Newborns today
The names arriving this morning.
Every day, hundreds of thousands of names are written onto American birth certificates. Here is a snapshot of what parents are reaching for right now — the classics that refuse to fade, the vintage revivals, and the newcomers climbing faster than anyone expected. A small, human window onto the country’s next generation.
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Olivia
Holding the top spot for a seventh straight year — soft, classic, and impossible to unseat.
- 2
Liam
The most-given boys’ name in the country, riding a long wave of short, vowel-heavy favorites.
- 3
Amara
Climbing fast — a name that means “grace,” carried across West African, Igbo, and Italian roots alike.
- 4
Mateo
Now firmly mainstream nationwide, no longer clustered only in the Southwest.
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Eloise
The vintage-revival darling of the moment, nudged along by a certain storybook hotel.
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Ezra
A quiet, bookish name that has quietly become one of the fastest risers of the decade.
- 7
Nova
Celestial names keep gaining altitude; this one has the sharpest trajectory of the bunch.
- 8
Kai
Short, oceanic, and gender-flexible — parents love that it works in a dozen languages.
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Maeve
Irish, brisk, and a little fierce — a name that has outgrown its cult following.
- 10
Enzo
Zippy and Italian, it keeps trading places with Mateo on the fastest-rising lists.
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Iris
A flower and a color and a myth all at once; the botanical revival’s current standout.
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Wren
The smallest of the bird names is having its biggest year — spare, natural, unisex.