
5. Santiago

Colorado

Top Girl Names in Colorado

1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Emma
4. Amelia
5. Mia

Top Boy Names in Colorado

1. Liam
2. Oliver
3. Noah
4. Henry
5. Theodore

Idaho

Top Girl Names in Idaho

1. Charlotte
2. Hazel
3. Olivia
4. Evelyn
5. Amelia

Top Boy Names in Idaho

1. Oliver
2. Henry
3. Liam
4. Theodore
5. James

Montana

Top Girl Names in Montana

1. Lainey
2. Charlotte
3. Olivia
4. Eleanor
5. Evelyn

Top Boy Names in Montana

1. Oliver
2. James
3. Theodore
4. Hudson
5. William

Nevada

Top Girl Names in Nevada

1. Olivia
2. Isabella
3. Sophia
4. Mia
5. Camila

Top Boy Names in Nevada

1. Liam
2. Mateo
3. Noah
4. Sebastian
5. Santiago

New Mexico

Top Girl Names in New Mexico

1. Mia
2. Camila
3. Emma
4. Sophia
5. Olivia

Top Boy Names in New Mexico

1. Noah
2. Mateo
3. Ezekiel
4. Liam
5. Santiago

Utah

Top Girl Names in Utah

1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Emma
4. Amelia
5. Evelyn

Top Boy Names in Utah

1. Oliver
2. Liam
3. Henry
4. William
5. Jack

Wyoming

Top Girl Names in Wyoming

1. Emma
2. Harper
3. Hazel
4. Charlotte
5. Eleanor

Top Boy Names in Wyoming

1. Oliver
2. Hudson
3. James
4. Theodore
5. William

Pacific West

Alaska

Top Boy Names in Alaska

1. Oliver
2. Theodore
3. Liam
4. Noah
5. Henry

Top Girl Names in Alaska

1. Amelia
2. Olivia
3. Aurora
4. Violet
5. Emma

California

Top Girl Names in California

1. Mia
2. Olivia
3. Camila
4. Emma
5. Sophia

Top Boy Names in California

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Mateo
4. Santiago
5. Sebastian

Hawaii

Top Boy Names in Hawaii

1. Noah
2. Elijah
3. Ezra
4. Liam
5. Theodore

Top Girl Names in Hawaii

1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Kaia
4. Amelia
5. Lily

Oregon

Top Girl Names in Oregon

1. Olivia
2. Amelia
3. Charlotte
4. Emma
5. Sophia

Top Boy Names in Oregon

1. Oliver
2. Liam
3. Theodore
4. Noah
5. Henry

Washington

Top Girl Names in Washington

1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Amelia
4. Emma
5. Evelyn

Top Boy Names in Washington

1. Oliver
2. Liam
3. Noah
4. Theodore
5. Henry

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