If your holiday playlist starts with Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You, you’re not alone. Music platform Chordify did a survey of this year’s most popular holiday songs that get us into the spirit of the season. Analysts used Google search data from December 2024, using Google Trends, Ahrefs, Glimpse, and Google Search Console, focusing on search volume and year-over-year growth for Christmas-related song queries.
New Jersey’s No. 1 Christmas song, according to Chordify, is Mariah Carey’s iconic hit. It’s also the fave in California and Pennsylvania.
Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” takes the top spot in 10 states, including in Alabama, Maryland and Tennessee.
José Feliciano’s bilingual “Feliz Navidad” from 1970 is the fastest-growing Christmas search of the year. It topped searches in five regions, including in New York, Texas and Florida.
Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is the most popular song in seven northern states where people love their ’80s pop music.
“Mele Kalikimaka” dominated again in Hawaii, where it originated; while Louisiana chose Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me.”
“This year’s Christmas charts show how streaming culture and social media have blurred the borders between genres, languages and generations,” Gijs Bekenkamp, CMO at Chordify, says in a statement. “We’re seeing Gen Z discovering classic hits their grandparents grew up with — and giving them new life on TikTok.”
These are the most-searched Christmas songs in every U.S. state:
| State | Top Song | Search Volume (Dec 2024) | Artist |
| Alabama | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 49,000 | Brenda Lee |
| Alaska | Last Christmas | 13,200 | Wham! |
| Arizona | Feliz Navidad | 61,000 | José Feliciano |
| Arkansas | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 33,500 | Brenda Lee |
| California | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 225,000 | Mariah Carey |
| Colorado | Last Christmas | 35,000 | Wham! |
| Connecticut | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 23,500 | Frank Sinatra |
| Delaware | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 18,000 | Brenda Lee |
| Florida | Feliz Navidad | 152,000 | José Feliciano |
| Georgia | Jingle Bell Rock | 41,000 | Bobby Helms |
| Hawaii | Mele Kalikimaka | 21,500 | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters |
| Idaho | It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | 12,200 | Michael Bublé |
| Illinois | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 90,000 | Mariah Carey |
| Indiana | Last Christmas | 32,400 | Wham! |
| Iowa | White Christmas | 19,500 | Bing Crosby |
| Kansas | Jingle Bells | 18,000 | Traditional |
| Kentucky | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 30,000 | Mariah Carey |
| Louisiana | Santa Tell Me | 31,000 | Ariana Grande |
| Maine | Silent Night | 11,000 | Traditional |
| Maryland | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 44,000 | Brenda Lee |
| Massachusetts | Sleigh Ride | 22,000 | Leroy Anderson |
| Michigan | Last Christmas | 39,000 | Wham! |
| Minnesota | It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | 19,000 | Andy Williams |
| Mississippi | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 24,000 | Mariah Carey |
| Missouri | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 33,000 | Brenda Lee |
| Montana | White Christmas | 10,000 | Bing Crosby |
| Nebraska | Jingle Bell Rock | 15,000 | Bobby Helms |
| Nevada | Santa Tell Me | 36,000 | Ariana Grande |
| New Hampshire | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 12,000 | Frank Sinatra |
| New Jersey | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 78,000 | Mariah Carey |
| New Mexico | Feliz Navidad | 20,000 | José Feliciano |
| New York | Feliz Navidad | 188,000 | José Feliciano |
| North Carolina | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 45,000 | Brenda Lee |
| North Dakota | Little Drummer Boy | 7,800 | Bing Crosby & David Bowie |
| Ohio | Last Christmas | 46,000 | Wham! |
| Oklahoma | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 26,000 | Brenda Lee |
| Oregon | White Christmas | 21,000 | Bing Crosby |
| Pennsylvania | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 70,000 | Mariah Carey |
| Rhode Island | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 12,500 | Frank Sinatra |
| South Carolina | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 36,000 | Brenda Lee |
| South Dakota | White Christmas | 8,500 | Bing Crosby |
| Tennessee | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 47,000 | Brenda Lee |
| Texas | Feliz Navidad | 125,000 | José Feliciano |
| Utah | It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | 18,500 | Michael Bublé |
| Vermont | Silent Night | 7,000 | Traditional |
| Virginia | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 49,000 | Mariah Carey |
| Washington | Last Christmas | 47,000 | Wham! |
| West Virginia | White Christmas | 13,500 | Bing Crosby |
| Wisconsin | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | 29,000 | Brenda Lee |
| Wyoming | White Christmas | 6,500 | Bing Crosby |
| Washington, D.C. | Feliz Navidad | 22,000 | José Feliciano |
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