2010s Baby Names

17,532 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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Rankings for

#846
Ty Ty has no source of its own — it shortens Tyler, Tyrone and Tyson, three names with nothing in common, so which one a given Ty belongs to cannot be read off the name.
7,286 in the 2010s
#849
Abram
7,253 in the 2010s
#853
Kolton
7,218 in the 2010s
#854
Philip Philip is a boy's name from Greek elements meaning lover of horses.
7,216 in the 2010s
#855
Danny Danny is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my judge," a diminutive of Daniel.
7,214 in the 2010s
#864
Dexter Dexter is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "right-handed" or "skilful."
7,155 in the 2010s
#867
Damon Damon means one who tames, and the story attached to it is about friendship — Damon and Pythias each offered to die in the other's place, which persuaded a tyrant to release them both.
7,129 in the 2010s
#869
Arlo Arlo is a name whose origin is unsettled.
7,122 in the 2010s
#870
Malcolm Malcolm means devotee of Columba, and it is one of only two rising names in this group — 168th in Canada, 272nd in the United States, 362nd in Scotland, 539th in Ireland, 1,333rd in England and Wales and 1,629th in France, and climbing on record rather than falling.
7,105 in the 2010s
#871
Keith Keith is a boy's name from a Scottish place name, probably from a Brittonic word for a wood.
7,086 in the 2010s
#873
Gerardo Gerardo means brave with a spear, and both halves are weapons talk — the Germanic joins the word for a spear to one meaning hardy, which is the same ger that hides inside garlic.
7,082 in the 2010s
#876
Kane Kane is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle", from Ó Catháin.
7,042 in the 2010s
#878
Sullivan Sullivan is a boy's name of Irish origin, from Ó Súilleabháin.
7,033 in the 2010s
#882
Clark Clark means a clergyman, and the job drifted — a clericus was in holy orders, but since the clergy were the ones who could write, the word slid across to mean anyone who kept records, which is what a clerk still is.
7,005 in the 2010s
#883
Khalil Khalil is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "friend" — specifically a close and trusted one.
6,993 in the 2010s
#884
Kayson Kayson is a boy's name of modern American coinage.
6,978 in the 2010s
#889
Conor Conor is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "lover of hounds," from the Irish Conchobhar.
6,939 in the 2010s
#890
Raul Raul means wolf counsel, and it is the same name as Ralph and Rudolph — one Norse compound that entered Spanish, English and German separately and ended up looking like three different names.
6,936 in the 2010s
#895
Scott Scott is a boy's name meaning a Scot, from the surname given to people from Scotland.
6,893 in the 2010s
#898
Albert Albert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble and bright."
6,882 in the 2010s
#899
Ibrahim Ibrahim is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of many."
6,877 in the 2010s
#901
Kellan
6,868 in the 2010s
#904
Julio Julio means downy-bearded, and France ranks it 517th — above the United States at 641st, which is not where a Spanish form of a Roman family name would be expected to lead.
6,848 in the 2010s
#907
Luka Luka is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Slavic and Balkan form of Luke.
6,823 in the 2010s
#909
Nico Nico is a name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people."
6,813 in the 2010s
#912
Keaton
6,796 in the 2010s
#914
Hugo Hugo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "mind" or "spirit."
6,787 in the 2010s
#916
Jamison
6,777 in the 2010s
#921
Donald Donald is a boy's name from the Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall, meaning world ruler.
6,709 in the 2010s
#922
Gunnar
6,697 in the 2010s
#923
Finnegan Finnegan is a boy's name of Irish origin, from the surname Ó Fionnagáin, built on Fionnagán, a diminutive of Fionn, "fair" or "white."
6,690 in the 2010s
#925
Jaxton
6,673 in the 2010s
#926
Rocco Rocco is a boy's name of Germanic origin, generally read from a root meaning rest or repose.
6,657 in the 2010s
#927
Zachariah Zachariah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has remembered."
6,646 in the 2010s
#928
Atlas Atlas is a boy's name from Greek myth, where Atlas is the Titan condemned to hold up the sky.
6,645 in the 2010s
#929
Bruce Bruce is a boy's name from a Norman place name, and Scotland's most famous king carried it as an import — the Bruces came from Normandy, not from Scotland.
6,638 in the 2010s
#932
Cyrus Cyrus is a boy's name of Persian origin whose meaning is not settled.
6,619 in the 2010s
#938
Bodhi Bodhi is a boy's name of Sanskrit origin meaning "awakening" or "enlightenment."
6,559 in the 2010s
#940
Darius Darius means holding firm the good, and we know that because the king said so — the Behistun inscription has Darius the Great explain his own name and reign in three languages, carved on a cliff face.
6,548 in the 2010s
#942
Dustin Dustin is a boy's name from the Old Norse Thorstein, meaning Thor's stone — the dust in the spelling is pure coincidence.
6,544 in the 2010s
#946
Lawson Lawson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Law", where Law is a medieval short form of Lawrence.
6,510 in the 2010s
#947
Maximilian Maximilian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest."
6,508 in the 2010s
#948
Wade Wade means a river crossing, and there is a second Wade entirely — a Germanic sea giant from Old English legend whose story Chaucer refers to as though everyone knew it, and which is now lost.
6,506 in the 2010s
#949
Hendrix Hendrix is a boy's name of Dutch origin meaning "son of Hendrik", the Dutch form of Henry.
6,486 in the 2010s
#950
Mohamed Mohamed is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "praiseworthy."
6,472 in the 2010s
#952
Jonas Jonas means dove, and the prophet's story turns on it — a man named for the bird sent out to find land is himself sent overseas, refuses, and is carried there inside a fish instead.
6,467 in the 2010s
#953
Davis
6,455 in the 2010s
#955
Odin Odin is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning roughly "the frenzied one".
6,435 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.