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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#2,022Carl Carl is a boy's name from the Germanic word for a free man, the same root as Charles.1,388 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,059Imran Imran is a boy's name of Arabic origin, the name of the father of Mary in Islamic tradition and the title of the third chapter of the Quran.1,346 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,070Lucien Lucien is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the French form of Lucian.1,336 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,077Cedric Cedric was invented by Walter Scott in Ivanhoe in 1819, and it appears to be a misspelling — he took the Anglo-Saxon Cerdic and transposed the letters.1,329 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,085Billy Billy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."1,322 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,119Howard Howard is a boy's name whose origin is contested — high guardian, brave heart and even a keeper of pigs have all been proposed.1,295 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,127Bobby Bobby is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."1,292 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,130Lyle Lyle is a boy's name from the Norman French for "the island," and the l at the front is the definite article rather than part of the word.1,286 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.