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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#723Kalani Kalani is a unisex name of Hawaiian origin meaning "the heavens" or "the royal one".5,335 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#724Antonella Antonella is a girl's name of Italian origin, a diminutive of Antonia.5,322 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#726Alessia Alessia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender".5,302 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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#729Russell Russell is a boy's name from a Norman nickname meaning little red, given to someone red-haired or ruddy.5,285 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#731Sonny Sonny is a boy's name of English origin meaning exactly what it looks like — son.5,277 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#732Luciano Luciano is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "light".5,274 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#733Giselle Giselle means a pledge, and the pledge was a person — the Germanic gisil named a hostage given as security for a treaty.5,255 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#735Edwin Edwin is a boy's name from Old English meaning rich friend, borne by a Northumbrian king whose fortress may have given Edinburgh its name.5,250 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#736Cesar Cesar is a boy's name from the Roman family name Caesar, whose own meaning the Romans could not agree on.5,250 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#737Ariyah Ariyah is a girl's name whose spelling is modern American but whose roots run in several directions.5,249 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#740Marshall Marshall began as a stable hand — the word meant a horse servant, and it climbed to become the highest rank in several armies.5,208 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#741Mariah Mariah shows the sharpest single-artist effect on record.5,198 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#742Mathias Mathias is a boy's name, the French and Scandinavian form of Matthias, from a Hebrew name meaning gift of God.5,196 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#745Wilder Wilder is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "untamed" or "hunter".5,178 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#746Odin Odin is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning roughly "the frenzied one".5,176 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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#748Travis Travis is a boy's name from an occupational surname meaning a toll collector, one who worked at a crossing.5,167 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#750Hector Hector is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "holding fast," borne by the Trojan prince who is the most sympathetic figure in the Iliad.5,158 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#751Rhys Rhys is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "ardor" or "enthusiasm," and it gave English the surname Price by way of a Welsh word for son.5,154 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#752Gracelynn Gracelynn is a modern girl's name that combines Grace, from the Latin gratia, with the suffix -lynn.5,148 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#753Lawson Lawson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Law", where Law is a medieval short form of Lawrence.5,139 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#754Heidi Heidi is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble one."5,131 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#755Banks Banks is a boy's name of English origin meaning someone who lived by a slope or a riverbank.5,115 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#756Jared Jared is a boy's name from Hebrew meaning descent, borne by the father of Enoch — the one man in Genesis who does not die but is taken.5,113 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#757Jay Jay is a name serving as an initial-letter shortening for any J name, as a bird name, and as an Indian name meaning victory.5,112 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#758Kane Kane is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle", from Ó Catháin.5,104 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#760Laura Laura is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "laurel," the tree whose leaves crowned Roman victors and poets.5,075 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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#765Kyle Kyle is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "narrow strait," taken from a district of Ayrshire.5,018 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#766Francesca Francesca is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "free one" or "Frenchwoman."5,015 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#768Jake Jake is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," a short form of Jacob that became a name in its own right.5,007 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.