Most Popular Baby Names of the 2020s

So far in the 2020s (2020 to 2025), Olivia was the most popular girls' name, given to 95,853 babies, and Liam led the boys with 124,842.

That's out of 9,729,580 girls and 10,363,106 boys counted between 2020 and 2025, under 27,729 different girls' names and 22,227 boys' names.

Number one, year by year

Most popular names each year, 2020 to 2025
Year	Girls	Boys
2020	Olivia	Liam
2021	Olivia	Liam
2022	Olivia	Liam
2023	Olivia	Liam
2024	Olivia	Liam
2025	Olivia	Liam

Top 100 names of the 2020s

Top girls' names, 2020–2025
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010s
1	Olivia	95,853	up 1
2	Emma	85,652	down 1
3	Charlotte	78,055	up 6
4	Amelia	76,108	up 8
5	Sophia	74,758	down 2
6	Mia	68,154	same
7	Isabella	67,643	down 3
8	Ava	63,350	down 3
9	Evelyn	55,734	up 4
10	Harper	47,509	up 6
11	Luna	46,161	up 72
12	Camila	45,999	up 20
13	Sofia	45,288	up 5
14	Eleanor	41,966	up 47
15	Elizabeth	41,893	down 4
16	Gianna	39,710	up 66
17	Scarlett	38,284	up 13
18	Violet	38,031	up 39
19	Ella	37,920	down 5
20	Emily	37,622	down 12
21	Chloe	37,588	down 6
22	Abigail	37,379	down 15
23	Aria	37,059	up 13
24	Penelope	37,005	up 20
25	Aurora	36,888	up 68
26	Hazel	36,638	up 59
27	Avery	36,617	down 10
28	Nora	36,567	up 23
29	Lily	35,872	down 7
30	Ellie	35,725	up 22
31	Mila	35,670	up 19
32	Layla	35,046	down 4
33	Eliana	33,359	not top 100 in 2010s
34	Madison	32,429	down 24
35	Isla	32,186	not top 100 in 2010s
36	Grace	31,533	down 17
37	Nova	31,518	not top 100 in 2010s
38	Zoe	31,129	down 7
39	Lucy	29,759	up 15
40	Riley	29,219	down 6
41	Willow	28,868	not top 100 in 2010s
42	Ivy	28,572	not top 100 in 2010s
43	Emilia	28,338	not top 100 in 2010s
44	Victoria	27,560	down 23
45	Stella	27,117	up 4
46	Naomi	26,665	up 30
47	Hannah	26,230	down 20
48	Zoey	26,222	down 23
49	Elena	26,192	not top 100 in 2010s
50	Leah	25,044	down 15
51	Lillian	24,902	down 25
52	Valentina	24,620	not top 100 in 2010s
53	Maya	24,109	up 9
54	Paisley	23,546	up 18
55	Delilah	23,499	not top 100 in 2010s
56	Addison	22,797	down 36
57	Everly	21,822	not top 100 in 2010s
58	Natalie	21,590	down 35
59	Genesis	21,524	same
60	Sophie	21,329	up 19
61	Sadie	21,233	up 14
62	Madelyn	21,085	up 4
63	Ruby	21,013	up 24
64	Josephine	20,976	not top 100 in 2010s
65	Leilani	20,964	not top 100 in 2010s
66	Claire	20,945	down 23
67	Alice	20,743	up 29
68	Kinsley	20,182	not top 100 in 2010s
69	Audrey	19,760	down 31
70	Adeline	19,006	not top 100 in 2010s
71	Kennedy	18,779	down 3
72	Autumn	18,742	down 1
73	Aaliyah	18,666	down 28
74	Lainey	18,606	not top 100 in 2010s
75	Brooklyn	18,458	down 46
76	Emery	18,408	not top 100 in 2010s
77	Eloise	18,040	not top 100 in 2010s
78	Caroline	17,842	down 15
79	Anna	17,726	down 40
80	Quinn	17,572	not top 100 in 2010s
81	Iris	17,499	not top 100 in 2010s
82	Savannah	17,482	down 45
83	Hailey	17,379	down 41
84	Vivian	17,340	not top 100 in 2010s
85	Clara	17,277	not top 100 in 2010s
86	Aubrey	17,235	down 62
87	Bella	17,107	down 34
88	Gabriella	17,092	down 47
89	Jade	17,024	not top 100 in 2010s
90	Madeline	16,988	up 2
91	Sarah	16,944	down 45
92	Cora	16,879	not top 100 in 2010s
93	Maria	16,862	up 6
94	Allison	16,860	down 54
95	Liliana	16,824	not top 100 in 2010s
96	Lydia	16,662	down 6
97	Natalia	16,548	not top 100 in 2010s
98	Athena	16,536	not top 100 in 2010s
99	Ariana	16,532	down 41
100	Serenity	16,483	down 33

