--- title: Baby Names: See the Most Popular of 2015 description: If your name is Emma or Noah, you're in good company: those were the top baby names of 2015, according to newly released government data. canonical: https://time.com/4320773/popular-baby-names-2015/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-06T13:16:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:19.704Z og:title: Baby Names: See the Most Popular of 2015 og:description: There are two new additions to the list og:url: https://time.com/4320773/popular-baby-names-2015/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Baby Names: See the Most Popular of 2015 twitter:description: There are two new additions to the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See the Most Popular Baby Names of 2015 ## Video: TIME LightBox: How to Take Better Photos of Your Baby [Watch (HLS stream): TIME LightBox: How to Take Better Photos of Your Baby](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Seb5o4tr.m3u8) (2:52)  _Published 2016-03-29. Renowned baby photographer Anne Geddes shares her tip to take better photos of your baby_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 6, 2016 1:16 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 6, 2016 1:16 PM UTC If your name is Emma or Noah, you’re in good company: those were the [top baby names of 2015](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/#&ht=1). According to data released Friday by the Social Security Administration, those two names topped the list for the [second year in a row](http://time.com/3851623/most-popular-baby-names-2014-2/?iid=sr-link6). It was Noah’s third year in the No. 1 spot. There are two new additions to the list this year— Benjamin for boys and Harper for girls, each in the No. 10 spot. Here is the full top 10 list for boys: 1\. Noah 2\. Liam 3\. Mason 4\. Jacob 5\. William 6\. Ethan 7\. James 8\. Alexander 9\. Michael 10\. Benjamin And here is the full list for girls: 1\. Emma 2\. Olivia 3\. Sophia 4\. Ava 5\. Isabella 6\. Mia 7\. Abigail 8\. Emily 9\. Charlotte 10\. Harper Now try [this TIME interactive](http://time.com/3856405/baby-name-popularity/?iid=sr-link5) to find out what your name would be if you were born today. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4320773/popular-baby-names-2015/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4320773/popular-baby-names-2015/"},"headline":"See the Most Popular Baby Names of 2015","datePublished":"2016-05-06T13:16:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:42:19.704Z","description":"There are two new additions to the list","url":"https://time.com/4320773/popular-baby-names-2015/","keywords":["Living","Parenting","Data","trends"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4320773/popular-baby-names-2015/","name":"See the Most Popular Baby Names of 2015"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME LightBox: How to Take Better Photos of Your Baby","description":"Renowned baby photographer Anne Geddes shares her tip to take better photos of your baby","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Seb5o4tr/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-03-29T02:35:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Seb5o4tr.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4320773/popular-baby-names-2015/","duration":"PT2M52S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4320773/popular-baby-names-2015/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```