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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#1,467Loretta Loretta comes from an Italian shrine, not from the laurel — Loreto is the town where the Holy House of Nazareth was said to have been carried by angels.2,197 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,479Pearl Pearl is a girl's name taken from the gem, and it charts in all seven markets.2,170 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,485Mercy Mercy is a girl's name from the English virtue word, adopted by Puritans in the seventeenth century.2,154 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,494Paula Paula is a girl's name from the Latin for small or humble, the feminine of Paul.2,130 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,498Birdie Birdie is a girl's name meaning "little bird," formed from the English word bird with the affectionate ending -ie.2,125 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,517Celia Celia is a girl's name of Latin origin from the Roman family name Caelius, whose meaning is disputed between "heaven" and a much older Etruscan word.2,092 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,527Aila Aila is a girl's name used independently in Finnish, Scottish and Arabic naming, and the three have nothing to do with each other.2,075 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,533Adhara Adhara is a girl's name taken from a star — the second brightest in Canis Major — whose name comes from the Arabic al-adhara, meaning "the maidens".2,062 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.