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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#1,465Rocky Rocky is a boy's name that began as a nickname for Rocco and similar names, or for a tough person.2,199 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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#1,471Hassan Hassan is an Arabic boy's name meaning "good," "handsome" or "beautiful."2,183 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.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
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#1,485Mercy Mercy is a girl's name from the English virtue word, adopted by Puritans in the seventeenth century.2,154 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.