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When combined by pronunciation, Sophia (+ Sofia) is the top name in every region.
Boys' names in 2025 were even more regional than girls' names: Liam is #1 in the South and West, while the Northeast's #1 is Noah and the Midwest's is Oliver.

Interactive bump chart data toy based on 2025 SSA state-level data.

Race-by-first-name breakdowns were first released by the Census Bureau in April 2026 (timing is potentially icky), but there are some interesting tidbits in the data: Daniel and David are the most-Hispanic "white" names for men in the US, while Elizabeth, Jessica, and Jennifer take that role on the women's side.

I'm a half-Punjabi millennial in the Northeast (AKA an outsider here sorry) so there were some surprises here for me but I would bet that folks here could guess the top 5 or 10 almost perfectly. The "crossover" names were most surprising to me, but I really want to hear your thoughts!

full disclosure: I built the linked site; it has no ads or trackers. I'm kind of a name nerd.

In April 2026 the Census Bureau released first-name-by-race tabulations for the first time. It's not granular-- all Asian-Americans, immigrant and US-born, fall into the same bucket. That's how you can have over 2K names that are 90+% Asian, yet the most common name among Asian-Americans is John.

On the female side, Jenny and Grace are the two white-majority names with the most Asian-American bearers, while Hong is the most common Asian-majority female name. Lots and lots of stats here if that's your thing.

full disclosure: I made the linked site; it has no ads or trackers. I am not entirely comfortable with the racial demographics of every American first name having been made public by the current administration, but the data is really interesting.

do any of the other top multiracial names ring Hapa to you? if you look through the table there's very strong Hawaiian and Japanese representation (Nanea and Taiyo are the most multiracial names in the entire 2020 US Census).

full disclosure: I made the linked website; it has no ads or trackers.

the US census bureau released first-name-by-race tabulations for the first time in April 2026. While the most concentrated names in the Black community are distinctive, like Latoya and Jermaine, the most common names among living Black Americans are James, Michael, Robert, and John-- just a reshuffling of White Americans' top names (Michael, John, James, Robert).