Baby Names Rising and Falling
What changed in the United States between 2024 and 2025, measured by the percentage change in babies given each name.
Climbing from #1,747 to #639 is a few dozen children, while #50 to #20 is thousands and shows as thirty places, so these lists count births. Both counts are printed below.
Up
Rising Fastest
Ordered by the percentage change in children given the name, not by places moved.
| Name | 2024 | 2025 | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt | 243 | 518 | +113% | #1,413 → #703 |
| Callahan | 993 | 1,682 | +69% | #364 → #227 |
| Campbell | 524 | 811 | +55% | #922 → #617 |
| Chozen | 402 | 616 | +53% | #742 → #524 |
| Landry | 336 | 508 | +51% | #1,191 → #933 |
| Scottie | 1,692 | 2,490 | +47% | #202 → #126 |
| Bryer | 311 | 431 | +39% | #870 → #705 |
| Colbie | 227 | 310 | +37% | #1,111 → #882 |
| Ira | 387 | 523 | +35% | #969 → #819 |
| Layan | 245 | 329 | +34% | #1,031 → #830 |
| Denim | 283 | 372 | +31% | #1,107 → #881 |
| Romi | 278 | 358 | +29% | #1,006 → #817 |
| Miller | 1,095 | 1,392 | +27% | #438 → #369 |
| Lian | 627 | 794 | +27% | #513 → #428 |
| Blair | 1,482 | 1,876 | +27% | #218 → #169 |
| Andi | 381 | 469 | +23% | #767 → #633 |
| Ayan | 297 | 361 | +22% | #878 → #762 |
| Briar | 976 | 1,175 | +20% | #523 → #400 |
| Laken | 314 | 376 | +20% | #1,222 → #989 |
| Sutton | 2,275 | 2,715 | +19% | #198 → #181 |
| Monroe | 684 | 815 | +19% | #573 → #467 |
| Hollis | 397 | 472 | +19% | #1,056 → #893 |
| Azriel | 495 | 586 | +18% | #605 → #529 |
| Jrue | 323 | 379 | +17% | #897 → #818 |
Down
Falling Fastest
Ordered by the percentage change in children given the name, not by places moved.
| Name | 2024 | 2025 | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adley | 514 | 390 | -24% | #668 → #805 |
| Kenzie | 473 | 371 | -22% | #628 → #736 |
| Ivey | 358 | 282 | -21% | #788 → #925 |
| Leslie | 537 | 425 | -21% | #606 → #714 |
| Phoenix | 1,981 | 1,594 | -20% | #275 → #329 |
| Paris | 688 | 557 | -19% | #484 → #592 |
| Royal | 939 | 765 | -19% | #424 → #476 |
| London | 1,044 | 863 | -17% | #355 → #431 |
| Jordan | 3,901 | 3,235 | -17% | #104 → #131 |
| Skylar | 2,308 | 1,931 | -16% | #134 → #167 |
| Ariel | 1,653 | 1,384 | -16% | #300 → #358 |
| Love | 344 | 290 | -16% | #849 → #955 |
| Jaylen | 1,117 | 942 | -16% | #323 → #361 |
| Jaiden | 557 | 472 | -15% | #563 → #618 |
| Arian | 293 | 249 | -15% | #865 → #968 |
| Marley | 1,272 | 1,081 | -15% | #286 → #322 |
| Jesiah | 356 | 303 | -15% | #805 → #866 |
| Amani | 618 | 526 | -15% | #636 → #678 |
| Dani | 457 | 389 | -15% | #680 → #748 |
| Amiri | 866 | 738 | -15% | #532 → #604 |
| Kalani | 957 | 821 | -14% | #339 → #387 |
| Sky | 433 | 373 | -14% | #826 → #949 |
| Payton | 940 | 810 | -14% | #381 → #440 |
| Armani | 1,325 | 1,143 | -14% | #427 → #495 |
Why Births and Not Rank Places
Ordered by rank places, the biggest movers are always names at the bottom of the chart, because a handful of babies moves a name hundreds of places down there and barely one place at the top.
Ordering by the percentage change in births avoids that, and the two columns show how many children are behind every figure.
Where to Go Next
The full rankings for the United States, the rarest names at the other end of the same records, and every decade back to the start of the series.