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The top names of 2020

Olivia led the girls and Liam the boys, out of 3,342,625 babies in the public record for that year.

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Girls, 2020

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Olivia	17,691	1.09%
2	Emma	15,723	0.97%
3	Ava	13,201	0.82%
4	Sophia	13,105	0.81%
5	Charlotte	13,100	0.81%
6	Amelia	12,802	0.79%
7	Isabella	12,226	0.76%
8	Mia	11,269	0.70%
9	Evelyn	9,517	0.59%
10	Harper	8,849	0.55%
11	Camila	8,165	0.51%
12	Abigail	7,917	0.49%
13	Gianna	7,903	0.49%
14	Luna	7,850	0.49%
15	Ella	7,372	0.46%
16	Elizabeth	7,308	0.45%
17	Sofia	6,990	0.43%
18	Emily	6,918	0.43%
19	Avery	6,747	0.42%
20	Mila	6,646	0.41%
21	Scarlett	6,521	0.40%
22	Eleanor	6,379	0.39%
23	Madison	6,253	0.39%
24	Layla	6,228	0.39%
25	Chloe	6,153	0.38%
26	Penelope	6,152	0.38%
27	Aria	6,143	0.38%
28	Grace	5,627	0.35%
29	Ellie	5,606	0.35%
30	Nora	5,583	0.35%
31	Hazel	5,519	0.34%
32	Zoey	5,388	0.33%
33	Riley	5,339	0.33%
34	Victoria	5,303	0.33%
35	Lily	5,258	0.33%
36	Aurora	5,256	0.33%
37	Violet	5,128	0.32%
38	Nova	5,006	0.31%
39	Hannah	4,972	0.31%
40	Zoe	4,799	0.30%
41	Emilia	4,786	0.30%
42	Stella	4,667	0.29%
43	Everly	4,630	0.29%
44	Isla	4,579	0.28%
45	Leah	4,530	0.28%
46	Lillian	4,515	0.28%
47	Addison	4,497	0.28%
48	Willow	4,401	0.27%
49	Paisley	4,380	0.27%
50	Lucy	4,369	0.27%

Boys, 2020

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Liam	19,865	1.15%
2	Noah	18,464	1.07%
3	Oliver	14,277	0.83%
4	Elijah	13,238	0.77%
5	William	12,676	0.73%
6	James	12,390	0.72%
7	Benjamin	12,264	0.71%
8	Lucas	11,386	0.66%
9	Henry	10,793	0.63%
10	Alexander	10,268	0.59%
11	Mason	10,117	0.59%
12	Michael	9,833	0.57%
13	Ethan	9,556	0.55%
14	Daniel	9,530	0.55%
15	Jacob	9,309	0.54%
16	Logan	9,163	0.53%
17	Jackson	9,138	0.53%
18	Levi	9,098	0.53%
19	Sebastian	9,029	0.52%
20	Mateo	9,007	0.52%
21	Jack	8,945	0.52%
22	Owen	8,669	0.50%
23	Theodore	8,638	0.50%
24	Aiden	8,619	0.50%
25	Samuel	8,594	0.50%
26	Joseph	8,486	0.49%
27	John	8,265	0.48%
28	David	8,263	0.48%
29	Wyatt	8,223	0.48%
30	Matthew	8,142	0.47%
31	Luke	7,784	0.45%
32	Asher	7,698	0.45%
33	Carter	7,577	0.44%
34	Julian	7,552	0.44%
35	Grayson	7,487	0.43%
36	Leo	7,229	0.42%
37	Jayden	7,177	0.42%
38	Gabriel	7,172	0.42%
39	Isaac	7,155	0.41%
40	Lincoln	7,061	0.41%
41	Anthony	7,037	0.41%
42	Dylan	6,857	0.40%
43	Hudson	6,849	0.40%
44	Ezra	6,831	0.40%
45	Thomas	6,452	0.37%
46	Charles	6,249	0.36%
47	Christopher	6,216	0.36%
48	Jaxon	6,169	0.36%
49	Josiah	6,164	0.36%
50	Maverick	6,139	0.36%

United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.

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