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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#1,806Guadalupe Guadalupe is half Arabic and half Latin — wadi, a valley or river, joined to a word for a wolf.1,633 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,815Lux Lux is a unisex name meaning "light," taken directly from the Latin word lux.1,623 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,853Teddy Teddy is a boy's name that shortens either Edward, meaning "wealthy guardian," or Theodore, meaning "gift of God."1,576 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,936Perry Perry means at the pear tree, from an English place name — and it is reviving, at 1,373rd in the United States and 1,681st in England and Wales.1,468 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,941Akari Akari is a Japanese name meaning "light" or "brightness," given mainly to girls in Japan.1,461 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,979Cedar Cedar is a unisex nature name meaning "cedar tree," from the Greek word kedros by way of Latin and Old French.1,432 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,036Rian Rian is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little king," from the Old Irish rí, king, with a diminutive ending.1,371 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,067Jean Jean is a unisex name on record: the French form of John, meaning "God is gracious," and separately a Scottish feminine form of Jane.1,339 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,104Dominique Dominique is a French name meaning of the Lord, given to children born on a Sunday.1,307 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,238Jules Jules is a boy's name, the French form of the Roman family name Julius, traditionally explained as "youthful."1,202 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.