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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#2,114Amal Amal is a name of Arabic origin meaning "hope" or "aspiration."1,298 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,119Howard Howard is a boy's name whose origin is contested — high guardian, brave heart and even a keeper of pigs have all been proposed.1,295 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,127Bobby Bobby is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."1,292 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,130Lyle Lyle is a boy's name from the Norman French for "the island," and the l at the front is the definite article rather than part of the word.1,286 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,134Brett Brett means a Breton — someone from Brittany, which is named for the Britons who fled there when the Anglo-Saxons arrived.1,281 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,136Betty Betty is a girl's name that began as a short form of Elizabeth and is now used in its own right.1,280 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,137Beverly Beverly is a name from an English town meaning beaver stream, and it began as a boys' name before crossing decisively to girls.1,279 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,138Yuna Yuna is a girl's name used independently in Breton, Japanese and Korean, and the three have nothing to do with each other.1,279 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,144Casper Casper is a boy's name of Persian origin meaning "treasurer."1,277 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,147Cara Cara is a girl's name with two independent sources: the Italian cara, meaning "dear" or "beloved," and the Irish cara, meaning "friend."1,273 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,149Ida Ida is a girl's name from a Germanic word for work or labor, and it charts in all seven markets.1,270 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,150Cory Cory has at least three unrelated origins — a Norse island name, an Irish surname and a Greek word for a maiden — and English cannot distinguish them.1,269 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,153Darla Darla is a girl's name coined in twentieth-century America from the word darling.1,267 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,154Yusra Yusra is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "ease" or "prosperity."1,267 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,158Christine Christine is a girl's name from the Latin for a follower of Christ, the French form of Christina.1,263 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.