Here is my annual analysis of the SSA name data! I’ve been doing this since the 2019 data came out, but I still haven’t found a great way to organize it, so I’m sorry if this is long and dense!
[name_f][/name_f]*Note: All data is based on the top 1000 only. The percentages have total births (including beyond the top 1000) as the denominator but the numerator only includes names within the top 1000, so realistically most percentages would be higher if names outside the top 1000 were taken into account.
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In 2024, 7.42%[name_f][/name_f] of boys and 6.47%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received top 10 names. The percentage of girls receiving top 10 names has been steadily decreasing every year I’ve calculated it, but the percentage for boys has actually risen the last two years after decreasing up until 2022!
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The percentage of girls receiving names ending in -ley has continued to decrease this year, hitting 6.01%[name_f][/name_f].
[name_f][/name_f]However, while -ley endings have been steadily decreasing, the percentage of baby girls receiving names ending in the “ee” sound overall has been increasing the past two years. In 2024, 16.67%[name_f][/name_f] of girls and 4.56%[name_f][/name_f] of boys received names ending in the “ee” sound. This does not include the many children who go by “ee” ending nicknames, so this ending is even more common in real life.
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Unlike -ley girls’ names, the trendy -s ending for boys continues to rise! 6.78%[name_f][/name_f] of boys received names ending in the letter S, higher than last year. However, -ce endings pronounced like S are down, meaning the overall percentage of “s sound” ending names for boys is actually slightly lower, at 8.61%[name_f][/name_f].
[name_f][/name_f]Meanwhile, with all spellings combined, only 1.97%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received names ending in the s sound.
[name_f][/name_f]Boys’ names ending in the T sound increased, but only to 2.84%[name_f][/name_f] – both years I’ve calculated this I’ve been surprised by how low it is, since it feels like such a common ending!
[name_f][/name_f]Despite a number of popular boys’ names ending in -L and new ones like [name_m]Isael[/name_m] and [name_m]Campbell[/name_m] jumping into the top 1000, the overall percentage of boys receiving -L ending names is actually down, at 5.00%[name_f][/name_f] even. Adding names that end in the L sound but not the letter (like [name_m]Cole[/name_m] or Kyle), the number rises to 5.16%[name_f][/name_f], still lower than last year.
[name_f][/name_f]-n ending boys’ names are also still falling, down to 21.44%[name_f][/name_f] (back in 2019, over a quarter of boys received N ending names!). [name_m]Even[/name_m] adding names that end in the N sound but not the letter (like Lane), this only rises to 21.81%[name_f][/name_f].
[name_f][/name_f]Meanwhile, 6.15%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received names ending in -n, up to 8.18%[name_f][/name_f] with names ending in other letters, like [name_f]Josephine[/name_f].
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With vowel endings, O remains the most popular for boys and A for girls:
[name_f][/name_f]The emojis indicate: 
[name_f][/name_f] higher than last year and 
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Girls
[name_f][/name_f]29.25%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received names ending in A (including -ah endings)
[name_f][/name_f]12.75%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received names ending in E
[name_f][/name_f]2.49%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received names ending in I
[name_f][/name_f]0.76%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received names ending in O (including sound-alikes like [name_f]Willow[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], etc)
[name_f][/name_f]0.04%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received names ending in U (including sound-alikes like Drew)
[name_f][/name_f]8.02%[name_f][/name_f] of girls received names ending in Y
(this means over half of all baby girls received vowel-ending names!)
