Top five girl names
Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia, and Charlotte.
US ranking · 2020
Most popular baby names in United States in 2020.
Olivia and Liam lead the 2020 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers. The publisher scope is United States (50 states and District of Columbia).
Girls OliviaBoys Liam100 ranked names812,366 recorded usesSource checked 6 August 2026
The short answer
Olivia and Liam were the most popular girl and boy names in United States in 2020.
Top five
The 2020 leaders.
Top five boy names
Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah, and William.
Start of this series
What changed in 2020?
This is the first reviewed year in our 2020–2025 series, so it provides the baseline for later comparisons.
Continue through the timeline
Open the next annual ranking to see which names entered the top 50 and which returning names gained rank.
Top girl names in 2020
Source-derived rank and recorded count for United States (50 states and District of Columbia). Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 17,691 |
| 2 | Emma | 15,723 |
| 3 | Ava | 13,201 |
| 4 | Sophia | 13,105 |
| 5 | Charlotte | 13,100 |
| 6 | Amelia | 12,802 |
| 7 | Isabella | 12,226 |
| 8 | Mia | 11,269 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 9,517 |
| 10 | Harper | 8,849 |
| 11 | Camila | 8,165 |
| 12 | Abigail | 7,917 |
| 13 | Gianna | 7,903 |
| 14 | Luna | 7,850 |
| 15 | Ella | 7,372 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 7,308 |
| 17 | Sofia | 6,990 |
| 18 | Emily | 6,918 |
| 19 | Avery | 6,747 |
| 20 | Mila | 6,646 |
| 21 | Scarlett | 6,521 |
| 22 | Eleanor | 6,379 |
| 23 | Madison | 6,253 |
| 24 | Layla | 6,228 |
| 25 | Chloe | 6,153 |
| 26 | Penelope | 6,152 |
| 27 | Aria | 6,143 |
| 28 | Grace | 5,627 |
| 29 | Ellie | 5,606 |
| 30 | Nora | 5,583 |
| 31 | Hazel | 5,519 |
| 32 | Zoey | 5,388 |
| 33 | Riley | 5,339 |
| 34 | Victoria | 5,303 |
| 35 | Lily | 5,258 |
| 36 | Aurora | 5,256 |
| 37 | Violet | 5,128 |
| 38 | Nova | 5,006 |
| 39 | Hannah | 4,972 |
| 40 | Zoe | 4,799 |
| 41 | Emilia | 4,786 |
| 42 | Stella | 4,667 |
| 43 | Everly | 4,630 |
| 44 | Isla | 4,579 |
| 45 | Leah | 4,530 |
| 46 | Lillian | 4,515 |
| 47 | Addison | 4,497 |
| 48 | Willow | 4,401 |
| 49 | Paisley | 4,380 |
| 50 | Lucy | 4,369 |
Top boy names in 2020
Source-derived rank and recorded count for United States (50 states and District of Columbia). Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 19,865 |
| 2 | Noah | 18,464 |
| 3 | Oliver | 14,277 |
| 4 | Elijah | 13,238 |
| 5 | William | 12,676 |
| 6 | James | 12,390 |
| 7 | Benjamin | 12,264 |
| 8 | Lucas | 11,386 |
| 9 | Henry | 10,793 |
| 10 | Alexander | 10,268 |
| 11 | Mason | 10,117 |
| 12 | Michael | 9,833 |
| 13 | Ethan | 9,556 |
| 14 | Daniel | 9,530 |
| 15 | Jacob | 9,309 |
| 16 | Logan | 9,163 |
| 17 | Jackson | 9,138 |
| 18 | Levi | 9,098 |
| 19 | Sebastian | 9,029 |
| 20 | Mateo | 9,007 |
| 21 | Jack | 8,945 |
| 22 | Owen | 8,669 |
| 23 | Theodore | 8,638 |
| 24 | Aiden | 8,619 |
| 25 | Samuel | 8,594 |
| 26 | Joseph | 8,486 |
| 27 | John | 8,265 |
| 28 | David | 8,263 |
| 29 | Wyatt | 8,223 |
| 30 | Matthew | 8,142 |
| 31 | Luke | 7,784 |
| 32 | Asher | 7,698 |
| 33 | Carter | 7,577 |
| 34 | Julian | 7,552 |
| 35 | Grayson | 7,487 |
| 36 | Leo | 7,229 |
| 37 | Jayden | 7,177 |
| 38 | Gabriel | 7,172 |
| 39 | Isaac | 7,155 |
| 40 | Lincoln | 7,061 |
| 41 | Anthony | 7,037 |
| 42 | Dylan | 6,857 |
| 43 | Hudson | 6,849 |
| 44 | Ezra | 6,831 |
| 45 | Thomas | 6,452 |
| 46 | Charles | 6,249 |
| 47 | Christopher | 6,216 |
| 48 | Jaxon | 6,169 |
| 49 | Josiah | 6,164 |
| 50 | Maverick | 6,139 |
Method
What this ranking measures.
- Publisher
- Social Security Administration
- Reviewed data
- Reviewed namestrace.com mirror
- Geographic scope
- United States (50 states and District of Columbia)
- Release
- Final reviewed release for 2020
- Coverage
- 50 girl names and 50 boy names
- Reviewed data licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Source review
- Checked 6 August 2026
- Source methodology
- SSA card applications for 2020, excluding territories and counts below five. Spaces and hyphens are removed by SSA; spelling variants remain separate. The SSA archive rejected automated retrieval, so the pinned CC0 NamesTrace top-100 transport was checked against SSA's official 2025 top 10, annual 2020-2025 top fives, and 2020s aggregate top-five counts before sequential top-50 ranks were retained. NamesTrace's separate top-1000 export was rejected and is not used.
Questions about the list
Read the ranking without losing the context.
- What are the most popular baby names in United States?
- Olivia is the number-one girl name and Liam is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2020 release.
- What area does this list cover?
- It covers United States (50 states and District of Columbia) exactly. It should not be read as a ranking for a broader geography.
- How are tied names shown?
- The reviewed data does not contain a tied position within the ranks shown on this page.
- How complete is the page?
- The page includes every reviewed row through rank 50 for both categories: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Counts are retained from the source; display-casing normalization is documented in the methodology.