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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#79Miles Miles is a boy's name of disputed origin, usually connected to the Latin miles, meaning soldier.36,000 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#83Charles Charles is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man," from karl.35,179 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#85Josiah Josiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh supports" or "Yahweh heals," from Yoshiyahu.34,664 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#86Cooper Cooper is a boy's name of English origin meaning "barrel maker."34,407 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#88Caleb Caleb is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose root is debated.33,947 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#91Ezekiel Ezekiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens," from Yechezkel.33,140 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#92Isaiah Isaiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yesha'yahu.33,017 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#94Christopher Christopher is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of Christ," from Christos and pherein, to carry.32,729 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#99Joshua Joshua is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yehoshua.31,883 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#100Nathan Nathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he gave," from Natan.31,780 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#103Andrew Andrew is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," from andreios, from aner, a man.31,009 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#104Nolan Nolan is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Nualláin.30,529 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#105Roman Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome," from Romanus.30,425 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#107Adrian Adrian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "from Hadria," a town in northern Italy that also gave its name to the Adriatic Sea.29,651 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#111Kai Kai is a name that exists independently in many unrelated languages.28,730 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#113Wesley Wesley is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western meadow," from the Old English west and leah.28,545 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#115Bennett Bennett is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "blessed," the medieval English form of Benedict, from benedictus.28,463 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#118Jaxon Jaxon is a boy's name and a modern respelling of Jackson, meaning "son of Jack."27,485 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#119Aaron Aaron is a boy's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is not established.27,412 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#123Christian Christian is a boy's name from the Latin christianus, meaning "a follower of Christ."26,541 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#124Axel Axel is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin, a Danish form of the Hebrew Absalom, meaning "father of peace."26,539 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#125Eli Eli is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "ascent" or "my God," depending on which Hebrew name it represents.26,376 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#129Ian Ian is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "Yahweh is gracious," the Scottish Gaelic form of John.26,166 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#133Beau Beau is a boy's name from the French beau, meaning handsome or beautiful.25,428 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#134Jonathan Jonathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has given," from Yehonatan.25,419 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#137Everett Everett is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a wild boar," from eber, boar, and hard, brave or hardy.24,913 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#141Leonardo Leonardo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a lion," from leo, lion, and hard, brave or hardy.24,367 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#142Robert Robert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," from hrod, fame, and beraht, bright.24,342 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#143Colton Colton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "coal town" or "Cola's settlement," from a place name.24,263 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#144Micah Micah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "who is like Yahweh?" — a rhetorical question expecting the answer that nobody is.24,238 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#145Thiago Thiago is a boy's name of Portuguese and Spanish origin, a form of James arrived at by splitting Santiago.24,167 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#146Jeremiah Jeremiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh exalts" or "Yahweh establishes," from Yirmeyahu.24,121 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#148Easton Easton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "east settlement," from the Old English east and tun.23,850 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#151Landon Landon is a boy's name of English origin meaning "long hill," from the Old English lang, long, and dun, a hill or down.23,470 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#152Hunter Hunter is a name of English origin meaning "one who hunts."23,351 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#154Jose Jose is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," the Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph.23,114 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#156Jameson Jameson is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of James."22,162 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#157August August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from augustus.22,138 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#158Austin Austin is a boy's name that began as a medieval English contraction of Augustine, meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from the Latin augustus.21,911 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#159Walker Walker is a boy's name of English origin meaning "a fuller of cloth."21,897 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#161Gael Gael is a boy's name meaning a Gaelic person — a speaker of Irish, Scottish Gaelic or Manx.21,700 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#163Adam Adam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "earth" or "ground," from adamah.21,601 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#165Carson Carson is a name of Scottish and Irish origin meaning "son of Carr."21,477 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.