2020s Baby Names
19,335 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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#1,346Marilyn Marilyn is a girl's name usually read as a blend of Mary and Lyn.2,459 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,365Megan Megan is a girl's name, the Welsh pet form of Margaret, from a Greek word for pearl that reached Europe from Persian.2,429 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,369Martha Martha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin meaning "lady" or "mistress of the house."2,421 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,370Julie Julie is a girl's name, the French form of Julia, from a Roman family name of uncertain origin.2,420 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,372Aya Aya is a girl's name with separate Arabic and Japanese origins: in Arabic it means "sign" or "verse" of the Quran, and in Japanese "color" or "woven silk."2,417 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,375Chelsea Chelsea is a girl's name from a London district whose name means chalk landing place — a wharf where chalk was unloaded from boats on the Thames.2,413 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,389Lillie Lillie is a girl's name from the flower, which has stood for purity in Christian art for so long that the association predates the name.2,380 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,392Penny Penny is a girl's name of Greek origin, a diminutive of Penelope, whose own name is bound up with a duck.2,373 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,393Cheyenne Cheyenne is not the Cheyenne people's own name for themselves — it is a Sioux word meaning red speakers, applied from outside.2,370 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,400Arlette Arlette is nearly extinct in France — five births last year — while rising sharply in America, where births went from 238 in 2020 to 600 in 2025.2,349 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,430Louisa Louisa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a Latinate form of Louise.2,285 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,437Liv Liv is a girl's name of Old Norse origin meaning "protection," which modern Scandinavian speakers reinterpret as "life" because it now resembles that word.2,267 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.