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About to go mainstream: next year's top-100
30 names · 18 girls · 12 boys · records through 2025
There's a narrow window when a name is clearly headed for the big time but hasn't arrived: you get the fresh sound without the future crowd... for now.
This guide has 30 names: 18 girl names and 12 boy names. Names ranked #101–150 with a rising or new trajectory, ordered by rank. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
These names sit just outside the top-100 and are actively rising. Statistically, several will crack the list next year.
Girl names
18 names
- Margot#102 and climbing
- Parker#106 and climbing
- Cecilia#108 and climbing
- Juliette#110 and climbing
- Catalina#111 and climbing
- Esther#119 and climbing
- Hallie#120 and climbing
- Emerson#122 and climbing
- Elsie#123 and climbing
- Magnolia#124 and climbing
- Scottie#126 and climbing
- Alina#130 and climbing
- Amira#132 and climbing
- Emersyn#138 and climbing
- Alana#140 and climbing
- Sloane#141 and climbing
- Evangeline#147 and climbing
- June#150 and climbing
Boy names
12 names
- Lorenzo#117 and climbing
- Callum#118 and climbing
- Graham#120 and climbing
- Dean#125 and climbing
- Stetson#136 and climbing
- Leon#138 and climbing
- Beckett#141 and climbing
- Dawson#143 and climbing
- Charlie#145 and climbing
- Matteo#146 and climbing
- Elian#147 and climbing
- Arlo#148 and climbing
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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