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What the top ten will look like in 2030

20 names · 10 girls · 10 boys · records through 2025

The chart five years from now, as far as the last few years of data can see it: each name's recent trajectory is fitted and projected forward, then ranked against every other name of its sex.

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This guide has 20 names: 10 girl names and 10 boy names. The ten highest projected 2030 ranks for each sex, from a trend model fitted to each name's recent yearly counts. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.

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Read it as a shape rather than a scoreboard. The model is confident about which names are in the conversation and much less confident about their exact order.

The value is in what changes. Set it beside today's top ten and the arrivals are the names worth watching.

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Girl names

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Boy names

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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