2025 Baby Names — The Year in Review
What changed in 2025? The biggest risers, the biggest drops, brand-new names making their first-ever appearance, and the names that broke into or out of the top 100.
The year's #1 names
Charlotte topped the girls' list and Noah led the boys for 2025.
Biggest risers
Names whose rank improved the most year-over-year.
Girls
- Lainey86 → 47 (▲39)358 this year
- Sophia33 → 10 (▲23)654 this year
- Eliana69 → 52 (▲17)330 this year
- Elodie88 → 71 (▲17)256 this year
- Maryam106 → 89 (▲17)183 this year
- Emma83 → 68 (▲15)276 this year
- Nora65 → 51 (▲14)351 this year
- Aaliyah95 → 81 (▲14)213 this year
- Sadie51 → 39 (▲12)426 this year
- Eloise46 → 35 (▲11)435 this year
Boys
- Rory128 → 76 (▲52)263 this year
- Charles120 → 78 (▲42)256 this year
- Fletcher95 → 61 (▲34)322 this year
- Tommy101 → 70 (▲31)273 this year
- River90 → 65 (▲25)303 this year
- Elias77 → 53 (▲24)346 this year
- Leon79 → 56 (▲23)339 this year
- Spencer69 → 48 (▲21)377 this year
- Reuben115 → 94 (▲21)181 this year
- Billy57 → 37 (▲20)430 this year
Biggest fallers
Names whose rank dropped the most year-over-year.
Boys
- Lincoln64 → 98 (▼34)175 this year
- Gabriel45 → 77 (▼32)260 this year
- Jayden83 → 113 (▼30)85 this year
- Aiden86 → 116 (▼30)78 this year
- Jackson68 → 96 (▼28)176 this year
- Logan84 → 108 (▼24)102 this year
- Joshua85 → 109 (▼24)95 this year
- Jordan61 → 84 (▼23)220 this year
- Parker70 → 93 (▼23)182 this year
- Ryan65 → 85 (▼20)209 this year
Debut names
Names that show up in the data for the very first time.
New in the top 100
Names that broke into the top 100 this year for the first time since 2024.
Girls
- Maryam106 → 89 (▲17)183 this year
- AmiraNew entry — rank #90164 this year
- Lucia102 → 92 (▲10)159 this year
- MabelNew entry — rank #94146 this year
- Clara101 → 97 (▲4)86 this year
- GabriellaNew entry — rank #9981 this year
- Nina107 → 100 (▲7)80 this year
Boys
- Tommy101 → 70 (▲31)273 this year
- Rory128 → 76 (▲52)263 this year
- Charles120 → 78 (▲42)256 this year
- Michael107 → 89 (▲18)189 this year
- Ibrahim104 → 91 (▲13)184 this year
- Reuben115 → 94 (▲21)181 this year
- MicahNew entry — rank #100156 this year
Left the top 100
Names that fell out of the top 100 this year after being in it in 2024.
Girls
- Savannah79 → 121 (▼42)216 this year
- Imogen80 → 104 (▼24)210 this year
- BellaWas #84 — now off the chart203 this year
- Ariana91 → 107 (▼16)151 this year
- Heidi98 → 110 (▼12)128 this year
- Charlie99 → 120 (▼21)125 this year
- Claire100 → 112 (▼12)119 this year
Boys
- Jayden83 → 113 (▼30)219 this year
- Logan84 → 108 (▼24)209 this year
- Joshua85 → 109 (▼24)206 this year
- Aiden86 → 116 (▼30)204 this year
- JulianWas #91 — now off the chart184 this year
- CalebWas #94 — now off the chart174 this year
- Malakai97 → 114 (▼17)161 this year