The top 10 names for boys and girls in the US for 2024 prove the classics aren't going anywhere
When it comes to baby names there's a reason so many of them stay in the top 10, they're absolutely lovely classics.
Baby Centre has released its top 10 names for 2024 in the US and plenty of the monikers that made the list in 2023 are holding steady this year.
With little shift in the popularity of a lot of the names – for both girls and boys – it's not hard to see why parents keep coming back to them, year after year.
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There are a couple of exceptions, and one girl's name joined the top 10 for the first time ever.
Read on to see which names have made it into the top 10 in 2024.
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10. Leo
Despite dropping two spots in popularity, Leo is just holding onto a place in the top 10 in 2024.
9. Asher
In 2024 though, Asher shot up the ranks by two places and made it into the top 10, at number nine.
Asher, meaning fortunate, blessed, happy one, is not just popular in the US it's also climbing the charts internationally. Hitting 68 in Australia in 2023 and 35 in New Zealand in the same year.
8. Ezra
Jumping one spot to number eight on the list for boys this year is Ezra.
A boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "help" it's a classic due to the biblical legacy of the name, but also hits a really fresh but familiar spot.
7. Levi
There's no change for Levi, which has stayed at number seven again in 2024.
6. Lucas
Similarly, Lucas hasn't made any moves up or down the list, staying in sixth spot.
The name is well loved across the world, with the moniker a favourite in countries from Canada to England, Scotland, Australia, Spain and New Zealand.
5. Mateo
The name Mateo is a boy's name of Spanish, Italian, Latin origin meaning "gift of God".
In 2024 it was the fifth most popular boys name according to Baby Center and it stayed in the same spot on the list.
4. Eljah
There's barely been a shift in the boys names in the top 10 in 2024, and again Elijah has stayed at number four.
Despite not really climbing back up the ranks until the 1960s, it got a real surge of popularity in 1976 when Cher and Greg Allman named their son Elijah Blue and it's been a steady favourite since.
3. Oliver
Coming in at number three in 2024 is Oliver – again.
Just like a lot of the top boys names, Oliver, is a favourite internationally and it's no surprise it's cemented a spot at the pointy end of the list.
