You’re being forced at gunpoint to choose names for your children from the top 100 of the Social Security Administration list, and you’re having QUADRUPLETS– two girls and two boys of course. What do you name them?
I will gladly post my choices after some of you have had a chance to weigh in. Can you imagine quads? I’d love to name them though!
| Rank | Male name | Female name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | Isabella |
| 2 | Ethan | Emma |
| 3 | Michael | Olivia |
| 4 | Alexander | Sophia |
| 5 | William | Ava |
| 6 | Joshua | Emily |
| 7 | Daniel | Madison |
| 8 | Jayden | Abigail |
| 9 | Noah | Chloe |
| 10 | Anthony | Mia |
| 11 | Christopher | Elizabeth |
| 12 | Aiden | Addison |
| 13 | Matthew | Alexis |
| 14 | David | Ella |
| 15 | Andrew | Samantha |
| 16 | Joseph | Natalie |
| 17 | Logan | Grace |
| 18 | James | Lily |
| 19 | Ryan | Alyssa |
| 20 | Benjamin | Ashley |
| 21 | Elijah | Sarah |
| 22 | Gabriel | Taylor |
| 23 | Christian | Hannah |
| 24 | Nathan | Brianna |
| 25 | Jackson | Hailey |
| 26 | John | Kaylee |
| 27 | Samuel | Lillian |
| 28 | Tyler | Leah |
| 29 | Dylan | Anna |
| 30 | Jonathan | Allison |
| 31 | Caleb | Victoria |
| 32 | Nicholas | Avery |
| 33 | Gavin | Gabriella |
| 34 | Mason | Nevaeh |
| 35 | Evan | Kayla |
| 36 | Landon | Sofia |
| 37 | Angel | Brooklyn |
| 38 | Brandon | Riley |
| 39 | Lucas | Evelyn |
| 40 | Isaac | Savannah |
| 41 | Isaiah | Aubrey |
| 42 | Jack | Alexa |
| 43 | Jose | Peyton |
| 44 | Kevin | Makayla |
| 45 | Jordan | Layla |
| 46 | Justin | Lauren |
| 47 | Brayden | Zoe |
| 48 | Luke | Sydney |
| 49 | Liam | Audrey |
| 50 | Carter | Julia |
| 51 | Owen | Jasmine |
| 52 | Connor | Arianna |
| 53 | Zachary | Claire |
| 54 | Aaron | Brooke |
| 55 | Robert | Amelia |
| 56 | Hunter | Morgan |
| 57 | Thomas | Destiny |
| 58 | Adrian | Bella |
| 59 | Cameron | Madelyn |
| 60 | Wyatt | Katherine |
| 61 | Chase | Kylie |
| 62 | Julian | Maya |
| 63 | Austin | Aaliyah |
| 64 | Charles | Madeline |
| 65 | Jeremiah | Sophie |
| 66 | Jason | Kimberly |
| 67 | Juan | Kaitlyn |
| 68 | Xavier | Charlotte |
| 69 | Luis | Alexandra |
| 70 | Sebastian | Jocelyn |
| 71 | Henry | Maria |
| 72 | Aidan | Valeria |
| 73 | Ian | Andrea |
| 74 | Adam | Trinity |
| 75 | Diego | Zoey |
| 76 | Nathaniel | Gianna |
| 77 | Brody | Mackenzie |
| 78 | Jesus | Jessica |
| 79 | Carlos | Camila |
| 80 | Tristan | Faith |
| 81 | Dominic | Autumn |
| 82 | Cole | Ariana |
| 83 | Alex | Genesis |
| 84 | Cooper | Payton |
| 85 | Ayden | Bailey |
| 86 | Carson | Angelina |
| 87 | Josiah | Caroline |
| 88 | Levi | Mariah |
| 89 | Blake | Katelyn |
| 90 | Eli | Rachel |
| 91 | Hayden | Vanessa |
| 92 | Bryan | Molly |
| 93 | Colton | Melanie |
| 94 | Brian | Serenity |
| 95 | Eric | Khloe |
| 96 | Parker | Gabrielle |
| 97 | Sean | Paige |
| 98 | Oliver | Mya |
| 99 | Miguel | Eva |
| 100 | Kyle | Isabelle |
{ 106 comments… read them below or add one }
Oliver, Xavier, Paige, and Claire. My 2 yr old is already in the top 100, but was not when I named her.
