Here are the changes in name popularity from 2023 to 2024. The first sheet has the changes from names in 2023 to 2024. These are grouped by spelling, so only the most popular spelling is listed to save space. The second sheet lists all the names that debued this year, as well as all the names that dropped out of the Top 8000.
The full list is here: 2024 Top Boys' Names in the USA
The 2024 Boys' Names grouped by spelling is up! Here's the link.
Names ending in -ir and -aire are popular these days, but it's difficult to figure out which ones are pronounced like "eer" and which ones are "air." For example, the name that started it all: Zaire, is sometimes pronounced /zy AIR/ and sometimes /zy EER/. Some are obvious, like Jayeer, but others are a little more obscure, like Jair as in Brazil's former president Bolsonaro. We find that spelled Jaire, Jyaire, Jiayir etc. Every year a new name provides some complications!
Here's the top 150:
The 2024 SSA List of top names is up!
I have grouped them by spelling. The quick results of the top 100 is thus:
Also, if you click on the tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet, there's another sheet that lists all the names dropping out of the top 7000 from 2023, as well as all the names that were added in 2024.
Here are all the names that debuted in the SSA database for girls in 2025:
2025 Names Debuting for girls - if it brings you to the rank differences, click on the bottom tab for the Added and Dropped sheet.
Some highlights:
Chrome, Dreamlynn, Luvlee, Moonie, Triumph, Reazyn, Roscoe, Mauve, Brewer, Valleigh, Knourish, Harmyni, Millerkate, Scottland, Islynd, Truce, Envii, Trulei, Rare, Rizzo, Legendary, Abundance
The highest debuting name was Yashna with 170 namesakes. Most names debut in the database with 5 or 6 namesakes, though. 170 is pretty high! This is not the highest charting debut in SSA Database history-- that honor goes to Kizzy in 1977, inspired by the television mini-series Roots. The second biggest was Dylan in 2013 with 593 namesakes.
Other big debuts:
Ryan 467 (2012)
Isamar 446 (1990) - inspired by a character on the telenovela "La Revancha"
Moesha 426 (1996) - the TV sitcom Moesha debuted in 1996
Sade 392 (1985) - inspired by singer Sade
Elliot 310 (2012) - there was a female Elliot on the tv show "Scrubs," but that show had ended
Elliott 236 (2012) by 2012. I'm not entirely sure where this came from!
Zhavia 306 (2018) American singer/songwriter Zhavia was a finalist on The Final Four
Erykah 279 (1997) - probably inspired by singer Erykah Badu
Fallon 232 (1981) - there was a character on the TV show "Dynasty" named Fallon
Dalary 215 (2014) - Mexican-American singer Larry Hernandez named his daughter this in 2013
Djuna 198 (1964) - Djuna Phrayne was a character on the TV series "Channing" in 1964.
Ayanna 194 (1971) - perhaps inspired by Activist/Comic Dick Gregory naming his daughter this in 1971
Greidys 186 (2009) - inspired by Cuban beauty pageant winner Greidys Gil
Ajee 185 (1994) - Revlon released a perfume called Ajee in 1994 (pronounced ah ZHAY)
Yaire 184 (2001) - the name of a Puerto Rican singer
Toccara 182 (1981) - Avon released a perfume called Toccara that year
