{"chart":{"slug":"top-boys-name-by-state","title":"What is the most popular boys' name in each state?","takeaway":"In 2025, of each state's most popular boys' name, the one with the biggest share was Vermont: Oliver, given to 2.9% of the state's boys; the smallest was Tennessee: Noah, at 1.2%. Each bar is the top name's share of boys born in the state that year; it counts only names given to at least 5 boys in the state, because Social Security leaves out the rest, so it slightly overstates the true share.","topic":"Baby names","chart_type":"bar","ranking":true,"x_label":"State and top name","y_label":"Percent of the state's boys given the name","unit":"percent","points_count":51,"source":{"name":"U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (state data)","url":"https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work)","url":"https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright"},"data_as_of":"2025-12-31","updated_at":"2026-10-17T18:50:41.646Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/top-boys-name-by-state","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/top-boys-name-by-state","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/top-boys-name-by-state/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/top-boys-name-by-state/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/top-boys-name-by-state/embed","credit":"U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (state data), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/top-boys-name-by-state)","credit_html":"U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (state data), via \u003ca href=\"https://chart.ly/charts/top-boys-name-by-state\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":null,"zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"Vermont: Oliver","value":2.89},{"label":"Wyoming: Theodore","value":2.48},{"label":"District of Columbia: Noah","value":2.3},{"label":"New Hampshire: Theodore","value":2.24},{"label":"Maine: Theodore","value":2.16},{"label":"Delaware: Noah","value":2.14},{"label":"Rhode Island: Noah","value":2.14},{"label":"Connecticut: Noah","value":2.03},{"label":"Alaska: Noah","value":2.02},{"label":"Maryland: Liam","value":2.02},{"label":"Florida: Liam","value":1.95},{"label":"New Jersey: Liam","value":1.88},{"label":"West Virginia: Waylon","value":1.87},{"label":"Nevada: Liam","value":1.82},{"label":"New Mexico: Noah","value":1.77},{"label":"Massachusetts: Noah","value":1.73},{"label":"South Dakota: Oliver","value":1.72},{"label":"Nebraska: Liam","value":1.69},{"label":"Hawaii: Elijah","value":1.68},{"label":"North Dakota: Liam","value":1.67},{"label":"Montana: Oliver","value":1.65},{"label":"New York: Noah","value":1.64},{"label":"Alabama: John","value":1.59},{"label":"Virginia: Liam","value":1.58},{"label":"Texas: Liam","value":1.54},{"label":"California: Liam","value":1.5},{"label":"Colorado: Liam","value":1.48},{"label":"Idaho: Oliver","value":1.48},{"label":"Mississippi: James","value":1.48},{"label":"Missouri: Oliver","value":1.46},{"label":"Iowa: Oliver","value":1.43},{"label":"Wisconsin: Oliver","value":1.43},{"label":"Pennsylvania: Noah","value":1.42},{"label":"Illinois: Liam","value":1.39},{"label":"Utah: Oliver","value":1.39},{"label":"Minnesota: Theodore","value":1.38},{"label":"Indiana: Oliver","value":1.35},{"label":"Kentucky: Oliver","value":1.35},{"label":"Arizona: Liam","value":1.34},{"label":"Arkansas: Liam","value":1.33},{"label":"North Carolina: Noah","value":1.33},{"label":"Georgia: Liam","value":1.32},{"label":"Oregon: Oliver","value":1.32},{"label":"Oklahoma: Liam","value":1.31},{"label":"Kansas: Theodore","value":1.3},{"label":"South Carolina: Noah","value":1.3},{"label":"Washington: Noah","value":1.3},{"label":"Louisiana: Noah","value":1.24},{"label":"Ohio: Oliver","value":1.24},{"label":"Michigan: Theodore","value":1.22},{"label":"Tennessee: Noah","value":1.21}],"annotations":[]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (state data), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/top-boys-name-by-state)"}