The top baby names of 2020 are yet to be decided for the full year, so we are a long way from knowing whether and how the cataclysmic events of 2020’s disastrous first quarter will shape names of the future.

　　For now, we’ve got a new top girls’ name for 2020 so far: Luna. The name of the Roman moon goddess, Luna has vaulted to the top of the charts since Chrissy Teigen and John Legend chose it for their daughter. And it’s got a perfect ancient-yet-unconventional feel for right now.

　　On the boys’ side, the biblical Asher retakes the Number 1 spot from last year’s top boy name Milo, which moves down to Number 2.

　　Three new girls’ names entered the Top 10 in this first tally of 2020: Ava, Eloise, and Eleanor, replacing Ada, Cora, and Amelia. Cora, which we might have predicted would go all the way to the top of the list, may have been knocked out of contention by its similarity to corona.

　　Arlo is the most dramatic new entrant to the boys’ list, joining the Top 10 with Leo and Levi. That makes three of the Top 10 boys’ names ending with O, four if you count Theodore‘s short form Theo, which ranks on its own at Number 29. Other O-ending boy names in the Top 100 include Hugo, Elio, Mateo, Enzo, and Otto.

　　Archie has fallen off the Top 10, though it probably ranked that high artificially, thanks to the royal baby. Aarav is another Top 10 dropout with an artificially high ranking, given that it’s the first name on many lists. The other boys’ name that’s slipped is Jack.

　　Here are the full Top 10 2020 names for girls and boys:

　　

Baby Girl Names 2020

Luna

　　Aurora

　　Maeve

　　Olivia

　　Isla

　　Ava 

　　Charlotte

　　Ophelia

　　Eloise 

　　Eleanor 

　　

Baby Boy Names 2020

Asher

　　Milo

　　Oliver

　　Levi 

　　Silas

　　Atticus

　　Theodore

　　Jasper

　　Leo 

　　Arlo

　　

Baby Name Trends

Other baby name trends we see evidenced in our popularity list for 2020 include:

　　

Vowel names

A large proportion of the top baby names 2020 for both sexes begin with vowels: 41 of the girls’ names and 35 of the boys’ names begin with vowels. A continues to be the most popular letter for boys, with A tied with E names for girls at 18 each.

　　Nearly half the Top 100 girls’ names on the 2020 top names list end in A. With boys’ names, more than a quarter end in vowels or vowel sounds, a trend that keeps gathering steam. Along with the O-ending names, the top boy names also include I-enders such as Eli and Bodhi and names that end with the A sound such as Luca and Micah.

　　

Two syllable names

Two-thirds of the top boys’ names and nearly half the girls’ names are made up of two syllables. Three syllables is the next most popular count of the top baby names 2020, with 29 girls’ names and 25 boys’ names comprised of three syllables.

　　

The Lu names

Luna is not the only popular name containing the Lu sound, popular for both genders in the top baby names 2020. Also in the Top 100 are Lucy for girls along with Louis, Luca, Lucas, Lucian, Lucius, and Luke for boys.

　　

L and El names

L is the most popular first consonant for boys’ names, with 11 of the top 100 names on the boys’ side starting with L. Along with those already mentioned are Lachlan, Liam, and Logan. 

　　Even when L is not literally the first letter of a name, the El sound is popular for names for both girls and boys. Ranking in the Top 100 are 11 names for girls — Eleanor, Elena, Eliana, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Ellie, Elodie, Eloise, and Elsie — along with boy names Eli, Elias, Elijah, and Elio.

　　

M names for girls

M is by far the most popular consonant beginning for girls’ names, with ten of the Top 100 girl names for 2020  starting with M. They are: Mabel, Madeline, Mae, Maeve, Maisie, Margaret, Matilda, Maya, Mia, and Mila. 

　　In addition, Emma and Emilia rank in the Top 100.

　　

Boy names ending in S

N-ending names have dominated the boys’ list for years, and a quarter of the top boy names still carry the N ending. But boys’ names that end in S now dominate those ending in R.

　　S-ending boys’ names in the Top 100 include both classics such as James and Thomas and newcomers like Cassius and Amias.

　　

Coming in, going out

Girls’ names new to the Top 100 are: Edith, Amaya, Ayla, Athena, Saoirse, Kayla, Eliana, Nova, Sophia, Eva, Ella, and Ellie.

