Trending Baby Names 2025 — Rising in Popularity

Baby names climbing the charts fastest into 2025, based on Social Security Administration trend data. These names are rising in popularity across the US.

Biggest risers of the last five years

The names that climbed the furthest since 2020. The number is places gained in the national ranking.

Wrenley
#159 now · #894 in 2020
+735
Murphy
#397 now · #978 in 2020
+581
Raya
#369 now · #935 in 2020
+566
Marceline
#424 now · #968 in 2020
+544
Sylvie
#282 now · #773 in 2020
+491
Miley
#338 now · #743 in 2020
+405
Alora
#195 now · #599 in 2020
+404
Elodie
#310 now · #703 in 2020
+393
Ailani
#168 now · #543 in 2020
+375
Florence
#391 now · #763 in 2020
+372

Names that broke into the charts

Each name is listed against the tightest tier it entered since 2020 — reaching the top 50 means it also entered the top 100, so it is shown once, at its highest.

All trending names

Trending baby names: common questions

Which baby names are rising fastest in the US?

Colter has climbed the furthest, from #974 in 2020 to #157 in 2025 — 817 places. Among girls: Wrenley (+735), Murphy (+581), Raya (+566), Marceline (+544). Among boys: Colter (+817), Eithan (+777), Callahan (+581), Rome (+517).

Which baby names are falling out of favour?

Aubree has fallen furthest among names still in the top 500, from #156 in 2020 to #489 in 2025.

Which names are new to the top 50?

Eliana (#10), Ailany (#14), Lainey (#30), Valentina (#35), Ivy (#39), Elena (#42), Naomi (#47), Eloise (#49), Sadie (#50), Elias (#13), Luca (#14), Santiago (#26), Cooper (#27), Bennett (#40), Roman (#42), Miles (#44), Thiago (#50) reached the top 50 for the first time since 2020.

How many babies get a top-10 name?

9.5% of girls and 9.8% of boys given a top-1,000 name in 2025 received one of the ten most popular names. Naming is far less concentrated than it once was.