Most Popular Baby Names of 2020

In 2020, the most popular baby names in the United States were Olivia for girls and Liam for boys. Olivia was given to 17,691 girls and Liam to 19,865 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,342,625 births for names given to at least five babies that year, down from 3,472,582 in 2019. The tables below show the top 100 names for each sex with their rank change from the year before, followed by the biggest movers in the top 1,000.

New to the top 100 this year: Natalia, Leilani, Everleigh, Jade, Brielle, and Brooks.

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Top 100 baby names of 2020

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
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	↑ 18
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	↑ 15
93	Eva	2,847	↓ 7
94	Everleigh	2,827	↑ 14
95	Lydia	2,804	↓ 1
96	Madeline	2,800	↑ 2
97	Jade	2,748	↑ 8
98	Peyton	2,730	↓ 1
99	Adeline	2,719	↓ 8
100	Brielle	2,718	↑ 1

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
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	↑ 18
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	↑ 5

Biggest movers of 2020

Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.

Rising Girls

Haisley ↑ 385 #373
Novah ↑ 345 #569
Aitana ↑ 214 #365
Amaia ↑ 198 #565
Elora ↑ 197 #636
Oaklynn ↑ 196 #308
Milana ↑ 195 #699
Sevyn ↑ 188 #760
Malani ↑ 176 #494
Florence ↑ 174 #763

Falling Girls

Annabella ↓ 202 #847
Maleah ↓ 187 #871
Jillian ↓ 170 #957
Clarissa ↓ 164 #911
Frida ↓ 161 #890
Lyanna ↓ 160 #766
Karen ↓ 159 #821
Amayah ↓ 158 #929
Bailee ↓ 156 #850
Simone ↓ 153 #860

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Capri, Marleigh, Rosalia, Naya, Bellamy, Leilany, Jianna, Denisse, Ila, Jaylin, Scout, Noah, Denise, Brynleigh, Wrenley

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Yaritza, Jayde, Amiya, Miah, Marissa, Luz, Casey, Heavenly, Erika, Blessing, Salma, Myah, Christine, India, Maliah

Rising Boys

Kylo ↑ 475 #449
Aziel ↑ 458 #495
Kobe ↑ 317 #239
Emir ↑ 273 #650
Anakin ↑ 260 #702
Dakari ↑ 221 #666
Archie ↑ 206 #468
Ledger ↑ 202 #631
Marcellus ↑ 193 #741
Kenzo ↑ 179 #548

Falling Boys

Kelvin ↓ 168 #922
Castiel ↓ 164 #887
Randy ↓ 150 #859
Kase ↓ 149 #837
Braden ↓ 138 #809
Fisher ↓ 130 #908
Marlon ↓ 128 #984
Aryan ↓ 127 #841
Kyro ↓ 126 #848
Jakob ↓ 125 #884

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Jaxtyn, Ander, Karsyn, Rio, Ocean, Jakobe, Dior, Zev, Kenji, Leif, Avi, Osiris, Shepard, Adler, Seven

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Reyansh, Adrien, Kenny, Sekani, Vivaan, Yisroel, Jairo, Turner, Alexzander, Ronnie, Jerome, Malakhi, Kolten, Lyle, Alfonso

Other years

Trend lists

Source: US Social Security Administration. Ranks are computed from birth counts for each sex; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published.