I think the ‘ver’ in the boys’ names and ‘ai…e” in the girls’ names is cute sibsetting. Different enough to not be weird, but they are cute together.
I’ve always loved Xavier (you can thank Cabbage Patch Kid’s Xavier Roberts for that one) and cannot believe it’s reached the top 100 considering the number of people who’ve never heard of it. Oliver, I can understand why it’s there and will probably use it for a boy anyway because I love it. I’d love to use Paige or Claire, but my husband says they are “fat girl names”…I think someone saw The Breakfast Club one too many times. I still love them.
vanessa, caroline, zachary and sebastian. it’s nice picking from the american top 100 as it is vastly different to the uk list! both of the girls names i’ve chosen are really uncommon over here since the trend is nickname style names for both boys and girls
For what it’s worth, I never hear Vanessa, EVER. It may be a Latino thing, and sadly I’m in the wrong neighborhood and don’t run into nearly enough Latino babies.
Vanessa is popular with white middle class families where I live – although the only ones I know were born in the 70s!
William, Henry, Amelia & Charlotte.
I also really like Ethan, Noah, James, Lucas, Isaac, Sebastian, Nathaniel, Josiah, Eli, Hannah, Evelyn & Eva.
Well, this is fun…I’m going to go ahead and do middle names as well:
Elizabeth Caroline
Madeline Paige
Henry Daniel
John Thomas
I had a hard time with the girls…not many I’m crazy about.
Julia, Claire, Sean, Liam
Anna, Charlotte, Sebastian and Gabriel.
I think. I found a lot of the names I liked on one side corresponded to names on the other, negating one or the other – like Anna and Andrew, Nathan or Aaron.
Also, just realized that all 3 of my brothers’, my father’s and my husband’s name are in the top 30. Funny.
I’m constantly surprised to see Valeria at 72… And Vanessa.
Presuming I didn’t already have a Henry…
Henry, Oliver, Charlotte & Molly
I prefer Caroline to Molly, but would want each child to have a separate initial – and I know my husband liked Molly back in 2005.
If this was real life, where I already have a Henry, I’d switch it out to be:
William, Oliver, Charlotte & Molly
I think Charlotte and Molly are beautiful together! Whether Henry or William, your sibsets are fantastic!
Thanks.
Dominic, Jonathan, Sophia and Lillian.
Lily, Molly, Cooper, and Wyatt.
How fun! I considered my daughter’s name, our last name, names of friends and family, and my husband’s opinion (to the best of my ability!) as I made my choices. I also chose first and middles from the list for all four:
Rachel Claire
Caroline Paige
Oliver Sebastian
Gavin Anthony
Both Sebastian and Anthony are family names, which is nice since that’s how we used the middle name slot for our daughter. I wasn’t able to do that with the girls, though, because my daughter’s middle name is already Katherine (the only family name on the list).
While I do like all these names, I’m not sure I’d actually choose them IRL, and there were some on the list I might be inclined to choose (e.g., Evelyn) that I know my husband would hate. I tried to avoid those and selected names I thought really had a chance in our family.
Elijah, Gabriel, Alexandra and Victoria.
They are all longer names, but shorten well [Eli, Gabe, Alex (or Zandra, which I think is prettier) and Tori]. I like the angelic nature of the boys, and the length of the girls names seem to flow with me.
Anna Charlotte, Elizabeth Maya, Julian Thomas, Sebastian Lucas.
Anna, Lily, Jules, Bas.
Sebastian, Oliver, Sophia & Charlotte
Julian, Gabriel, Evelyn, and Zoe
I also like Camila, but I already have a Mila, and Gianna, but found it harder to fit into a set of four….
Vanessa, Camila, Diego and Eli
Henry, Julian, Sophia, and Grace, I think. I don’t mind the boys’ names, but I found the girls’ names really impossible!
Sebastian Levi
Alexander James
Evelyn Paige
Abigail Claire
I also really like Jack but not only do I know at least 10 Jacks, I’ve never known how to pair it with another name.
I just thought about the fact that Evelyn page is an actress… Darn
Oliver, James, Evelyn and Claire.
