Popular baby names of 2020

In 2020, the most popular baby names in the United States were Olivia for girls (17,691 babies) and Liam for boys (19,865). Social Security records show 3,342,625 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 17,527 girls' names and 14,060 boys' names.

2020 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 7.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 7.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Natalia, Leilani, Everleigh, Jade, Brielle.
New in the boys' top 100: Brooks, Silas.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019
1	Olivia	17,691	–
2	Emma	15,723	–
3	Ava	13,201	–
4	Sophia	13,105	–
5	Charlotte	13,100	↑1
6	Amelia	12,802	↑1
7	Isabella	12,226	↓2
8	Mia	11,269	–
9	Evelyn	9,517	↑1
10	Harper	8,849	↓1
11	Camila	8,165	↑4
12	Abigail	7,917	↓1
13	Gianna	7,903	↑66
14	Luna	7,850	↑2
15	Ella	7,372	↓2
16	Elizabeth	7,308	↓2
17	Sofia	6,990	–
18	Emily	6,918	↓6
19	Avery	6,747	↓1
20	Mila	6,646	↓1
21	Scarlett	6,521	–
22	Eleanor	6,379	↑5
23	Madison	6,253	↑3
24	Layla	6,228	↓1
25	Chloe	6,153	↓1
26	Penelope	6,152	↓4
27	Aria	6,143	↓7
28	Grace	5,627	–
29	Ellie	5,606	↑6
30	Nora	5,583	↓1
31	Hazel	5,519	↑2
32	Zoey	5,388	↓1
33	Riley	5,339	↓3
34	Victoria	5,303	↓9
35	Lily	5,258	↓1
36	Aurora	5,256	↑3
37	Violet	5,128	↓1
38	Nova	5,006	↑13
39	Hannah	4,972	↓7
40	Zoe	4,799	↓2
41	Emilia	4,786	↑3
42	Stella	4,667	↓2
43	Everly	4,630	↓1
44	Isla	4,579	↑13
45	Leah	4,530	↓2
46	Lillian	4,515	↓9
47	Addison	4,497	–
48	Willow	4,401	↓3
49	Paisley	4,380	↑4
50	Lucy	4,369	↓2
51	Natalie	4,291	↓10
52	Naomi	4,120	↑7
53	Eliana	4,090	↑9
54	Brooklyn	4,032	↓2
55	Elena	3,930	↑5
56	Aubrey	3,921	↓10
57	Ivy	3,842	↑10
58	Claire	3,837	↓3
59	Kinsley	3,780	↑15
60	Audrey	3,768	↓11
61	Maya	3,746	↑3
62	Genesis	3,692	↓4
63	Bella	3,649	↓13
64	Skylar	3,645	↓8
65	Aaliyah	3,584	↑5
66	Madelyn	3,552	↑6
67	Savannah	3,545	↓13
68	Anna	3,511	↓5
69	Serenity	3,444	↑8
70	Delilah	3,424	↑18
71	Caroline	3,364	↓10
72	Kennedy	3,361	↓4
73	Valentina	3,352	↓8
74	Ruby	3,342	↓8
75	Sophie	3,315	↑10
76	Alice	3,296	↓3
77	Gabriella	3,250	↓2
78	Sadie	3,204	↑9
79	Ariana	3,175	↓10
80	Allison	3,161	↓2
81	Hailey	3,157	↓5
82	Autumn	3,142	–
83	Nevaeh	3,132	↑6
84	Quinn	3,078	↓1
85	Natalia	3,076	new
86	Sarah	3,070	↓5
87	Josephine	3,057	↑3
88	Cora	3,036	↓17
89	Emery	2,984	↑4
90	Samantha	2,956	↓10
91	Piper	2,902	↓7
92	Leilani	2,892	new
93	Eva	2,847	↓7
94	Everleigh	2,827	new
95	Lydia	2,804	↓1
96	Madeline	2,800	↑2
97	Jade	2,748	new
98	Peyton	2,730	↓1
99	Adeline	2,719	↓8
100	Brielle	2,718	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019
1	Liam	19,865	–
2	Noah	18,464	–
3	Oliver	14,277	–
4	Elijah	13,238	↑1
5	William	12,676	↓1
6	James	12,390	–
7	Benjamin	12,264	–
8	Lucas	11,386	–
9	Henry	10,793	↑4
10	Alexander	10,268	–
11	Mason	10,117	↓2
12	Michael	9,833	↑2
13	Ethan	9,556	↓2
14	Daniel	9,530	↑1
15	Jacob	9,309	↓3
16	Logan	9,163	–
17	Jackson	9,138	–
18	Levi	9,098	↑7
19	Sebastian	9,029	↓1
20	Mateo	9,007	↑6
21	Jack	8,945	↓2
22	Owen	8,669	↓1
23	Theodore	8,638	↑13
24	Aiden	8,619	↓4
25	Samuel	8,594	↓3
26	Joseph	8,486	↓2
27	John	8,265	↑1
28	David	8,263	↓1
29	Wyatt	8,223	–
30	Matthew	8,142	↓7
31	Luke	7,784	↑1
32	Asher	7,698	↑11
33	Carter	7,577	↓3
34	Julian	7,552	↓3
35	Grayson	7,487	↓2
36	Leo	7,229	↑4
37	Jayden	7,177	↓2
38	Gabriel	7,172	↓1
39	Isaac	7,155	↓5
40	Lincoln	7,061	↑1
41	Anthony	7,037	↓3
42	Dylan	6,857	↓3
43	Hudson	6,849	↑7
44	Ezra	6,831	↑5
45	Thomas	6,452	↑2
46	Charles	6,249	↑6
47	Christopher	6,216	↓3
48	Jaxon	6,169	↓6
49	Josiah	6,164	↓4
50	Maverick	6,139	↑8
51	Isaiah	6,094	↑2
52	Andrew	6,068	↓6
53	Joshua	6,015	↓5
54	Elias	5,993	↑6
55	Nathan	5,702	–
56	Caleb	5,616	↓5
57	Ryan	5,348	↓3
58	Adrian	5,321	↓2
59	Miles	5,300	↑16
60	Eli	5,281	↑2
61	Nolan	5,200	↑4
62	Christian	5,104	↓5
63	Aaron	5,100	↓2
64	Ezekiel	5,091	↑7
65	Cameron	5,056	↑2
66	Colton	5,025	↓7
67	Luca	4,832	↑20
68	Hunter	4,786	↓2
69	Landon	4,783	↓6
70	Jonathan	4,757	↓6
71	Santiago	4,687	↓1
72	Axel	4,667	↑12
73	Easton	4,654	↑1
74	Jeremiah	4,602	↓5
75	Cooper	4,592	↑5
76	Angel	4,527	↓3
77	Roman	4,491	↓5
78	Connor	4,414	↓10
79	Jameson	4,406	↓2
80	Robert	4,402	↓4
81	Greyson	4,375	↓2
82	Jordan	4,287	↑7
83	Ian	4,267	↓2
84	Carson	4,196	↓2
85	Jaxson	4,184	↓2
86	Leonardo	4,104	–
87	Nicholas	4,065	↓9
88	Austin	4,020	–
89	Dominic	4,019	↓4
90	Everett	4,013	↑4
91	Xavier	3,902	↓1
92	Brooks	3,870	new
93	Kai	3,867	↑7
94	Jose	3,855	↓2
95	Parker	3,814	↑3
96	Jace	3,788	↓3
97	Adam	3,781	↓6
98	Wesley	3,706	↑1
99	Kayden	3,650	↓2
100	Silas	3,645	new

Every name given in 2020

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