Baby names of the 2020s
The most given names of the 2020s were Olivia and Liam. The names most over-represented in those years are Oaklynn, Kehlani, Lainey for girls and Atlas, Thiago, Callum for boys, each given at least 12.0 times as often then as across 1880-2025. An estimated 20 million Americans born in the U.S. in those years are alive in 2026.
Babies given each name per year; 2020-2025 shaded.
Births 2020-2025: SSA national file, published May 8, 2026; the living figure uses SSA’s cohort life tables. SSA’s notes on the data.
The most given names
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 95,853 |
| 2 | Emma | 85,652 |
| 3 | Charlotte | 78,055 |
| 4 | Amelia | 76,108 |
| 5 | Sophia | 74,758 |
| 6 | Mia | 68,154 |
| 7 | Isabella | 67,643 |
| 8 | Ava | 63,350 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 55,734 |
| 10 | Harper | 47,509 |
| 11 | Luna | 46,161 |
| 12 | Camila | 45,999 |
| 13 | Sofia | 45,288 |
| 14 | Eleanor | 41,966 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 41,893 |
| 16 | Gianna | 39,710 |
| 17 | Scarlett | 38,284 |
| 18 | Violet | 38,031 |
| 19 | Ella | 37,920 |
| 20 | Emily | 37,622 |
| 21 | Chloe | 37,588 |
| 22 | Abigail | 37,379 |
| 23 | Aria | 37,059 |
| 24 | Penelope | 37,005 |
| 25 | Aurora | 36,888 |
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 124,842 |
| 2 | Noah | 116,024 |
| 3 | Oliver | 89,293 |
| 4 | James | 72,523 |
| 5 | Elijah | 72,049 |
| 6 | William | 68,067 |
| 7 | Henry | 68,047 |
| 8 | Lucas | 65,795 |
| 9 | Theodore | 65,579 |
| 10 | Benjamin | 64,922 |
| 11 | Mateo | 62,272 |
| 12 | Levi | 57,122 |
| 13 | Sebastian | 53,454 |
| 14 | Jack | 53,384 |
| 15 | Daniel | 52,726 |
| 16 | Michael | 52,631 |
| 17 | Alexander | 51,145 |
| 18 | Ethan | 50,594 |
| 19 | Samuel | 50,328 |
| 20 | Owen | 48,832 |
| 21 | John | 48,370 |
| 22 | Asher | 47,998 |
| 23 | Ezra | 47,728 |
| 24 | Leo | 47,481 |
| 25 | Jackson | 47,360 |
Most given: births summed over 2020-2025, per sex.
Which names define the 2020s?
A name’s share of births in these years divided by its share across the whole record, for names given to at least 10,000 babies in the span and to one sex at least 90% of the time.
Typical: share in the span over share in 1880-2025.