2020s Baby Names
37,732 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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#434Gemma Gemma is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "gem" or "precious stone."9,428 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#435Aspen Aspen is a unisex name of English origin taken from the tree, whose leaves tremble in the slightest wind.9,395 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#436Tate Tate is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "cheerful."9,366 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#437Nico Nico is a name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people."9,300 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#438Wren Wren is a name of Old English origin taken from the bird, from wrenna.9,223 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#439Molly Molly is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, a pet form of Mary whose meaning has never been settled — the candidates are "bitter" and "beloved."9,221 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#440Rafael Rafael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God heals."9,208 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#441Norah Norah is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "honor," and it exists because Irish speakers clipped the front syllable off Honora.9,203 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#442Faith Faith is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "trust" or "belief," one of the virtue names the Puritans put into use in the sixteenth century.9,136 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#444King King is a boy's name taken from the English title, from the Old English cyning.9,062 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#446Presley Presley is a unisex name of English origin meaning "priest's meadow".8,967 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#447Phoebe Phoebe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bright" or "radiant."8,928 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#448Malakai Malakai is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my messenger".8,914 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#450Marcus Marcus is a boy's name of Latin origin most likely meaning "of Mars," and it was one of only about eighteen first names Roman men used.8,884 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#451Evangeline Evangeline is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of good news."8,812 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#453Lukas Lukas does not mean light, despite what most sources say — it means a man from Lucania, a region of southern Italy.8,790 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#457Nash Nash is a boy's name of English origin meaning "at the ash tree".8,733 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#458Kairo Kairo is a boy's name taken from Cairo, the Egyptian capital, respelled with a K.8,694 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#459Noelle Noelle is a girl's name of French origin meaning "Christmas."8,682 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#460Mark Mark is a boy's name of Latin origin, most likely meaning "of Mars," borne by the evangelist who wrote the earliest gospel.8,663 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#461Simon Simon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he has heard," borne by the apostle Peter before his renaming.8,646 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#463Journee Journee is a girl's name taken from the English word journey, respelled to look like the French journée.8,629 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#464Colt Colt is a boy's name taken from the English word for a young male horse, from the Old English colt.8,603 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#465Louis Louis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."8,599 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#467Annie Annie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor."8,576 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#468Haven Haven is a name of Old English origin meaning "harbor" or "place of safety."8,563 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#470Armani Armani is a unisex name of Italian origin, a surname meaning "son of Armanno" — a Germanic name built from elements for army and man.8,511 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#472Steven Steven is a boy's name from the Greek for crown or garland, and the phonetic respelling of Stephen.8,494 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#475Jeremy Jeremy is a boy's name, the medieval English form of Jeremiah, from a Hebrew name generally read as God will exalt.8,410 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#476Elian Elian is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God has answered."8,373 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#479Cohen Cohen is a boy's name from the Hebrew word for priest, and a surname marking descent from the priestly line of ancient Israel.8,318 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#480Ryleigh Ryleigh is a girl's name of English origin, a modern respelling of Riley.8,252 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.