The most popular names of 2020 halfway through the year are in, with Luna and Milo leading the roster for girls and boys.

　　But one significant name is missing from Nameberry’s Top 10 after these challenging six months: Cora.

　　Cora stood at Number 8 on the popular baby name website’s list at this time last year, and had moved all the way up to Number 6 on the official 2019 list. But the name is too reminiscent of coronavirus so its popularity is waning.

　　The dimming of Cora’s star may be one reason for Luna‘s rise to the top spot. Like Cora, Luna is a sleek yet ancient mythological name. Luna is the Roman goddess of the moon, and perhaps more significantly for the name’s current visibility, the name of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s daughter.

　　Top boys’ name Milo has similarly ancient roots: It was the name of a six-time wrestling champion in the original Olympics.

　　Nameberry’s ten most popular names for the first half of 2020 are:

　　

Popular Girl Names

Luna

　　Maeve

　　Aurora

　　Olivia

　　Isla

　　Ava

　　Ophelia

　　Eleanor

　　Eloise

　　Aurelia

　　

Popular Boy Names

Milo

　　Asher

　　Atticus

　　Oliver

　　Levi

　　Silas

　　Arlo

　　Leo

　　Theodore

　　Jasper

　　Six names are new to the half-year 2020 girls’ Top 10 compared with this time last year: Luna, Ava, Ophelia, Eleanor, Eloise, and Aurelia.

　　On the boys’ side, Oliver, Levi, and Leo are new to the Top 10 compared with mid-year 2019.

　　We calculate our popularity list on the basis of which name pages received the most visits. While this is not an official count of how many babies received these names, it’s the closest anybody might be able to get right now.  Due to Covd-19, the Social Security Administration delayed announcing its 2019 list of popular names indefinitely.

　　

Hottest Girl Names 2020

The hottest baby names at mid-year 2020 – those that have made the most dramatic leaps up the list compared with a year ago – are, for girls:

　　Kiara

　　Nova

　　Luna

　　Ayla

　　Zara

　　Athena

　　Cordelia

　　Maeve

　　Florence

　　Anastasia

　　

Hottest Boy Names 2020

For boys, the names making the biggest upward moves are:

　　Enzo

　　Phoenix

　　Arlo

　　Lucius

　　Kai

　　Hugo

　　Levi

　　Ezekiel

　　Caleb

　　Rowan

　　Many of these names sharing a new moment in the sun are multi-cultural or have ancient roots in mythology or the bible.

　　Kiara, the hottest girl name up nearly 200% over last year, might be a spelling variation of Chiara, the Italian version of Claire, or an Aboriginal nature name, or the name of Simba’s daughter in The Lion King.

　　Enzo, an Italian spin on Henry, is popular not only in its native land but in Spain, France, Portugal, England, and the US.

　　

TOP 100 BABY NAMES 2020

Nameberry’s full list of Top 100 baby names for the first half of 2020 are:

　　

Most Popular Girl Names

Luna

　　Maeve

　　Aurora

　　Olivia

　　Isla

　　Ava

　　Ophelia

　　Eleanor

　　Eloise

　　Aurelia

　　Charlotte

　　Iris

　　Cora

　　Alice

　　Hazel

　　Ivy

　　Freya

　　Amelia

　　Amara

　　Maya

　　Aria

　　Isabella

　　Mia

　　Adelaide

　　Elodie

　　Clara

　　Astrid

　　Evelyn

　　Genevieve

　　Violet

　　Nora

　　Ada

　　Chloe

　　Lucy

　　Rose

　　Anastasia

　　Arabella

　　Esme

　　Maisie

　　Elena

　　Penelope

　　Lilith

　　Anna

　　Claire

　　Zara

　　Evangeline

　　Phoebe

　　Audrey

　　Adeline

　　Imogen

　　Cordelia

　　Clementine

　　Thea

　　Seraphina

　　Elsie

　　Jane

　　Florence

　　Emma

　　Elizabeth

　　Beatrice

　　Mabel

　　Josephine

　　Grace

　　Emilia

　　Mae

　　Julia

　　Delilah

　　Quinn

　　Scarlett

　　Poppy

　　Eliza

　　Mila

　　Athena

　　Ellie

　　Matilda

　　Lily

　　Eliana

　　Eva

　　Sadie

　　Nova

　　Ella

　　Sienna

　　Elise

　　Sophia

　　Stella

　　Lyra

　　Kayla

　　Edith

　　Lydia

　　Caroline

　　Abigail

　　Evie

　　Margaret

　　Wren

　　Persephone

　　Ayla

　　Willa

　　Kiara

　　Madeline

　　Daphne

　　

Most Popular Boy Names

Milo

　　Asher

　　Atticus

　　Oliver

　　Levi

　　Silas

　　Arlo

　　Leo

　　Theodore

　　Jasper

　　Kai

　　Felix

　　Aarav

　　Finn

　　Liam

　　Oscar

　　Jack

　　Jude

　　Ethan

　　Caleb

　　Henry

　　Atlas

　　Hugo

　　Ezra

　　Wyatt

　　Eli

　　Jayden

　　Elijah

　　Arthur

　　Theo

　　Sebastian

　　Tobias

　　Rowan

　　Cassius

　　Lucas

　　Benjamin

　　Archer

　　Soren

　　Julian

　　Miles

　　Declan

　　Zachary

　　Aaron

　　Bodhi

　　Xavier

　　Axel

　　James

　　Owen

　　Josiah

　　Aryan

　　Callum

　　Charles

　　Enzo

　　Phoenix

　　Thomas

　　Archie

　　Elio

　　Roman

　　Mateo

　　Alexander

　　Louis

　　Emmett

　　Everett

　　Nathaniel

　　Luke

　　Cyrus

　　William

　　Ronan

　　Amias

　　Ambrose

　　Otto

　　Ezekiel

　　John

　　Daniel

　　Gabriel

　　Otis

　　Andrew

　　Isaac

　　August

　　Micah

　　Adrian

　　Gideon

　　Ryker

　　Luca

　　Lucian

　　Max

　　Zane

　　Cassian

　　Lucius

　　Caspian

　　Samuel

　　Elias

　　Abiah

　　Jacob

　　Dante

　　Ian

　　Nolan

　　Logan

　　Caius

　　Lachlan

　　

GIRL NAMES NEW TO THE TOP 100

Names new to the Top 100 are a combination of fresh choices making big leaps upwards, some of them on the hottest list, and widely popular names still attracting attention from Nameberry’s visitors.

　　The new names to the girls’  Top 100 2020 compared with 2019’s mid-year tally are:

　　Athena

　　Ayla

　　Daphne

　　Edith

　　Eliana

　　Ellie

　　Eva

　　Evie

　　Kayla

　　Kiara

　　Nova

　　Persephone

　　Quinn

　　Scarlett

　　Sophia

　　

BOY NAMES NEW TO THE TOP 100

Boy names new to the Top 100 for mid-year 2020 compared with the same time last year are:

　　Abiah

　　Dante

　　Enzo

　　Ezekiel

　　Ian

　　Logan

　　Luca

　　Lucian

　　Lucius

　　Mateo

　　Micah

　　Nathaniel

　　Phoenix

　　Rowan