I have a friend with twins named James & Evelyn.
Oliver Sebastian (nn Ollie)
Gabriel Benjamin (nn Gabe)
Evelyn Sophia (nn Evie)
Charlotte Alexandra (nn Charli)
Oliver and Charlotte are both strong contenders for my twins due in December
I also really like Dominic, Nathaniel and Xavier for boys, and Abigail, Madeleine and Molly for girls.
Thomas, Owen, Amelia and Claire (can I spell it Clare? Or will I get shot in this hypothetical naming-quadruplets-at-gunpoint situation?).
This is my first comment. Hi!
Strictly speaking, no change of spellings allowed! I’m tempted too though.
I would name the boys Madison (because it means “Matthew’s *son* and I’m married to a Matthew) and Taylor. The girls: Angel and Kyle. Because I’m contrary that way… :^o [and I do know of a woman named Kyle!]
Sebastian Luke (nn Seb)
Evelyn Faith (nn Evie)
Caleb Jason (nn Cal)
Grace Elizabeth (nn Gracie)
I really love Charlotte, Samuel, and Elizabeth but as I already had Sebastian, Evelyn and Caleb I didn’t want to repeat first initial.
Sydney
Henry
Isabelle
Tristan
…just so they could have fun with their initials in junior high. “We’re the …”
That’s AWESOME Angela.
Leah, Claire, Evan and Owen
Samuel, Oliver, Camila, and Evelyn OR
William, Henry, Elizabeth, and Katherine
Ooh, fun! I haven’t peaked at any of the other answers. The boys were easy for me (which is why for real boy-naming is hard for me – normally we’re trying to stay *out* of the top 100, or even 500!), and for girls I was able to make a few sparkle of them by way of namesakes I’d be happy to honor. Which brings me to:
Sebastian
Oliver
Audrey
Jocelyn
Julian, Sophie, Molly and James
Melanie, Gianna, Sebastian & Dominic
Caroline, Julia, Robert and Thomas.
And, for my South American inlaws: Olivia, Victoria, Sebastian and Nicholas.
Sarah (nickname Sally) Elizabeth
Camila Grace
Henry Jeremiah
Adrian Michael
so fun!
Parker, Mason, Aubrey and Paige
Can I choose Avery for a boy and steal it back from the girls? And while I’m at it, steal Parker for a girl? Then I would have:
Avery (B), Mason (B), Parker (G), and Aubrey (G)
This was really quite hard as in real life neither of my children’s first or middle names are on this list. And Genesis for a girl…really? I guess it makes a nice sibset with Serenity, Trinity, Destiny and Faith..if you are church-y:)
Lillian & Valeria for girls
Levi & Hayden for boys
Katherine, Elizabeth, William, Julian.
None of my absolute favorite girl names are in the top 100, and I always have a hard time narrowing down the boys. I’m sure if I did this again tomorrow, my choices would change.
Luke, Benjamin (nn Ben), Elizabeth and Grace. I was going to pick Anna instead of Elizabeth but the Ben Anna Banana thing made me switch.
Charlotte Olivia, Sophie Alexandra, Luke William and Julian Joseph
Though Sebastian is very tempting too. Maybe I need to have quints!
Probably Ava, Noah, Evelyn and Oliver (yes Ava and Evelyn are similar but this is hypothetical)
Ava and Noah have always been ‘my names’
I even named my dolls then as a child
I am really annoyed at their current popularity…
Sophie & Lillian, Alexander & Isaac
I also love the name Jacob, but it’s always #1 so I’d probably never use it.
my cousin’s name is Alexander Isaac (nn Alex).
Omitting my daughter’s name Elizabeth, her nn Lily, and my other daughter’s mn Charlotte:
Henry, Oliver, Mariah and Amelia
I LOVE Mariah! Where ARE all the Mariahs? I never hear it.
My great grandmother was Mariah
It’s a beautiful name but I think the link to Mariah Carey is still too strong for me to consider it as a first name
Bailey (g), Avery (g), Oliver (b), and Lucas (b).
Sofia Zoe, Evelyn Audrey, Alexander Jack, Oliver Kyle.
But really, I only LOVE Sofia and Alexander (the names; I love ALL the hypothetical children regardless!)
