Born in 2020 · Gen Alpha
Baby names of 2020
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,342,625 babies born in 2020: 1,616,549 girls and 1,726,076 boys. Olivia and Liam were the most popular names, and 7.9% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 9.0% in 2010. The name most tied to 2020 is Kehlani: among girls, it was 10,597× as common that year as in the decades before it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Alpha
- Born 2013–2025
- Babies on record
- 3,342,625
- 1,616,549 girls · 1,726,076 boys
- Different names
- 17,527
- for girls, plus 14,060 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 7.9%
- of babies got one · girls 7.9%, boys 7.9%
Top 10 names of 2020
- Olivia has been the #1 name for girls every year since 2019.
- Liam has been the #1 name for boys every year since 2017.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 2020, 7.9% of babies were given one of that year's 10 most popular names. Across all years, that share fell from 29.0% in 1935 to 7.5% in 2025.
Names that sound like 2020
These names were far more common in 2020 than in the decades before it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2020 babies with its average share 6–25 years earlier.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kehlani | Girl | #168 | 10,597× |
| Alaia | Girl | #120 | 99× |
| Kairo | Boy | #280 | 53× |
| Everleigh | Girl | #94 | 49× |
| Atlas | Boy | #188 | 35× |
| Everly | Girl | #43 | 28× |
| Nova | Girl | #38 | 27× |
| Legend | Boy | #127 | 26× |
| Kyrie | Boy | #224 | 22× |
| Thiago | Boy | #168 | 20× |
Names that peaked in 2020
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2020, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2020.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Elijah | Boy | #4 |
| Camila | Girl | #11 |
| Gianna | Girl | #13 |
| Emilia | Girl | #41 |
| Axel | Boy | #72 |
| Everly | Girl | #43 |
| Everleigh | Girl | #94 |
| Elliott | Boy | #158 |
| Karter | Boy | #162 |
| Zayden | Boy | #185 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2020
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2020 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Capri416 babies
- Leilany340 babies
- Jianna320 babies
- Noah308 babies
- Wrenley297 babies
- Khalani294 babies
- Aspyn292 babies
- Iyla289 babies
Boys
- Ander430 babies
- Rio305 babies
- Ocean292 babies
- Dior261 babies
- Osiris244 babies
- Adler241 babies
- Seven241 babies
- Mccoy240 babies
Where are they now?
Every top-100 name from 2020 is still in the 2025 top 1,000.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data