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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#3,079Rafe Rafe is a boy's name of Norse origin meaning "wolf counsel."738 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#3,108Barry Barry is a boy's name from an Irish surname generally traced to a word for a spear, though a Welsh island gives a competing route.729 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#3,115Ezio Ezio is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning "eagle," from the Roman name Aetius.727 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#3,126Steve Steve is a boy's name, the short form of Steven or Stephen, meaning crown or garland.723 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#3,147Youssef Youssef is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will increase," the Arabic form of Joseph.716 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#3,167Noam Noam is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "pleasantness" or "delight."711 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#3,178Gerard Gerard is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning brave with the spear.708 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#3,197Craig Craig is a boy's name from the Gaelic word for a rock or crag, and one of the few names that is a plain landscape noun rather than a compound.700 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.