Lannie or Fairley for boys or Judith or Sharron for girls? No, those aren’t names for 2020. Those names were popular names from the 1940s.
Names.org, a website all about names, has released predictions for the Most Popular Baby Names of 2020. New entries in the top 10 for boys this year are Henry and Alexander, while Mila made the top 10 list for girls.
The rankings were determined by analyzing the most recent data from the Social Security Administration, trends from the past five years, and current user interest from millions of visitors to the Names.org website.
Here are the Top 10 Girl Names for 2020
|
2020 Ranking |
2018 Ranking (2019 not released) |
2018 Actual Totals |
2020 Projections |
|
1. Emma |
No. 1 |
18,688 |
16,250 |
|
2. Olivia |
No. 2 |
17,921 |
15,850 |
|
3. Ava |
No. 3 |
14,924 |
13,400 |
|
4. Isabella |
No. 4 |
14,464 |
12,790 |
|
5. Charlotte |
No. 6 |
12,940 |
12,500 |
|
6. Sophia |
No. 5 |
13,928 |
12,430 |
|
7. Amelia |
No. 8 |
12,301 |
12,290 |
|
8. Mia |
No. 7 |
12,642 |
11,530 |
|
9. Mila |
No. 14 |
8,126 |
10,790 |
|
10. Harper |
No. 9 |
10,582 |
10,700 |
Here are the Top 10 Boys Names for 2020
|
2020 Ranking |
2018 Ranking |
2018 Actual Totals |
2020 Projections |
|
1. Liam |
No. 1 |
19,837 |
20,740 |
|
2. Noah |
No. 2 |
18,267 |
16,980 |
|
3. William |
No. 3 |
14,516 |
13,270 |
|
4. Oliver |
No. 5 |
13,389 |
13,040 |
|
5. Lucas |
No. 8 |
12,585 |
12,510 |
|
6. Benjamin |
No. 6 |
13,381 |
12,300 |
|
7. Elijah |
No. 7 |
12,866 |
12,260 |
|
8. James |
No. 4 |
13,525 |
11,960 |
|
9. Henry |
No. 16 |
10,649 |
10,690 |
|
10. Alexander |
No. 11 |
11,989 |
10,480 |
On the names.org website, you can find out all kinds of information about your name, including when it was popular and where it’s popular in the world.
I think I have all these most-popular names memorized, because we were obsessing over names when my daughter was pregnant throughout the fall and winter. My daughter and her husband finally picked a name that makes no sense to us. But whatta gonna do? Whatever happened to Tom, Dick and Harry? To Jane, Joan and Mary?