Top Baby Names for 2020 and Popular Nickname Names
The top baby names for 2020 might surprise you.
Would you name your baby a nickname?
Many parents do, so here’s the top picks for nicknames as names.
I’m always curious about the stories behind the names that parents pick for their babies.
And why do some children end up with nicknames and others stay Martha or Andrew or Jackson all their life?
There are some names that don’t lend themselves to diminutives, like the above mentioned Martha, or my name Dorothy.
And yet, I’ve had a lot of different nicknames.
The first was “Dokie” because my little brother was learning to talk. That evolved into “Cookie” which some people called me throughout my school years. Sometimes I was Dottie, Dot or Dorth.
Most fun are the nicknames that have nothing to do with the given name, but stem from a trait or something that happened somewhere along the way. Like the tall Lonnie I only knew as Stretch until he got married.
It’s so funny to hear a mom call her daughter Dollie when she’s all grown up and has her own baby!
Top Baby Names for 2020
We’re going to list the top 25 names based on the SSA.
25 MOST POPULAR BOYS NAMES
Liam, Noah, William, James, Oliver, Ethan, Aiden/Aidan, Gabriel, Caleb, Theodore, Declan, Owen, Elijah, Henry, Jackson/Jaxon, Grayson/Greyson, Levi, Benjamin, Finn/Fynn, Miles/Myles, Alexander, Sebastian, Leo, Landon, Emmett.
25 MOST POPULAR GIRLS NAMES
Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia/Sofia, Charlotte, Amelia/Emilia, Evelyn, Violet, Luna, Hazel, Chloe, Aria/Arya, Scarlett, Isla, Abigail, Freya/Freja, Adeline, Nora/Norah, Adelaide, Mila, Lily/Lilly, Grace, Maeve, Ivy, Ella
Of these 50 names very few have made it to babies near me, but they are all adorable.
Baby Names rising in popularity.
The Social Security Administration gets a record of every baby born in the country, and they create the lists of top names.
Along with the current top name list, they keep a list of names that are rising in popularity:
10 RISING BOYS NAMES
Genesis, Saint, Baker, Kairo, Watson, Kenzo, Jaxtyn, Kylo, Dakari, Karsyn
10 RISING GIRLS NAMES
Meaghan, Dior, Adalee, Palmer, Oaklynn, Haisley, Keily, Novah, Yara, Ensley
Some of these appear to be spelling variations on names that have been popular before.
Names that didn’t make the top 1000 in 2020
There’s a few names that are out there that didn’t make it to the top 1000 most named lists.
But who knows. Perhaps in a few years they’ll be on the top 100.
TRAILING BOYS NAMES
Amias, Cassian, Kit, Aurelius, Caius, and Ambrose.
TRAILING GIRLS NAMES
Posie, Elodie, Imogen, Ottilie, Seraphina, Cleo, and Beatrix.
Nicknames as names are getting popular
Maybe this trend was led by baby Archie of the British Royal family.
But there are a lot of names considered nicknames becoming popular.
BOYS NICKNAMES FOR NAMES
Izzy, Ricky, Leo, Randy, Mickey, Kit, Ted, Theo, Joe, Ronnie, Frankie.
GIRLS NICKNAMES FOR NAMES
Let’s just say nicknames for girls have always been popular. Take Alexandria: Lexa, Lexi, Alexa, Alexia, Xandi, and soon you’re up to 10 from one root name.