[name_f][/name_f]Boys
[name_f][/name_f]5.27%[name_f][/name_f] of boys received names ending in A (including -ah endings)
[name_f][/name_f]4.95%[name_f][/name_f] of boys received names ending in E
[name_f][/name_f]2.09%[name_f][/name_f] of boys received names ending in I
[name_f][/name_f]6.09%[name_f][/name_f] of boys received names ending in O (including sound-alikes like Shiloh)
[name_f][/name_f]0.78%[name_f][/name_f] of boys received names ending in U (including sound-alikes like True)
[name_f][/name_f]3.40%[name_f][/name_f] of boys received names ending in Y
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As far as unisex names, there are 79 names[name_f][/name_f] that rank in both the feminine and masculine top 1000. This is 3 fewer names than last year. The names are listed below.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f][/name_f]Names on both lists
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Alexis[/name_f], [name_m]Amari[/name_m], [name_m]Amiri[/name_m], [name_m]Angel[/name_m], [name_m]Ari[/name_m], [name_f]Ariel[/name_f], [name_m]Armani[/name_m], [name_f]Aspen[/name_f], [name_m]August[/name_m], [name_f]Avery[/name_f], [name_m]Azariah[/name_m], [name_m]Baylor[/name_m], [name_m]Bellamy[/name_m], [name_m]Blake[/name_m], [name_f]Briar[/name_f], [name_m]Cameron[/name_m], [name_m]Campbell[/name_m], [name_m]Carter[/name_m], [name_m]Chandler[/name_m], [name_m]Charlie[/name_m], [name_m]Dakota[/name_m], [name_m]Dallas[/name_m], [name_m]Denver[/name_m], [name_m]Drew[/name_m], [name_m]Dylan[/name_m], [name_f]Eden[/name_f], [name_m]Elliot[/name_m], [name_m]Elliott[/name_m], [name_m]Ellis[/name_m], [name_m]Emerson[/name_m], [name_f]Emery[/name_f], [name_m]Emory[/name_m], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m], [name_m]Finley[/name_m], [name_f]Halo[/name_f], [name_m]Hayden[/name_m], [name_m]Hunter[/name_m], [name_m]Jamie[/name_m], [name_m]Jordan[/name_m], [name_m]Karter[/name_m], [name_m]Legacy[/name_m], [name_f]Lennon[/name_f], [name_m]Lennox[/name_m], [name_m]Logan[/name_m], [name_m]Micah[/name_m], [name_m]Milan[/name_m], [name_m]Miller[/name_m], [name_m]Morgan[/name_m], [name_m]Murphy[/name_m], [name_f]Noa[/name_f], [name_m]Noah[/name_m], [name_m]Oakley[/name_m], [name_m]Ocean[/name_m], [name_m]Parker[/name_m], [name_f]Peyton[/name_f], [name_m]Phoenix[/name_m], [name_m]Quincy[/name_m], [name_f]Quinn[/name_f], [name_f]Reese[/name_f], [name_f]Reign[/name_f], [name_f]Remi[/name_f], [name_m]Remington[/name_m], [name_m]Remy[/name_m], [name_f]Riley[/name_f], [name_m]River[/name_m], [name_m]Robin[/name_m], [name_m]Rory[/name_m], [name_m]Rowan[/name_m], [name_m]Ryan[/name_m], [name_f]Sage[/name_f], [name_m]Salem[/name_m], [name_m]Sawyer[/name_m], [name_f]Sevyn[/name_f], [name_f]Shiloh[/name_f], [name_f]Skyler[/name_f], [name_f]Sutton[/name_f], [name_m]Tatum[/name_m], [name_m]Taylor[/name_m], [name_m]Tru[/name_m]
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Word names continue to be trendy, with 9.59%[name_f][/name_f] of girls and 8.40%[name_f][/name_f] of boys receiving [name_f]English[/name_f] word names – both slightly higher percentages than last year.
[name_f][/name_f]Note that this doesn’t include names that are coincidentally words, like [name_m]Will[/name_m] or [name_m]Drew[/name_m], but only includes names that originate from words or whose usage as a name in the United States is likely heavily motivated by the existence of the word (for example, [name_m]Dash[/name_m] could just be considered a [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] nickname, but its usage in the US is more likely tied to the [name_f]English[/name_f] word, considering [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] has never once ranked in the US).
[name_f][/name_f]If you include creative spellings of word names, like [name_f]Journee[/name_f] or [name_m]Kannon[/name_m], these numbers rise to 11.40%[name_f][/name_f] for girls and 9.79%[name_f][/name_f] for boys – also slightly higher than last year.
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Overall, I think the most surprising thing to me is always how trends that may seem popular to me, don’t actually go to that many babies! Is there anything that surprised you? Anything else you’d like to see calculated? Let me know!