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Top Baby Names 2021

The top baby names of 2021 include brand new names, rediscovered vintage names, and names imported from around the world.

We calculate our list of the top names of 2021 by calculating which names saw the biggest increases in views by readers over the past year.

This list of most popular names is a radical departure from the official lists, including our own, because we're looking not at which names were most popular in the past or even the present, but which will be most popular in the future.

Here, our roster of top baby names for boys and girls in 2021.

Tala

Meaning: gold; turmeric; star; story; noble

Origin:Persian, Arabic, Tagalog, Samoan, Scandinavian
721
Wolf

Meaning: traveling Wolf

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang
4773
Wolf

Meaning: traveling wolf

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, German
382
Raif

Meaning: compassionate; wolf counsel

Origin:Arabic; English
779
Channing

Meaning: people of Cana or wolf cub

Origin:English or Irish
1718
Channing

Meaning: people of Cana or wolf cub

Origin:English or Irish
6194
Adolpha

Meaning: noble wolf

Origin:German
6401
Adolphus

Meaning: noble wolf

Origin:Latin
3617
Zev

Meaning: wolf

Origin:Hebrew
298
Rollo

Meaning: wolf

Origin:Latin form of Rolf
1104
Phelan

Meaning: wolf

Origin:Irish
1347
Conan

Meaning: little wolf

Origin:Irish
693
Wolfgang

Meaning: traveling wolf

Origin:German
352
Rudy

Meaning: famous wolf

Origin:German, diminutive of Rudolph
449
Rudy

Meaning: famous wolf

Origin:German, short form of Rudolph
3166
Raul

Meaning: wolf counsel

Origin:Spanish variation of Ralph
551
Conall

Meaning: strong as a wolf

Origin:Irish
934
Wulfric

Meaning: wolf power

Origin:English
1154
Lowell

Meaning: young wolf

Origin:French
1809
Lovella

Meaning: wolf

Origin:Feminine of Lovell
2651