The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies born in each year 1923-2022. Over the last 100 years, the male name Michael has held the top spot most often (44 times), while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 33 times over those years.
The most popular baby names 2022 in the US are led by Olivia in the top spot for girls and Liam as the #1 name for boys. The most recent list of popular names ranks all the names given to five or more newborns born in the US in 2022.
Olivia and Liam were the most popular baby names of 2022, topping the list after also reigning supreme in 2021. The top five baby girl names all remained the same in 2021 and 2022 – with each and every name ending in the letter "a."
The 2000s was the peak of names like Madison, Hailey, and Natalie for girls, and Jacob, Dylan, and Christian for boys. Along with Madison, other 2000s girl names that remain in the US Top 100 today include Isabella, Chloe, Lily, and Savannah.
After a brief stint in second place, Charlotte ascends to reclaim Australia's most popular girl's name. Oliver tops the most popular boys name in Australia for the tenth year in a row. Oliver is also the most popular name overall – the only name to occur over 2,000 times in 2022.
There are few truly illegal baby names here in the U.S. Most states prohibit using baby names with numerals in it (so you can't name your baby #1, for instance), obscenities, and some states have (admittedly very generous) character limits for the first name.
According to data from BabyNames.it, plenty of parents chose timeless classics for their infants that year: John took the top spot for boys, followed by Robert, William, James, and Charles. For girls, Mary was number one; Elizabeth, Anna, and Marie all finished within the top 15.
When the little girl was born on September 12, 1984, her parents wrote Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams on her birth certificate.
Yep, that's right - 'Luxury' is the most popular girls' name so far this year. Read on to find out what else is trending... including the equally as posh boy's name that took out the crown.
Gender: Though John has been used predominantly as the masculine form of the name, girls have sometimes been called John or Johnnie. Feminine variants include Jackie, Jacqueline, Jana, Jane, Janet, Jeanne or Jeannie, Joan, Joanna or Johanna.
The sovereign country Australia, formed in 1901 by the Federation of the six British colonies, is officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, abbreviated within the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act and the Constitution of Australia to "the Commonwealth".
We used to love Darren (Dazza), Wayne (Wayno), Warren (Wazza), David (Davo), Barry (Bazza), Gary (Gazza), Terry (Tezza), Larry (Lazza), Ian (shout-out to Kirky) and Eric (Ecca).
After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as 'New Holland'. It was the English explorer Matthew Flinders who suggested the name we use today.
Names such as Christopher, Joshua, Andrew, and Daniel were popular 1990s names. But no playground during the 1990s would have seemed complete without at least one Tyler, Ryan, or Zachary.
2010- 2019 is called everything from “the 2010s” to the "teens" to the "teensies." Things get even weirder for 2000 to 2009. According to timeanddate.com, North American English speakers tend to reference the time period as "the Aughts." other English speaking countries prefer "the Noughts" or "the Noughties."