　　Girl names dropping off the Top 100 this quarter are: Adah, Posie, Isabel, Harper, Emily, Margot, Juliet, Hannah, Naomi, Lila, Gemma, and Evie.

　　New boys’ names on the Top 100 are: Lucius, Lucian, Luca, Micah, Logan, Abiah, Enzo, Ezekiel, David, Nathaniel, and Nathan.

　　Dropping off the boys’ Top 100 are: Harry, Sawyer, Beckett, Graham, Beau, Noah, Caius, Austin, and Simon.

　　

Top Girl Names 2020

Luna

　　Aurora

　　Maeve

　　Olivia

　　Isla

　　Ava 

　　Charlotte

　　Ophelia

　　Eloise 

　　Eleanor 

　　Aurelia

　　Cora

　　Iris

　　Amelia

　　Hazel

　　Isabella

　　Alice

　　Ivy

　　Evelyn

　　Maya

　　Adelaide

　　Genevieve

　　Aria

　　Amara

　　Mia

　　Freya

　　Chloe

　　Elodie

　　Nora

　　Violet

　　Lucy

　　Clara

　　Anastasia

　　Rose

　　Ada

　　Astrid

　　Audrey

　　Arabella

　　Penelope

　　Anna

　　Esme

　　Evangeline

　　Lilith

　　Claire

　　Maisie

　　Elena

　　Phoebe

　　Adeline

　　Elizabeth

　　Emma

　　Imogen

　　Clementine

　　Jane

　　Cordelia

　　Seraphina

　　Thea

　　Zara

　　Elsie

　　Emilia

　　Julia

　　Grace

　　Josephine

　　Scarlett

　　Beatrice

　　Florence

　　Quinn

　　Delilah

　　Eliza

　　Mae

　　Mabel

　　Sophia

　　Nova

　　Ellie

　　Sadie

　　Poppy

　　Elise

　　Matilda

　　Eliana

　　Lily

　　Kayla

　　Stella

　　Lyra

　　Caroline

　　Ella

　　Eva

　　Sienna

　　Mila

　　Lydia

　　Saoirse

　　Abigail

　　Margaret

　　Athena

　　Willow

　　Madeline

　　Ayla

　　Claudia

　　Edith

　　Amaya

　　Wren

　　Willa

　　

Top Boy Names 2020

Asher

　　Milo

　　Oliver

　　Levi 

　　Silas

　　Atticus

　　Theodore

　　Jasper

　　Leo 

　　Arlo

　　Liam

　　Kai

　　Felix

　　Jack

　　Oscar

　　Finn

　　Ethan

　　Aarav

　　Henry

　　Caleb

　　Jude

　　Ezra

　　Atlas

　　Jayden

　　Eli

　　Hugo

　　Elijah

　　Wyatt

　　Theo

　　Benjamin

　　Rowan

　　Sebastian

　　Arthur

　　Julian

　　Lucas

　　Aaron

　　Tobias

　　Archer

　　Declan

　　Cassius

　　Soren

　　Zachary

　　Miles

　　Axel

　　James

　　Owen

　　Xavier

　　Charles

　　Callum

　　Josiah

　　Bodhi

　　Thomas

　　Aryan

　　Phoenix

　　Archie

　　Elio

　　Ambrose

　　Roman

　　Alexander

　　John

　　Emmett

　　Mateo

　　Luke

　　Nathaniel

　　William

　　Daniel

　　Ezekiel

　　Everett

　　Gabriel

　　Cyrus

　　Ronan

　　Enzo

　　Louis

　　Adrian

　　Andrew

　　Isaac

　　Amias

　　August

　　Abiah

　　Gideon

　　Logan

　　Zane

　　Luca

　　Micah

　　Elias

　　Otto

　　Ryker

　　Otis

　　Lucian

　　Ian

　　Max

　　Samuel

　　Lucius

　　Nolan

　　Jacob

　　Nathan

　　Cassian

　　Cole

　　David

　　Lachlan

　　Go here for an alphabetical list of the Top Baby Names of 2020.

　　*Note: Nameberry’s popularity list is calculated based on which names attracted the most views of our website. For the official count of the Top Names in the US, calculated most recently for 2018, visit the Social Security website.