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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#1,446Joan Joan is a girl's name, the medieval English feminine of John meaning God is gracious, and it was once as common as Mary.2,241 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,454Marcel Marcel is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "little warrior," a diminutive of Marcus and so ultimately from Mars.2,221 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,458Nathanael Nathanael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has given," and it is the same name as Nathaniel with the spelling closer to the Greek.2,210 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,463Tomas Tomas is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "twin," a form of Thomas used across Ireland, Scandinavia and the Hispanic world.2,200 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,467Loretta Loretta comes from an Italian shrine, not from the laurel — Loreto is the town where the Holy House of Nazareth was said to have been carried by angels.2,197 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,479Pearl Pearl is a girl's name taken from the gem, and it charts in all seven markets we track.2,170 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,481Zayd Zayd is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "growth" or "abundance."2,166 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.