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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#1,249Kathryn Kathryn is a girl's name, the y-spelling of Katherine, and it inherits that name's 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 on record 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 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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#1,266Mavis Mavis is a girl's name from the old word for the song thrush, from French mauvis.2,704 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,268Sol Sol is a unisex name meaning "sun," from Latin and Spanish sol and Old Norse sól.2,702 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 on record.2,663 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,283Della Della has no single parent — it shortens Adela, Delia and Adelaide alike, and it is reviving, at 563rd in the United States and 1,010th in Scotland.2,644 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,284Jovie Jovie is a girl's name that's generally linked with Jove, the Roman Jupiter, and with the English word jovial, "cheerful."2,644 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,286Louie 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
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.