{"chart":{"slug":"top-girls-name-by-state","title":"What is the most popular girls' name in each state?","takeaway":"In 2025, the most popular girls' name in each state was given to between 1.0% and 3.6% of the girls born there. The biggest share was Vermont: Charlotte (state: name), and the smallest North Carolina: Amelia. Each bar is the top name's share of girls born in the state that year; it counts only names given to at least 5 girls 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 girls 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":"2026-10-17T18:50:41.653Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/top-girls-name-by-state","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/top-girls-name-by-state","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/top-girls-name-by-state/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/top-girls-name-by-state/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/top-girls-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-girls-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-girls-name-by-state\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":null,"zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"Vermont: Charlotte","value":3.59},{"label":"Maine: Charlotte","value":2.86},{"label":"Wyoming: Aurora","value":2.47},{"label":"New Hampshire: Charlotte","value":2.11},{"label":"Rhode Island: Charlotte","value":2.0},{"label":"Alaska: Charlotte","value":1.94},{"label":"Delaware: Mia","value":1.91},{"label":"Hawaii: Isla","value":1.86},{"label":"District of Columbia: Emma and Sophia","value":1.78},{"label":"West Virginia: Charlotte","value":1.66},{"label":"South Dakota: Lainey","value":1.64},{"label":"Montana: Charlotte","value":1.63},{"label":"Nevada: Olivia","value":1.59},{"label":"North Dakota: Charlotte","value":1.56},{"label":"Connecticut: Charlotte","value":1.53},{"label":"Kansas: Charlotte","value":1.51},{"label":"Idaho: Charlotte","value":1.45},{"label":"Massachusetts: Charlotte","value":1.45},{"label":"New Mexico: Mia","value":1.41},{"label":"Arkansas: Charlotte","value":1.4},{"label":"Wisconsin: Charlotte","value":1.39},{"label":"Missouri: Charlotte","value":1.37},{"label":"South Carolina: Charlotte","value":1.36},{"label":"Virginia: Charlotte","value":1.36},{"label":"Iowa: Charlotte","value":1.34},{"label":"Nebraska: Charlotte","value":1.34},{"label":"Tennessee: Charlotte","value":1.32},{"label":"Louisiana: Amelia","value":1.3},{"label":"Oregon: Charlotte","value":1.28},{"label":"Colorado: Charlotte","value":1.26},{"label":"Indiana: Charlotte","value":1.26},{"label":"Arizona: Olivia","value":1.25},{"label":"Kentucky: Amelia","value":1.23},{"label":"Alabama: Charlotte","value":1.22},{"label":"New Jersey: Emma","value":1.21},{"label":"Oklahoma: Olivia","value":1.2},{"label":"Pennsylvania: Charlotte","value":1.2},{"label":"Florida: Olivia","value":1.18},{"label":"Mississippi: Amelia","value":1.18},{"label":"Ohio: Charlotte","value":1.17},{"label":"Illinois: Olivia","value":1.13},{"label":"Maryland: Ailany","value":1.13},{"label":"Utah: Emma","value":1.13},{"label":"Washington: Olivia","value":1.13},{"label":"California: Olivia","value":1.11},{"label":"Minnesota: Charlotte","value":1.11},{"label":"Michigan: Charlotte","value":1.07},{"label":"Texas: Emma","value":1.06},{"label":"Georgia: Amelia","value":1.0},{"label":"New York: Emma","value":0.99},{"label":"North Carolina: Amelia","value":0.99}],"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-girls-name-by-state)"}