Jack, Liam, Audrey & Grace
Nathaniel, Victoria, Alexander, & Elizabeth.
Neva — I met a teenage Genesis awhile ago. I guess it’s better than being Numbers or Deuteronomy, right?
My favourite names from this list are Eli, Gabriel (Gabe), Camila (Mila) and Avery, but I’m not crazy about them all together, so my sibset would be:
Camila Paige
Avery Grace
Sebastian Oliver
Luis Alexander
Anna Katherine
Molly Caroline
Wyatt John
Isaac James
this was pretty hard… i tend to shy away from popular names tho the ones i chose are not overly popular where i am.
i also love the names Charlotte, Leah, Lily, Claire, Maya; John, Joseph (mn only), Henry, Liam, Gavin, and Brian.
Brianna and Katherine; Benjamin and Nicholas.
oliver
chloe
jack
molly
Maria Caroline
Amelia Claire
David Cameron
Adam Charles
In real life I wouldn’t be so matchy-match.
After I did the above sib-set, I realized I missed the opportunity to use family names, which is more my style.
Anna Sarah – my Mom’s grandmothers.
Sophia Caroline – my Dad’s grandmother and Great-grandmother.
Oliver Michael – my Dad’s grandfather; Husband’s dad.
William John- my Mom’s grandfather; Husband’s grandfather.
Lucas Sebastian
Jack Henry
Audrey Amelia
Claire Madeline
Anna Elizabeth
Valeria Grace
Dominic Xavier
Gabriel Anthony
Don’t shoot!
Olivia Molly
Elizabeth Gianna
Benjamin Gavin
Jonathon Xavier
Liv, Eliza, Jamie, Nathan (I like my nn’s weird in all smoking gun situations)
Elizabeth, Benjamin and Xavier are on my lists, all as fn’s.
Oh, this is torture. Pulling from the names you already hear all the time!
My quads would be:
Cole
Nicholas
Olivia
Amelia
I’m going to do middle names too…
Audrey Caroline (I had this picked out before)
Lily Gabrielle
Henry Michael (Michael is my dad’s name)
William Evan (Evan is my husband’s name)
I think trying to keep it in the family makes it easier to choose such popular names.
Cowboy (and girl!) names for my hypo-quads.
Levi Charles
Josiah Robert
Leah Elizabeth
Abigail Sarah
Joseph, Matthew, Elizabeth, Chloe
My husband loves the name Chloe. I’m not as keen on it, but I’d throw it in just to make him happy.
Joseph Thomas
Grace Katherine
Claire Gabriella
Dominic Charles
Ooh, what fun!
Since my children will always have three names, I will go ahead and add them here too. I made the worst of a bad situation, and tried to take into account the fact that I already have a Nicodemus, whose name most of the ones on that list would never go well with! Here they are (I am a little bothered by the stylistic difference of the girl names, but what can you do?):
Alexander Samuel Julian
Sebastian Noah Tristan
Victoria Isabella Amelia
Charlotte Julia Alexandra
Gabriel Ian
Samuel Isaac
Lily Amelia
Leah Olivia
Mnemosyne- Wow, a real Genesis? It is just so surprising to see a name like that show up on the top 100 since I have NEVER heard it as a name. Especially since it rates higher than Molly and Eva. As someone said before, there must be a cultural group I am unfamiliar with that just loves Genesis.
Hayden and Brody
Maya and Layla
Alexander Jonathan
Julian Owen
Sophia Caroline
Lily Maria
Oliver
Jack
Lily
Isabella
Henry Alexander
Thomas Julian
Elizabeth Emily
Charlotte Victoria
Owen
Isaac
Grace
Eva
I’m going to post my choices, then read all the delightful posts—to keep away any influences, as subtle as they may be.
Camila, Lilian, Dominic, Sebastian
Mila, Lily, Nico, & Baz
First choice for boys would have been Oliver, but I didn’t love Lily & Ollie together.
Mia Gabrielle
Sophie Camila
Caleb Thomas
Jack Cooper
I thought I submitted at comment but it doesn’t seem to have got through!
My picks are…
Anna Elizabeth
Valeria Grace
Dominic Xavier
Gabriel Anthony
Molly Caroline, Zoe Victoria, Evan Nicholas and Tyler Andrew
Easy!
