2020s Baby Names
3,430 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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#545Reign Reign is a unisex name taken from the English word for rule or sovereignty, from the Latin regnum.7,314 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#556Spencer Spencer is a name of Middle English origin meaning "steward" or "dispenser of provisions."7,158 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#568Harley Harley is a name of Old English origin meaning "hare's meadow."7,017 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#572Casey Casey is a name of Irish origin meaning "vigilant" or "watchful."6,949 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#590Baylor Baylor is a unisex name of English origin whose meaning is unsettled.6,787 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#597Kamari Kamari is a unisex name usually connected to the Arabic qamar, the moon, and also used as a Swahili name and as a modern American coinage.6,742 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#612Leighton Leighton is a unisex name of English origin meaning "herb garden settlement".6,548 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#626Emory Emory is a unisex name of Germanic origin, a variant of Emery.6,403 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#630Salem Salem is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "complete" or "at peace".6,291 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#633Royal Royal is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Latin regalis — of a king.6,269 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#658Onyx Onyx is a unisex name taken from the banded black stone, whose Greek name onyx means "fingernail" or "claw".6,039 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#678Briar Briar is a unisex name taken from the English word for a thorny shrub, especially wild rose or bramble.5,830 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#692Gianni Gianni is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," the Italian short form of Giovanni.5,742 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#696Azariah Azariah is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has helped".5,625 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#699Denver Denver is a unisex name of English origin meaning "the Danes' crossing".5,598 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#706Scottie Scottie is a name meaning "a Scot," a pet form of Scott.5,504 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#711Drew Drew shortens Andrew, meaning manly, and there is a second unrelated Drew from a Germanic word for a ghost or phantom.5,442 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#727Legacy Legacy is a unisex American word name meaning "something handed down," from the English noun.5,290 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#728Noel Noel means Christmas, and its American peak was 2014 — the most recent peak of any name in this group by a wide margin.5,288 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#747Miller Miller is a unisex name of English origin, the occupational surname for someone who ground grain into flour.5,170 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#763Navy Navy is a unisex name taken from the English word for a fleet, which comes through French from the Latin navis, a ship.5,033 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#778Jamie Jamie is a unisex name of Hebrew origin, a Scottish diminutive of James meaning "supplanter" or "holder of the heel."4,954 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#795Callahan Callahan is a unisex name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Ceallacháin.4,843 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#796Sunny Sunny is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Old English sunne.4,839 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#801Camryn Camryn is a unisex name, used mostly for American girls, and it's a modern spelling of Cameron.4,797 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#806Memphis Memphis is a unisex name from the ancient Egyptian capital, the Greek form of Men-nefer, "enduring and beautiful."4,784 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#813Murphy Murphy is a unisex name of Irish origin meaning "sea warrior".4,736 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#823Sevyn Sevyn is a unisex name of modern American coinage, a respelling of the number seven.4,696 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#836Francis Francis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "Frenchman" or "free man."4,605 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#854Frankie Frankie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frenchman."4,490 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#860Bellamy Bellamy is a unisex name from an English surname, derived from Old French bel ami, "beautiful friend."4,448 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#876Monroe Monroe is a unisex name of Scottish origin meaning "mouth of the Roe" — a river in Ireland, not Scotland.4,346 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#898Asa Asa is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "healer" or "physician".4,218 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#900Oaklee Oaklee is a modern name, used mostly for girls, meaning "oak clearing."4,207 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.