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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.

Delia

Meaning: born on the island of Delos

Origin:Greek
315
Avalon

Meaning: island of apples

Origin:Celtic
273
Nova

Meaning: new

Origin:Latin
188
Briar

Meaning: a thorny patch

Origin:English
293
Mira

Meaning: admirable; peace; female ruler; ocean

Origin:Latin, Slavic, Arabic, Sanskrit
114
Amaya

Meaning: mother city; the end; night rain

Origin:Spanish version of Amaia or Japanese
148
Primrose

Meaning: first rose

Origin:English flower name
301
Kit

Meaning: bearer of Christ

Origin:English, diminutive of Christopher
92
Nolan

Meaning: champion

Origin:Irish
140
Lincoln

Meaning: town by the pool

Origin:English
234
Cash

Meaning: hollow

Origin:Word name; also diminutive of Cassius
279
Austin

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:English, shortened form of Augustine
318
Easton

Meaning: east-facing place

Origin:English
442
Lucius

Meaning: light

Origin:Latin
57
Caius

Meaning: rejoice

Origin:Latin
73
Titus

Meaning: title of honour

Origin:Latin, meaning unknown, possibly "title of honour"
220
Ash

Meaning: ash tree

Origin:Diminutive of Asher, English
284
Otis

Meaning: wealthy

Origin:Variation of Otto, German
26
Nico

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek
85
Zane

Meaning: God is gracious

Origin:Possible variation of John
110