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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#1,250Kathryn Kathryn is a girl's name, the y-spelling of Katherine, and it inherits that name's genuinely unknown meaning.2,742 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,255Ira Ira means watchful, and it is 12 percent female in our records despite being a man's name in the Hebrew Bible — one of David's priests carries it in Samuel.2,731 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,261Cleo Cleo is a name of Greek origin meaning "glory" or "fame."2,721 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,264Eileen Eileen is a girl's name anglicizing the Irish Eibhlín, and its meaning is genuinely unsettled — it may render Helen, or Evelyn, or a native Irish name.2,709 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,265Irene Irene is a girl's name from the Greek word for peace, and the name of the goddess who personified it.2,705 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,270Mikayla Mikayla respells Michaela, and the Hebrew behind both is a question — who is like God — whose expected answer is nobody.2,689 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,273Musa Musa is a boy's name of Hebrew or Egyptian origin, the Arabic form of Moses.2,671 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,278Kelly Kelly is a name from the Irish surname Ó Ceallaigh, borne almost entirely by men for most of its history and now 86 percent female in our data.2,663 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,287Louie Louie is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."2,634 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,294Elio Elio is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning "sun," from the Greek helios.2,591 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,295Sam Sam is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has heard," a short form of Samuel.2,590 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,296Mohammed Mohammed is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "praiseworthy."2,587 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
What made a 2020s name
Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 2020 and 2025, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "2020s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.
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.