Modern Baby Names
25 modern baby names. Median rank #39 in the United States for 2024, down 1 places since 2020.
Each line is the median rank of the names in this collection that appear on that place’s list in every complete year shown, inside the top 1,000.
Girls 18 names
| United States 2024 | Name | Meaning | Since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #5 | Mia | Mine; short for Maria | ↑3 |
| #12 | Harper | Harp player | ↓2 |
| #18 | Eliana | My God has answered | ↑35 |
| #26 | Aria | Air, melody | ↑1 |
| #27 | Scarlett | Red | ↓6 |
| #29 | Zoe | Life | ↑11 |
| #33 | Mila | Dear, gracious (short for Ludmila/Camila) | ↓13 |
| #35 | Isla | Named for the River/Isle of Islay | ↑9 |
| #38 | Lainey | Bright, shining one | ↑328 |
| #39 | Nova | New (as in new star) | ↓1 |
| #41 | Willow | Willow tree | ↑7 |
| #51 | Maya | Illusion (Sanskrit); or short for Mary | ↑10 |
| #55 | Genesis | Origin, beginning | ↑7 |
| #59 | Zoey | Life | ↓27 |
| #89 | Kennedy | Helmeted chief (surname) | ↓17 |
| #93 | Aaliyah | Exalted, noble | ↓28 |
| #101 | Ailany | Invented modern name | new |
| #507 | Carter | Cart driver | ↑7 |
Boys 8 names
| United States 2024 | Name | Meaning | Since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #22 | Hudson | Son of Hugh | ↑21 |
| #35 | Jackson | Son of Jack | ↓18 |
| #38 | Wyatt | Brave in war | ↓9 |
| #45 | Carter | Cart driver | ↓12 |
| #47 | Aiden | Little fire | ↓23 |
| #48 | Grayson | Son of the steward | ↓13 |
| #59 | Jayden | Invented modern name | ↓22 |
| #991 | Truce | Cessation of conflict (word name) | new |
How this collection is built
The names are grouped by hand; every rank beside them is an official birth registration count, read from the 2024 the United States list. A name that ranks for both girls and boys appears under both tabs with its own rank in each — those two positions are often far apart, and that gap is the interesting part.
See the same names year by year in the full rankings.
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