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 No. 1 Baby Name in Every State

Map of the Top Girl Names

Map of the Top Boy Names

The Most Popular Baby Names in New England

Connecticut

Top Boy Names in Connecticut

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Jack
4. Michael
5. Luca

Top Girl Names in Connecticut

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

Maine

Top Boy Names in Maine

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

Top Girl Names in Maine

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

Massachusetts

Top Boy Names in Massachusetts

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

Top Girl Names in Massachusetts

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

New Hampshire

Top Boy Names in New Hampshire

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

Top Girl Names in New Hampshire

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

Rhode Island

Top Boy Names in Rhode Island

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Owen
4. Theodore
5. Benjamin 

Top Girl Names in Rhode Island

1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Isabella
4. Luna
5. Emma 

Vermont

Top Boy Names in Vermont

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

Top Girl Names in Vermont

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

Mid Atlantic 

Delaware

Top Boy Names in Delaware

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

Top Girl Names in Delaware

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

District of Columbia

Top Boy Names in D.C.

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

Top Girl Names in D.C.

1. Charlotte
2. Ava
3. Olivia
4. Nora
5. Eleanor 

Maryland

Top Boy Names in Maryland

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

Top Girl Names in Maryland

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

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

New York

Top Boy Names in New York

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

Top Girl Names in New York

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

Pennsylvania

Top Boy Names in Pennsylvania

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

Top Girl Names in Pennsylvania

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

Midwest

Illinois

Top Boy Names in Illinois

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

Top Girl Names in Illinois

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

Indiana

Top Boy Names in Indiana

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

Top Girl Names in Indiana

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

Iowa

Top Boy Names in Iowa

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

Top Girl Names in Iowa

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

Kansas

Top Boy Names in Kansas

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

Top Girl Names in Kansas

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

Michigan

Top Boy Names in Michigan

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

Top Girl Names in Michigan

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

Minnesota

Top Boy Names in Minnesota

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

Top Girl Names in Minnesota

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

Missouri

Top Boy Names in Missouri

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

Top Girl Names in Missouri

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

Nebraska

Top Boy Names in Nebraska

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

Top Girl Names in Nebraska

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

North Dakota

Top Boy Names in North Dakota

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

Top Girl Names in North Dakota

1. Olivia
2. Amelia
3. Nora
4. Ellie
5. Evelyn

Ohio

Top Boy Names in Ohio

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

Top Girl Names in Ohio

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

South Dakota

Top Boy Names in South Dakota

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

Top Girl Names in South Dakota

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

Wisconsin

Top Boy Names in Wisconsin

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

Top Girl Names in Alabama

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

Arkansas

Top Boy Names in Arkansas

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

Top Girl Names in Arkansas

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

Florida

Top Boy Names in Florida

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

Top Girl Names in Florida

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

Georgia

Top Boy Names in Georgia

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

Top Girl Names in Georgia

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

Kentucky

Top Boy Names in Kentucky

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

Top Girl Names in Kentucky

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

Louisiana

Top Boy Names in Louisiana

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

Top Girl Names in Louisiana

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

Mississippi

Top Boy Names in Mississippi

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

Top Girl Names in Mississippi

1. Ava
2. Olivia
3. Amelia
4. Nova
5. Kinsley

North Carolina

Top Boy Names in North Carolina

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

Top Girl Names in North Carolina

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

Oklahoma

Top Boy Names in Oklahoma

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

Top Girl Names in Oklahoma

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

South Carolina

Top Boy Names in South Carolina

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

 

Top Girl Names in South Carolina

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

Tennessee

Top Boy Names in Tennessee

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

Top Girl Names in Tennessee

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

Texas

Top Boy Names in Texas

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

Top Girl Names in Texas

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

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. Emma
4. Ava
5. Amelia 

West Virginia

Top Boy Names in West Virginia

1. Asher
2. Grayson
3. Waylon
4. Oliver
5. Liam

Top Girl Names in West Virginia

1. Amelia
2. Olivia
3. Sophia
4. Willow
5. Ava 

Mountain West

Arizona

Top Girl Names in Arizona

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

Top Boy Names in Arizona

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

Colorado

Top Girl Names in Colorado

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

Top Boy Names in Colorado

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

Idaho

Top Girl Names in Idaho

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

Top Boy Names in Idaho

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

Montana

Top Girl Names in Montana

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

Top Boy Names in Montana

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

Nevada

Top Girl Names in Nevada

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

Top Boy Names in Nevada

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

New Mexico

Top Girl Names in New Mexico

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

Top Boy Names in New Mexico

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

Utah

Top Girl Names in Utah

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

Top Boy Names in Utah

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

Wyoming 

Top Girl Names in Wyoming

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

Top Boy Names in Wyoming

1. Noah
2. Owen
3. Henry
4. William
5. Hudson

Pacific West

Alaska

Top Boy Names in Alaska

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

Top Girl Names in Alaska

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

California

Top Girl Names in California

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

Top Boy Names in California

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

Hawaii

Top Boy Names in Hawaii

1. Noah
2. Liam
3. Kai
4. Asher
5. Ethan

Top Girl Names in Hawaii

1. Olivia
2. Amelia
3. Aria
4. Luna
5. Sophia 

Oregon

Top Girl Names in Oregon

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

Top Boy Names in Oregon

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

Washington

Top Girl Names in Washington

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

Top Boy Names in Washington

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

 

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