2020s Baby Names
14,967 names were given to children in the United States between 2020 and 2025, 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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#1,315Donald Donald is a boy's name from the Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall, meaning world ruler.2,539 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,318Kaizen Kaizen is a boy's name taken from the Japanese word for continuous improvement, written with characters meaning change and good.2,534 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,330Otis Otis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "wealth" or "fortune."2,497 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,343Ahmad Ahmad is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "most praiseworthy".2,462 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,345Gage Gage means a pledge, and it names the object rather than the person — the thing handed over as security.2,462 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,353Leonard Leonard is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "lion-strong," and its saint is the patron of prisoners and of women in labor.2,446 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,361Chris Chris shortens two unrelated Greek names — Christopher, which means bearing Christ, and Christine, which means belonging to Christ.2,433 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,362Dustin Dustin is a boy's name from the Old Norse Thorstein, meaning Thor's stone — the dust in the spelling is pure coincidence.2,432 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,367Ahmed Ahmed is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "most praiseworthy."2,425 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,385Quentin Quentin is a boy's name meaning fifth — a Roman birth-order name, given to a fifth child or one born in the fifth month.2,390 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,386Azriel Azriel is a name of Hebrew origin, used mostly for boys, meaning "God is my help."2,388 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,408Keith Keith is a boy's name from a Scottish place name, probably from a Brittonic word for a wood.2,334 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,410Cassian Cassian is a boy's name of Latin origin, from the Roman family name Cassius.2,333 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,412Mac Mac is a boy's name from the Gaelic word for son, which appears in every Mc- and Mac- surname there is.2,323 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,416Tommy Tommy is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "twin."2,317 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,436Flynn Flynn is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "reddish" or "ruddy," from a surname rather than a personal name.2,269 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
What Made a 2020s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 2020 and 2025. 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.