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Most popular, hottest trending baby names of 2020

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Sorry, Masons and Ethans -- your time on the list of top baby names is over. For now.

The Social Security Administration released the annual list of the top baby names, and there aren’t many changes -- the popular names remain popular.

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Olivia and Liam are once again America’s most popular baby names in 2020. It appears parents chose to stick with the familiar during an unprecedented time, with the top three names for both girls - Olivia, Emma, and Ava - and boys - Liam, Noah, and Oliver - remaining the same for the second year in a row. 

In fact, out of both Top 10 lists combined, only two names changed, with the traditional names Henry and Alexander edging out Mason and Ethan. The name Henry has been steadily rising in popularity, last appearing in the Top 10 over a century ago, in 1910.

Here are the top 10 boys and girls names for 2020:

  1. Liam, Olivia
  2. Noah, Emma
  3. Oliver, Ava
  4. Elijah, Charlotte
  5. William, Sophia
  6. James, Amelia
  7. Benjamin, Isabella
  8. Lucas, Mia
  9. Henry, Evelyn
  10. Alexander, Harper

Here are the top five fastest rising boys and girls names in 2020:

  1. Zyair, Avayah
  2. Jaxtyn, Denisse
  3. Jakobe, Jianna
  4. Kylo, Capri
  5. Aziel, Rosalia

You can check on how popular your name is right here.


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Ken Haddad has proudly been with WDIV/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He also authors the Morning Report Newsletter and various other newsletters, and helps lead the WDIV Insider team. He's a big sports fan and is constantly sipping Lions Kool-Aid.

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