Top boys' names, 2020–2025
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010s
1	Liam	124,842	up 1
2	Noah	116,024	down 1
3	Oliver	89,293	up 25
4	James	72,523	up 5
5	Elijah	72,049	up 5
6	William	68,067	down 2
7	Henry	68,047	up 26
8	Lucas	65,795	up 9
9	Theodore	65,579	up 88
10	Benjamin	64,922	up 1
11	Mateo	62,272	up 68
12	Levi	57,122	up 33
13	Sebastian	53,454	up 26
14	Jack	53,384	up 26
15	Daniel	52,726	down 3
16	Michael	52,631	down 9
17	Alexander	51,145	down 9
18	Ethan	50,594	down 12
19	Samuel	50,328	up 3
20	Owen	48,832	up 14
21	John	48,370	up 5
22	Asher	47,998	up 64
23	Ezra	47,728	not top 100 in 2010s
24	Leo	47,481	up 67
25	Jackson	47,360	down 6
26	Mason	47,313	down 21
27	Hudson	46,951	up 47
28	Joseph	46,334	down 8
29	David	45,615	down 11
30	Jacob	45,178	down 27
31	Julian	44,640	up 12
32	Logan	44,192	down 18
33	Luke	44,149	down 1
34	Luca	44,138	not top 100 in 2010s
35	Matthew	44,052	down 19
36	Wyatt	42,814	up 1
37	Aiden	42,793	down 24
38	Elias	42,605	up 58
39	Gabriel	41,496	down 15
40	Dylan	41,138	down 11
41	Grayson	40,746	up 15
42	Isaac	39,997	down 11
43	Thomas	39,782	up 6
44	Carter	39,334	down 14
45	Maverick	39,317	not top 100 in 2010s
46	Anthony	39,033	down 25
47	Santiago	37,145	not top 100 in 2010s
48	Jayden	36,062	down 33
49	Miles	35,899	not top 100 in 2010s
50	Charles	35,125	same
51	Josiah	34,599	up 11
52	Caleb	33,903	down 14
53	Lincoln	33,535	up 20
54	Cooper	33,528	up 29
55	Ezekiel	33,114	not top 100 in 2010s
56	Isaiah	32,963	down 10
57	Christopher	32,696	down 30
58	Joshua	31,854	down 35
59	Nathan	31,755	down 23
60	Andrew	30,959	down 35
61	Nolan	30,357	up 20
62	Roman	30,269	not top 100 in 2010s
63	Cameron	29,421	down 6
64	Adrian	29,281	down 5
65	Angel	28,990	down 2
66	Waylon	28,366	not top 100 in 2010s
67	Wesley	27,885	not top 100 in 2010s
68	Bennett	27,444	not top 100 in 2010s
69	Jaxon	27,421	down 17
70	Aaron	27,346	down 22
71	Kai	26,927	not top 100 in 2010s
72	Brooks	26,835	not top 100 in 2010s
73	Axel	26,475	not top 100 in 2010s
74	Christian	26,297	down 33
75	Eli	26,169	down 24
76	Ian	26,113	down 4
77	Ryan	25,959	down 42
78	Weston	25,855	not top 100 in 2010s
79	Jonathan	25,386	down 37
80	Beau	25,086	not top 100 in 2010s
81	Rowan	24,763	not top 100 in 2010s
82	Everett	24,478	not top 100 in 2010s
83	Silas	24,464	not top 100 in 2010s
84	Leonardo	24,361	not top 100 in 2010s
85	Robert	24,325	down 21
86	Colton	24,244	down 18
87	Thiago	24,140	not top 100 in 2010s
88	Jeremiah	24,091	down 34
89	Easton	23,634	same
90	Landon	23,240	down 46
91	Jose	23,075	down 22
92	Micah	22,651	not top 100 in 2010s
93	Parker	22,420	down 9
94	Jordan	21,955	down 33
95	Jameson	21,927	not top 100 in 2010s
96	Gael	21,645	not top 100 in 2010s
97	Adam	21,571	down 20
98	Dominic	21,362	down 28
99	Hunter	21,341	down 52
100	Xavier	21,282	down 15

Names that peaked in the 2020s

These were among the decade's top 1,000 and reached their highest share of babies so far in a year between 2020 and 2025. The year each one peaked is in brackets.

Girls

Charlotte (2025)
Amelia (2021)
Luna (2022)
Camila (2020)
Gianna (2020)
Violet (2025)
Aurora (2025)
Ellie (2024)
Eliana (2025)
Isla (2025)

Boys

Liam (2024)
Noah (2025)
Oliver (2024)
Elijah (2020)
Theodore (2025)
Mateo (2023)
Levi (2022)
Asher (2022)
Ezra (2024)
Hudson (2025)

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.