2010s Baby Names
45,658 names were given to children in the United States between 2010 and 2019, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#3Noah Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," from Noach.184,643 in the 2010s
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#10Ava Ava is a girl's name with several proposed origins rather than one settled root.156,018 in the 2010s
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#11Ethan Ethan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "firm," "enduring," or "strong."149,276 in the 2010s
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#14James James is a boy's name of Hebrew origin, an English form of Jacob by way of Late Latin Iacomus.140,143 in the 2010s
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#15Elijah Elijah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God is Yahweh," from Eliyahu.137,460 in the 2010s
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#17Benjamin Benjamin is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of the right hand," from Binyamin.134,680 in the 2010s
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#18Daniel Daniel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my judge," from Daniyyel.134,175 in the 2010s
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#19Jayden Jayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed on the pattern of Aiden.132,331 in the 2010s
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#20Aiden Aiden is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," an Anglicized form of Aodhán.130,322 in the 2010s
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#22Matthew Matthew is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," from Mattityahu.125,256 in the 2010s
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#23Abigail Abigail is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my father's joy," from Avigayil.118,856 in the 2010s
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#25Emily Emily is a girl's name of Latin origin, from the Roman family name Aemilius.117,777 in the 2010s
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#26David David is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "beloved," from Dawid.116,900 in the 2010s
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#28Joseph Joseph is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," from Yosef.115,878 in the 2010s
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#30Samuel Samuel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin usually translated as "God has heard," from Shemu'el.108,270 in the 2010s
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#31Joshua Joshua is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yehoshua.106,416 in the 2010s
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#32Gabriel Gabriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," from Gavri'el.106,194 in the 2010s
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#36John John is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is gracious," from Yochanan.102,933 in the 2010s
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#39Carter Carter is a name of English origin meaning "one who transports goods by cart."99,669 in the 2010s
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#41Oliver Oliver is a boy's name that entered England with the Normans and has a disputed origin.98,304 in the 2010s
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#43Isaac Isaac is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he laughs," from Yitzhak.94,677 in the 2010s
What Made a 2010s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 2010 and 2019. A name's position here is how many of them were.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.