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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#337Karter Karter is a unisex name of English origin, a respelling of Carter, the occupational surname for someone who drove a cart.12,039 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#338Matias Matias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."12,029 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#339Jesse Jesse is a name of Hebrew origin whose meaning is debated.12,003 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#340Kevin Kevin is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "gentle birth," and its saint founded Glendalough and by tradition lived to 120.11,964 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#341Catalina Catalina is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Spanish form of Catherine.11,909 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#342Finn Finn is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "fair" or "white."11,904 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#343Emersyn Emersyn is a girl's name of modern American coinage, a respelling of the surname Emerson.11,888 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#344Valerie Valerie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," from the verb valere, meaning to be strong or to be well.11,875 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#345Alex Alex is a name of Greek origin meaning "defender of mankind."11,862 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#347Nicolas Nicolas is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people."11,843 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#348Magnolia Magnolia is a girl's name naming the flowering tree, which was named after Pierre Magnol, a seventeenth-century French botanist.11,815 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#349Justin Justin is a boy's name from the Latin for just or righteous.11,805 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#350Ashley Ashley is a name of Old English origin meaning "ash tree clearing."11,799 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#351Tucker Tucker is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "cloth fuller."11,761 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#352Messiah Messiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "anointed one."11,734 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#353Felix Felix is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "lucky" or "fortunate."11,714 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#354Summer Summer is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the season, from sumor.11,686 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#357Hayes Hayes is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "hedged enclosure."11,588 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#358Sloane Sloane is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "raider" or "warrior."11,585 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#359Miguel Miguel is a boy's name meaning who is like God, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael.11,535 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#360Juliette Juliette is a girl's name of Latin origin, the French diminutive of Julie and so of Julia, from the Roman family name Julius.11,487 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#361Beckham Beckham is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "homestead by the stream."11,382 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#362Zayden Zayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed by attaching the -ayden ending to a Z.11,363 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#363Freya Freya is a girl's name of Old Norse origin meaning "lady" or "noble woman."11,354 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#365Ximena Ximena is a girl's name of Spanish origin whose meaning is unresolved.11,294 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#366Alejandro Alejandro is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of mankind."11,274 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#367Ember Ember is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the word for a glowing coal, from æmyrge.11,235 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#368Valeria Valeria is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy."11,194 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#369Margot Margot is a girl's name of French origin meaning "pearl," a French pet form of Marguerite and so of Margaret.11,061 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#370Timothy Timothy is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "honoring God."10,984 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#371Dallas Dallas is the only rising name in this group — it peaked in 2015 and is still climbing, at 238th in the United States.10,950 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#374Brody Brody is a boy's name of Scottish origin taken from a place near Forres in Moray.10,918 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#375Genevieve Genevieve is a girl's name of Gaulish origin whose meaning is not settled.10,882 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#376Isabel Isabel is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath."10,876 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#377Jett Jett is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "jet black."10,848 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#378Brandon Brandon is a boy's name from an English place name meaning broom-covered hill, often confused with the Irish Brendan.10,777 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#379Blakely Blakely is a name of Old English origin meaning either "black clearing" or "pale clearing."10,761 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#380Abraham Abraham is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of many."10,755 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#382Xander Xander is a boy's name, a short form of Alexander meaning defender of men.10,715 in the 2020s 6 of 10 years
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#383Abel Abel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "breath" or "vapour."10,711 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.