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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#242Athena Athena is a girl's name from the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare and craft.16,536 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#244Serenity Serenity is a girl's name taken from the English word, from the Latin serenus, meaning clear or unclouded.16,483 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#253Melody Melody is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "song" or "singing," from melodia.16,013 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#255Maeve Maeve is a girl's name of Irish origin, anglicized from Medb, usually translated as "she who intoxicates" or "intoxicating."15,893 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#259Nevaeh Nevaeh is a girl's name coined in the United States, and it is "heaven" spelled backwards.15,408 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#260Rylee Rylee is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "rye clearing."15,371 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#265Raelynn Raelynn is a girl's name of modern American coinage, joining Rae to the -lynn suffix.15,215 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#267Eva Eva is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "life" or "living."15,140 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#271Josie Josie is a girl's name that began as a pet form of Josephine, and so means "he will add," inherited from the Hebrew Yosef.15,019 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#275Samantha Samantha is a girl's name of uncertain origin, first recorded in America in the eighteenth century.14,737 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#279Hadley Hadley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "heather meadow," from the Old English hæth, heather or heathland, and leah, a clearing.14,539 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#281Julia Julia is a girl's name of Latin origin, the feminine of the Roman family name Julius.14,335 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#283Eliza Eliza is a girl's name that began as a short form of Elizabeth, and so means "God is my oath," from the Hebrew Elisheva.14,245 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#285Rose Rose is a girl's name of Latin origin naming the flower, from rosa.14,201 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#288Lucia Lucia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the feminine of Lucius from lux.14,117 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#291Piper Piper is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "pipe player."14,056 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#297Juniper Juniper is a girl's name naming the evergreen shrub, from the Latin juniperus.13,822 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#301Brielle Brielle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength."13,680 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#302Everleigh Everleigh is a girl's name of modern American coinage, formed by respelling the English surname Everly.13,656 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#303Alaia Alaia is a girl's name of Basque origin meaning "joyful" or "happy," from the Basque alai.13,651 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#304Margaret Margaret is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl," from margarites.13,477 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#307Melanie Melanie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "black" or "dark."13,337 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#312Amara Amara is a girl's name that exists independently in several languages.13,171 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#315Mary Mary is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning has never been settled.12,990 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#322Elliana Elliana is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has answered me."12,831 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#323Cecilia Cecilia is a girl's name of Latin origin from the Roman family name Caecilius, which derives from caecus, meaning blind.12,773 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#327Adalynn Adalynn is a girl's name of modern American coinage, formed from the Germanic element adal, meaning noble, with the -lynn suffix.12,500 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#328Sienna Sienna is a girl's name from the Italian city of Siena, and by way of it from the reddish-brown earth pigment mined nearby.12,482 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#330Georgia Georgia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," the feminine of George, from ge, earth, and ergon, work.12,370 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#332Esther Esther is a girl's name usually connected to the Persian word for star, and possibly to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar.12,300 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#334Isabelle Isabelle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath."12,160 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#341Catalina Catalina is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Spanish form of Catherine.11,909 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#343Emersyn Emersyn is a girl's name of modern American coinage, a respelling of the surname Emerson.11,888 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#344Valerie Valerie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," from the verb valere, meaning to be strong or to be well.11,875 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#348Magnolia Magnolia is a girl's name naming the flowering tree, which was named after Pierre Magnol, a seventeenth-century French botanist.11,815 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#350Ashley Ashley is a name of Old English origin meaning "ash tree clearing."11,799 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#354Summer Summer is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the season, from sumor.11,686 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#358Sloane Sloane is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "raider" or "warrior."11,585 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#360Juliette Juliette is a girl's name of Latin origin, the French diminutive of Julie and so of Julia, from the Roman family name Julius.11,487 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#363Freya Freya is a girl's name of Old Norse origin meaning "lady" or "noble woman."11,354 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.