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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#2,789Ilyas Ilyas is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord is my God."848 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,798Bernard Bernard is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning brave as a bear.845 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,803Clifford Clifford is a boy's name from an English place name meaning a ford by a cliff — a river crossing below a steep bank.842 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,804Ayat Ayat is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "signs" or "verses."841 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,806Zack Zack is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered," a short form of Zachary.841 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,821Lori Lori is a girl's name, a short form of Laura meaning laurel.832 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#2,832Esmae Esmae is a girl's name of Old French origin meaning "esteemed" or "beloved."828 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.