Elizabeth, Katherine, Thomas, and Robert.
Betsy, Kit, Tom, and Bobby!
Dominic Joseph
Samuel Henry
Grace Elizabeth
Claire Katherine
My picks are Oliver Dominic, Charles Elijah, Sophia Grace, and Aubrey Claire
There’s not much choice :/
Christopher “KIP” John Elijah
Robert “ROBIN” Jeremiah Julian
Elizabeth “ZIBBY” Camila Claire
Katherine “KITTY” Sofia Molly
Dominic Joseph
Claire Katherine
Grace Elizabeth
Luke Elijah
What a great opportunity to use popular names I love!
Isabella Paige (Bella)
Caroline Audrey
Alexander James (Alec)
Julian Charles
Neva — She’s the only Genesis I’ve ever met, but I remember coming across a kid named Genesys (yup, with a y) in a newspaper or magazine sometime this past year. I don’t know about Genesys, but Genesis looked African-American and was from NYC (I don’t know her religion).
TJ — I just remembered that I know a female Kyle, too. She even has a son named Regan.
Owen James
Andrew Logan
Molly Grace
Aubrey Katherine
Two of my husband’s top choices, plus a bunch of family names for middle names. I love these hypothetical naming exercises!
Joshua, Christian, Katherine, Lily.
It would have to be Victoria and Caroline for the girls and Benjamin and Joseph for the boys. It might have been Julian “Jules” for a boy, but I’d end up with either two J names or two names ending in N. This is a really fun idea!
Elvie
Elizabeth Caroline
Victoria Lillian
Sebastian Anthony
Benjamin Gabriel
Very proper!
Ian, Cole, Paige, and Claire
Sebastian Henry (what I would name a third boy!)
Dominic Levi
Audrey Maya
Zoe Eva
William Cole
Thomas Alexander
Lily Evelyn
Anna Caroline
Luis
Diego
Camila
Eva
going for the latino thang.
Emma Katherine
Sophie Caroline
James David
Andrew Joseph
All except Katherine and Caroline are grandchildren names in our family. (Too many grandsons with first and/or middle names in the top 100 to use them all. James and Andrew are the twins in our family.)
Fun–too many good names to pick from here, actually!
Oliver Joseph
Henry Isaiah
Claire Victoria
Anna Morgan
Liam Alexander
Oliver Sebastian
Charlotte Lily
Evelyn Grace
Henry John Charles, Oliver Eli Sean, Elizabeth Grace Julia, Amelia Molly Victoria
Angelina Claire (Lina prn. Leena)
Katherine Olivia (Rin)
Charles Hunter (Charlie)
Nathaniel Oliver (Nate)
Hunter is a family name & Nathaniel (nn Nate) & Charles (nn Charlie) are my all time favorite boys names!
Amelia
Alexa
Aaron
Austin
I’m not sure I could really do the same-letter thing though. In reality, I’d prefer
Amelia
Elizabeth
Benjamin
Gabriel
I used to love Grace, Lily and Ella, but now that they are ubiquitous, I have fallen out of love with them. Just sick of hearing them, I guess!
Anna Evelyn Autumn
Lily Audrey Gianna
Henry Jeremiah Julian
Tristan Isaiah Levi
Alexander Thomas William “Alex”
Sebastian Joseph Charles “Seb”
Amelia Elizabeth Claire “Milly”
Evelyn Katherine Lily “Eve”
Owen Gabriel
Caleb Alexander
Claire Abigail
Evelyn Paige
Wow, I’ve backtracked from 900-100 to here. These are a far cry from Eloise, Lilia, Magdalena, Cassius, etc.. though Eloise is in my state’s Top 100, so I guess that balances it a bit!
Madeline Audrey
Elizabeth Lily
Henry Sebastian
Oliver Julian
~ Della, Elsie, Henry & Oliver
Samuel Matthew
Henry William
Elizabeth Anna
Katherine Eva
**middles are all family names
Amelia Katherine
Caroline Lily
Henry Benjamin
Julian Thomas
I don’t think I’d actually mind having kids with these names. Most of them were ones we actually talked about when I was pregnant with our son.
Claire Katherine Amelia
Sophie Alexandra Faith
Anthony Joseph
Caleb Jonathan