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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#770Azalea Azalea is a girl's name taken from the flowering shrub, whose botanical name comes from the Greek azaleos, meaning dry.4,992 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#772Wynter Wynter is a girl's name, a respelling of Winter, from the Old English winter.4,985 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#774Shepherd Shepherd is a boy's name of English origin, the occupational surname for someone who tended sheep.4,961 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#775Sabrina Sabrina is the Latin name of the River Severn, and the legend behind it is a drowning — a princess thrown into the river became its spirit.4,959 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#776Meadow Meadow is a girl's name from the English word for grassland, whose root means "to mow" — so a meadow is defined by being cut.4,959 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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#780Viviana Viviana is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "alive".4,950 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#783Ares Ares is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the god of war.4,903 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#784Lilliana Lilliana is a girl's name that's generally read as "lily," and it's a spelling variation of Liliana.4,894 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#785Raiden Raiden is a boy's name of Japanese origin naming the god of thunder and lightning.4,888 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#787Franklin Franklin means a freeholder — a man who owned his land but held no noble rank, a specific medieval class.4,884 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#788Frances Frances is a girl's name meaning a Frank, or a free one, and the feminine of Francis.4,883 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#791Melissa Melissa is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bee," and it was the title of the priestesses who served Demeter.4,863 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#792Adelynn Adelynn is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble."4,855 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#793Demi Demi is a girl's name usually explained as French for "half", from the Latin dimidius.4,853 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#794Iker Iker is a boy's name of Basque origin meaning "visitation".4,845 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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#805Sean Sean is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "God is gracious," the Irish form of John by way of Norman French.4,789 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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#807Willa Willa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute" or "will".4,761 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#809Michelle Michelle is a girl's name, the French feminine of Michel, from a Hebrew question meaning who is like God.4,751 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#810Adelina Adelina is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble".4,750 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#811Pablo Pablo is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "small" or "humble," the Spanish form of Paul.4,741 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#812Ibrahim Ibrahim is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of many."4,740 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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#815Winston Winston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "Wine's settlement", from an Old English personal name plus tun.4,724 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#816Hattie Hattie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler."4,719 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.