Short baby names (4 letters or fewer)

How this list is chosen

A short name on this page has 4 letters or fewer. The count is the published SSA observation for that exact spelling and recorded sex. Each table keeps up to 80 exact spellings with at least 100 published 2025 records in that recorded-sex category, ordered by count. A missing category is not filled with zero. Sex-specific pages for 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 letters already exist; this page is the combined length cut. Read the full method.

Female records

Female Short baby names (4 letters or fewer) with at least 100 published 2025 records, highest count first. The list stops at 80 names.
Name	Letters	Rank	2025 count
Emma	4	3	12,754
Mia	3	6	11,078
Ava	3	11	7,732
Lily	4	18	6,673
Nora	4	20	6,380
Lucy	4	25	6,176
Aria	4	26	6,130
Luna	4	27	6,076
Isla	4	28	6,012
Ella	4	29	5,831
Zoe	3	31	5,646
Ivy	3	39	5,117
Mila	4	43	4,796
Nova	4	46	4,657
Leah	4	58	3,880
Iris	4	61	3,729
Maya	4	62	3,712
Ruby	4	64	3,554
Zoey	4	69	3,427
Eden	4	70	3,362
Ayla	4	77	3,149
Lyla	4	80	3,089
Jade	4	95	2,658
Anna	4	107	2,521
Cora	4	113	2,428
Rose	4	114	2,386
Mary	4	125	2,230
Eva	3	134	2,154
Remi	4	145	2,023
June	4	150	1,978
Arya	4	158	1,858
Sage	4	160	1,853
Ruth	4	173	1,781
Lila	4	187	1,670
Kaia	4	193	1,618
Sara	4	198	1,568
Lia	3	200	1,526
Vera	4	205	1,482
Myla	4	210	1,436
Zara	4	212	1,432
Ada	3	219	1,401
Jane	4	221	1,380
Noa	3	226	1,348
Rory	4	230	1,332
Wren	4	231	1,331
Nyla	4	236	1,315
Ana	3	245	1,276
Amy	3	257	1,200
Evie	4	270	1,151
Lola	4	275	1,132
Lena	4	279	1,106
Gia	3	287	1,069
Leia	4	297	1,033
Esme	4	298	1,032
Kali	4	323	948
Nina	4	324	946
Navy	4	327	935
Zuri	4	329	932
Mira	4	335	916
Hope	4	352	868
Thea	4	353	867
Raya	4	369	831
Anya	4	375	821
Demi	4	381	804
Kira	4	385	801
Lana	4	406	768
Joy	3	419	747
Opal	4	423	740
Maia	4	433	715
Lyra	4	435	711
Mya	3	444	697
Emmy	4	445	695
Alma	4	449	689
Elle	4	461	668
Kora	4	491	603
Mae	3	501	594
Yara	4	507	585
Faye	4	515	579
Eve	3	519	577
Kate	4	522	576

Male records

Male Short baby names (4 letters or fewer) with at least 100 published 2025 records, highest count first. The list stops at 80 names.
Name	Letters	Rank	2025 count
Liam	4	1	20,818
Noah	4	2	20,358
Levi	4	12	9,642
Luca	4	14	8,759
Jack	4	15	8,748
Leo	3	19	8,173
Ezra	4	20	8,126
John	4	23	8,027
Owen	4	31	7,190
Luke	4	33	6,948
Beau	4	60	5,165
Enzo	4	72	4,556
Axel	4	79	4,140
Theo	4	82	3,945
Ian	3	83	3,924
Luka	4	85	3,873
Gael	4	86	3,860
Kai	3	93	3,768
Jose	4	95	3,678
Ryan	4	99	3,532
Adam	4	101	3,501
Eli	3	104	3,418
Amir	4	105	3,297
Jace	4	114	3,083
Milo	4	119	2,974
Dean	4	125	2,876
Leon	4	138	2,583
Zion	4	142	2,496
Luis	4	144	2,475
Arlo	4	148	2,443
Evan	4	153	2,412
Jude	4	155	2,384
Juan	4	159	2,318
Ivan	4	163	2,240
Ace	3	164	2,239
Jett	4	169	2,167
Nico	4	174	2,066
Max	3	180	2,025
Cole	4	182	2,003
Alan	4	191	1,915
Tate	4	194	1,862
Knox	4	196	1,836
Rory	4	199	1,768
Finn	4	206	1,702
Joel	4	219	1,633
Abel	4	231	1,525
Alex	4	232	1,515
Mark	4	245	1,416
Cade	4	248	1,392
Lane	4	250	1,383
Zayn	4	253	1,381
Nash	4	255	1,357
Crew	4	256	1,352
Omar	4	260	1,333
Paul	4	262	1,316
Koa	3	269	1,281
Eric	4	273	1,256
Otto	4	277	1,241
Colt	4	285	1,188
Kash	4	286	1,183
Cash	4	287	1,181
Ares	4	290	1,157
Reid	4	293	1,150
Ali	3	306	1,116
Cody	4	318	1,076
Zane	4	324	1,051
Niko	4	325	1,046
Cruz	4	331	1,025
Jax	3	342	961
Wade	4	344	948
Kade	4	349	943
Onyx	4	365	881
Hugo	4	378	837
Elio	4	388	818
Iker	4	390	815
Jay	3	392	809
Ari	3	393	808
Kian	4	401	797
Kylo	4	402	797
King	4	405	786