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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#1,567Alvin Alvin means elf-friend, from an Old English name that treats elves as beings whose favor was worth having.2,003 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,575Hugh Hugh is a boy's name from a Germanic word for mind or spirit, brought to Britain by the Normans.1,995 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,606Douglas Douglas is a boy's name from the Scottish Gaelic for dark water, originally a river and then a powerful border family.1,929 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,611Rudy Rudy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous wolf."1,920 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,635Ben Ben is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son," used both as a short form of Benjamin and as a name in its own right.1,887 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,641Jimmy Jimmy is a boy's name, the pet form of James, meaning supplanter.1,876 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,652Ricky Ricky is a boy's name, the pet form of Richard or Ricardo, meaning strong ruler.1,856 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,666Stanley Stanley is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "stony clearing."1,832 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.