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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#1,734Sidney Sidney is a name of Old English origin meaning "wide meadow."1,727 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,750Simone Simone is a girl's name meaning he has heard, the French feminine of Simon.1,701 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,755Byron Byron means at the cattle sheds — a working place name that became shorthand for romantic poetry, which is a longer journey than most names make.1,696 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,759Toby Toby is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is good."1,691 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,770Nancy Nancy is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace."1,677 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#1,776Joe Joe is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," a short form of Joseph that has become the English word for an ordinary person.1,667 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.