Trending ★ 2025
Trending names in 2025
The names rising and falling fastest in the latest Social Security release: one-year and five-year rank changes, plus every name that broke into the top 100. Click any name for its full history.
Biggest climbers, 2024 to 2025
Rank change within the top 500 of each sex. A climb of +159 means Ailani rose that many places in a single year.
| Girls | Rank | Was | Change | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ailani | #168 | #327 | +159 | 1,807 |
| Arleth | #269 | #428 | +159 | 1,156 |
| Elowyn | #299 | #447 | +148 | 1,029 |
| Adhara | #370 | #472 | +102 | 829 |
| Ailany | #14 | #101 | +87 | 7,136 |
| Colette | #316 | #401 | +85 | 962 |
| Azalea | #278 | #357 | +79 | 1,109 |
| Murphy | #397 | #476 | +79 | 783 |
| Scottie | #126 | #202 | +76 | 2,228 |
| Sylvie | #282 | #356 | +74 | 1,096 |
| Demi | #381 | #452 | +71 | 804 |
| Lorelai | #333 | #403 | +70 | 926 |
| Anaya | #336 | #406 | +70 | 911 |
| Kira | #385 | #455 | +70 | 801 |
| Selah | #216 | #279 | +63 | 1,416 |
| Boys | Rank | Was | Change | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benson | #279 | #436 | +157 | 1,214 |
| Callahan | #227 | #364 | +137 | 1,566 |
| Eithan | #97 | #226 | +129 | 3,636 |
| Sutton | #332 | #442 | +110 | 1,018 |
| Matthias | #372 | #472 | +100 | 854 |
| Baker | #217 | #315 | +98 | 1,640 |
| Leandro | #406 | #498 | +92 | 785 |
| Elian | #147 | #237 | +90 | 2,448 |
| Bodie | #275 | #346 | +71 | 1,249 |
| Miller | #369 | #438 | +69 | 864 |
| Aziel | #186 | #254 | +68 | 1,975 |
| Eliam | #313 | #381 | +68 | 1,085 |
| Shepherd | #246 | #311 | +65 | 1,408 |
| Colter | #157 | #218 | +61 | 2,354 |
| Clark | #377 | #437 | +60 | 837 |
New to the top 100
Names ranked in the top 100 of 2025 that were outside it (or outside the top 500 entirely) the year before.
Five-year risers, 2020 to 2025
The strongest sustained climbs since 2020, for names ranked in the top 500 both years. These are trends, not one-year spikes.
| Girls | Rank | 2020 | Change | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lainey | #30 | #366 | +336 | 5,738 |
| Hallie | #120 | #374 | +254 | 2,260 |
| Celine | #207 | #459 | +252 | 1,466 |
| Noa | #226 | #465 | +239 | 1,348 |
| Daphne | #178 | #415 | +237 | 1,740 |
| Rory | #230 | #458 | +228 | 1,332 |
| Mabel | #201 | #428 | +227 | 1,522 |
| Selah | #216 | #425 | +209 | 1,416 |
| Azalea | #278 | #483 | +205 | 1,109 |
| Stevie | #203 | #405 | +202 | 1,496 |
| Rosemary | #251 | #442 | +191 | 1,222 |
| Meadow | #286 | #476 | +190 | 1,078 |
| Rosie | #283 | #471 | +188 | 1,088 |
| Maisie | #233 | #410 | +177 | 1,328 |
| Elianna | #218 | #390 | +172 | 1,404 |
| Boys | Rank | 2020 | Change | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stetson | #136 | #487 | +351 | 2,662 |
| Aziel | #186 | #495 | +309 | 1,975 |
| Tatum | #202 | #490 | +288 | 1,736 |
| Callan | #190 | #434 | +244 | 1,917 |
| Callum | #118 | #336 | +218 | 2,995 |
| Elian | #147 | #355 | +208 | 2,448 |
| Milan | #242 | #431 | +189 | 1,418 |
| Archie | #301 | #468 | +167 | 1,129 |
| Harvey | #251 | #416 | +165 | 1,381 |
| Tate | #194 | #353 | +159 | 1,862 |
| Nico | #174 | #318 | +144 | 2,066 |
| Rory | #199 | #330 | +131 | 1,768 |
| Bowen | #266 | #395 | +129 | 1,292 |
| Walker | #78 | #206 | +128 | 4,204 |
| Cade | #248 | #376 | +128 | 1,392 |
Falling fastest, 2024 to 2025
The steepest one-year drops within the top 500. A falling rank does not mean a name disappeared; most still count thousands of babies a year.
| Girls | Rank | Was | Change | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela | #408 | #281 | -127 | 765 |
| Journey | #411 | #320 | -91 | 757 |
| Alivia | #484 | #395 | -89 | 619 |
| Danna | #394 | #307 | -87 | 787 |
| Blake | #295 | #210 | -85 | 1,035 |
| Amari | #380 | #296 | -84 | 804 |
| Londyn | #388 | #305 | -83 | 799 |
| Aubree | #489 | #408 | -81 | 606 |
| Mya | #444 | #366 | -78 | 697 |
| London | #431 | #355 | -76 | 719 |
| Kamila | #357 | #292 | -65 | 851 |
| Dream | #432 | #367 | -65 | 718 |
| Fiona | #470 | #405 | -65 | 654 |
| Nicole | #383 | #319 | -64 | 803 |
| Sydney | #348 | #288 | -60 | 873 |
| Boys | Rank | Was | Change | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis | #434 | #360 | -74 | 732 |
| Armani | #495 | #427 | -68 | 609 |
| Cayden | #414 | #349 | -65 | 774 |
| King | #405 | #342 | -63 | 786 |
| Bryce | #357 | #296 | -61 | 919 |
| Rhys | #412 | #353 | -59 | 778 |
| Hendrix | #354 | #297 | -57 | 933 |
| Karson | #453 | #397 | -56 | 690 |
| Phoenix | #329 | #275 | -54 | 1,027 |
| Sean | #489 | #435 | -54 | 616 |
| Pedro | #455 | #403 | -52 | 684 |
| Royal | #476 | #424 | -52 | 640 |
| Blake | #316 | #265 | -51 | 1,080 |
| Paxton | #338 | #288 | -50 | 988 |
| Gavin | #303 | #255 | -48 | 1,125 |