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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#241
Maria Maria is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the Latin and Greek form of Miryam.
29,037 in the 2010s
#242
Kai Kai is a name that exists independently in many unrelated languages.
29,004 in the 2010s
#243
Lauren Lauren is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "laurel," which became a women's name because a film studio invented one.
28,982 in the 2010s
#244
Annabelle Annabelle is a girl's name of disputed origin.
28,956 in the 2010s
#245
Rowan Rowan is a name with two origins. The Irish line comes from Ó Ruadháin, from ruadh meaning red, giving "little red-haired one."
28,943 in the 2010s
#246
Weston Weston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western settlement," from the Old English west and tun, meaning an enclosure, farmstead, or village.
28,861 in the 2010s
#247
Elena Elena is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Italian, Spanish, and Russian form of Helen.
28,809 in the 2010s
#248
Kaiden Kaiden has no etymology, because it was invented — it is one of the -aiden rhyming names built in America in the 1990s, and the Arabic and Japanese origins asserted for it online are attached to a coinage rather than found in a source.
28,786 in the 2010s
#249
Harrison Harrison is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Harry."
28,668 in the 2010s
#250
Sydney Sydney is a name from a French place name — Saint-Denis, contracted by English speakers — and the Australian city was named after a man who bore it.
28,590 in the 2010s
#251
Isabelle Isabelle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath."
28,507 in the 2010s
#252
George George is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," from ge, earth, and ergon, work.
28,440 in the 2010s
#253
Antonio Antonio is a boy's name of Etruscan origin whose meaning is unknown.
28,368 in the 2010s
#254
Jonah Jonah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dove," from Yonah.
28,290 in the 2010s
#255
Timothy Timothy is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "honoring God."
28,254 in the 2010s
#256
Eliana Eliana is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has answered" or "my God has answered."
28,243 in the 2010s
#257
Makayla Makayla is one of a large family of respellings of Michaela, and the name underneath is a question — Michael means who is like God, expecting the answer nobody.
27,893 in the 2010s
#258
Cora Cora is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "maiden," from kore.
27,827 in the 2010s
#259
Everett Everett is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a wild boar," from eber, boar, and hard, brave or hardy.
27,793 in the 2010s
#260
Payton Payton means Pæga's farm, from an English place name — and it is 71 percent female on record, having crossed over from an entirely masculine surname within a generation.
27,623 in the 2010s
#261
Natalia Natalia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "birthday," specifically Christmas Day.
27,394 in the 2010s
#262
Andrea Andrea is a name meaning "manly" or "brave," from the Greek aner.
27,373 in the 2010s
#263
Kimberly Kimberly is a girl's name that reached America by way of a South African diamond town, which was itself named after a British colonial secretary.
27,300 in the 2010s
#264
Vivian Vivian is a name of Latin origin meaning "alive" or "lively," from vivus.
27,265 in the 2010s
#265
Willow Willow is a girl's name of English origin naming the tree, from the Old English welig.
27,236 in the 2010s
#266
Valentina Valentina is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," the feminine form of Valentinus, from the verb valere, meaning to be strong or to be well.
27,228 in the 2010s
#267
Jade Jade is a girl's name from the gemstone, and its origin is unexpectedly medical: the Spanish called it piedra de la ijada, "stone of the flank," because it was believed to cure kidney and abdominal ailments.
27,085 in the 2010s
#268
Miguel Miguel is a boy's name meaning who is like God, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael.
26,966 in the 2010s
#269
Steven Steven is a boy's name from the Greek for crown or garland, and the phonetic respelling of Stephen.
26,907 in the 2010s
#270
Emerson Emerson is a name of English origin meaning "son of Emery."
26,816 in the 2010s
#271
Richard Richard is a boy's name from Germanic roots meaning strong or brave ruler.
26,757 in the 2010s
#272
Clara Clara is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "bright" or "clear," from clarus.
26,674 in the 2010s
#273
Trinity Trinity means threefold, and birth records pin its rise to The Matrix with unusual precision — the film opened on 31 March 1999, and American births went 557 in 1998, 1,571 in 1999 and 4,386 in 2000, a partial year followed by a full one.
26,578 in the 2010s
#274
Maddox Maddox means son of Madoc, and Madoc is the prince who supposedly reached America in 1170 — a legend the Tudors found useful, since it would have given England a claim predating Spain's.
26,556 in the 2010s
#275
Liliana Liliana is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lily," an elaborated form of Lily from lilium.
26,441 in the 2010s
#276
Kinsley Kinsley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "king's meadow," from the Old English cyning, king, and leah, a clearing.
26,390 in the 2010s
#277
Jocelyn Jocelyn began as a man's name for a Germanic tribe — the Gauts — and turned female in twentieth-century America. About 90 percent of recorded births are now female.
26,368 in the 2010s
#278
Emmett Emmett is a boy's name of English origin derived from Emma — it is a matronymic surname, formed from a woman's name rather than a man's, which was unusual in medieval England.
26,275 in the 2010s
#279
Jude Jude is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "praised" or "thanks."
26,252 in the 2010s
#280
Maverick Maverick is a boy's name taken from an English surname, and it is one of the few names to become an ordinary English word within living memory of its source.
26,230 in the 2010s
#281
Victor Victor is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "conqueror."
26,179 in the 2010s
#282
Jaden Jaden is a modern American name with a genuine biblical original behind it — Jadon appears once in Nehemiah, as a man who helped rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and almost nothing else is known of him.
26,077 in the 2010s
#283
Kaleb Kaleb respells Caleb, and the Hebrew reads as dog — which was not an insult but a claim of loyalty, since Caleb is one of only two spies who trusted the report on Canaan.
26,068 in the 2010s
#284
Brielle Brielle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength."
26,053 in the 2010s
#285
Joel Joel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin that joins two names for God, and the prophet's book supplied the line quoted at Pentecost.
25,889 in the 2010s
#286
Hadley Hadley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "heather meadow," from the Old English hæth, heather or heathland, and leah, a clearing.
25,871 in the 2010s
#287
Bennett Bennett is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "blessed," the medieval English form of Benedict, from benedictus.
25,804 in the 2010s
#288
Kingston Kingston is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "the king's settlement."
25,770 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.