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The 100 most popular baby names in the US in 2023 REVEALED in new government data
The most popular baby names in the US over the last decade have been released - and social media has propelled a number of new entries to the top of the list.
Liam and Olivia remained the top boy's and girl's names in 2023, marking the seventh and sixth year each has held the top spot.
Last year, Emma and Charlotte took up the second and third slot for girl's names while Noah and Oliver were the number two and three top-picked boy's names.
Only one new name appeared in the top 10 list for 2023, with Mateo joining the top boy's list for the first time, coming in at number six.
Although some names have withstood the test of time, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reported that social media stars have influenced new parents' name choices more than ever.
Kaeli was the fastest-rising girl's name last year, jumping 1,692 spots after the YouTube and TikTok influencer Kaeli McEwen, known as Kaeli Mae who has one million followers and promotes a clean and tidy lifestyle.
The SSA reported that TikTok creator Wyatt Eiden's three million followers may have contributed to the name Eiden becoming the third fastest rising boy's name in 2023.
Liam and Olivia reached the top spots once again for baby names, marking the seventh and sixth consecutive years. Mateo was the only new addition to the top 10 list, ranking as the sixth most popular name
The top names were compiled using annual data from all babies registered with the SSA at birth - the agency started compiling names in 1997.
Liam has been overwhelmingly popular as a boy's name since it took over the top spot in 2017, replacing Noah - the number-one choice since 2013.
The name was inspired by several pop-culture celebrities including Irish actor Liam Neeson and former band member Liam Payne of One Direction.
Olivia has remained the most popular girl's name in the US since 2018 which first increased in popularity following the release of the 2012 TV show 'Scandal,' after the lead character Olivia Pope.
Other celebrities may have inspired Olivia's rise to number one including the late 'Grease' star Olivia Newton-John and singer Olivia Rodrigo.
Of the nearly 3.6 million babies born last year, 20,802 boys were named Liam while 15,270 girls were named Olivia.
Amelia came in the fourth spot for girl's names for the third year in a row while Sophia returned in fifth place for the second year.
Data from the SSA also revealed that some names have surged in popularity, including Mateo - which ranked 1,000th in 1995 and jumped to number six in 2023.
'Mateo had a huge jump. … The fact that Mateo went from No. 11 in 2022 to No. 6 in 2023 is insane,' Sophie Kihm, editor-in-chief of the baby name website Nameberry told CNN.
'We don't see that very often at the top of the charts,' she added.
Popular TV shows have also influenced parent's decisions, with Game of Thrones-inspired baby names skyrocketing in the 2010s with nearly 5,000 children named after its characters in 2018
The top name trends don't tend to change very often, or quickly, with only five girls' names and four boys' names ranking number one over the last three decades.
Mateo's rise in popularity could be due to the increasing Hispanic population in the US, Kihm told CNN.
This is a major cultural milestone, she continued, saying it marks the first 'identifiably Latino [boy's] name' to reach the top 10 list.
Parents also were drawn to 'powerful names' last year the SSA found, saying that Emryn, which means 'immortal' and 'ruler,' moved up 1,287 spots to the top 1,000 baby names.
Meanwhile, the name Chozen was listed as one of the fastest-rising names for boys after YuJi Okumoto's role of Chozen Toguchi in the Netflix show 'Cobra Kai.'
Popular TV shows have also influenced parent's decisions, with Game of Thrones-inspired baby names skyrocketing in the 2010s.
Nearly 5,000 children were named after its characters in 2018, and even five years after the series ended, the names have remained somewhat popular, with 397 baby girls being named Khaleesi last year.
In the last decade, parents have become more apt to choose a name that rolls off the tongue versus ones that have a 'hard stop,' said Linguist Adam Cooper, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
'It's really interesting to see how prominent the patterns were,' Cooper said. 'Names like Patrick, Peter or Greg—these are names that would be more 'stopful,' so to speak. These stop sounds are not here in the list, really.'
Parents have also started focusing on what's called phonaesthetics - the beauty or elegance associated with the names - that sound softer, ending with a vowel or 'nah' sound.
'One might say that there's more of a flow to the sounds and sound combinations making up these popular names,' Cooper said, referencing last year's top baby names list.
'Connecting what's been studied about English phonaesthetics, pretty much all the names here would be 'phonaesthetically pleasing,'' he added.