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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.

Lazarus

Meaning: God is my helper

Origin:Latinized Greek variation of Hebrew Eleazar
183
Zephyr

Meaning: west wind

Origin:Greek
247
Nash

Meaning: by the ash tree

Origin:English
142
Atlas

Meaning: bearer of the heavens

Origin:Greek
23
Miles

Meaning: soldier or merciful

Origin:English form of Milo
24
Beau

Meaning: handsome

Origin:French
69
Theo

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Diminutive of Theodore
36
Elio

Meaning: sun

Origin:Italian, Spanish
37
Apollo

Meaning: destroyer

Origin:Greek mythology name
97
Mateo

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Spanish
102
Diego

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:Spanish variation of James
175
Arthur

Meaning: bear

Origin:Celtic
32
Alistair

Meaning: defending men

Origin:English spelling of Alasdair, Scottish version of Alexander
72
Emmett

Meaning: universal

Origin:English masculine variation of Emma, German
78
Archer

Meaning: bowman

Origin:English
106
Amias

Meaning: loved

Origin:Latin
111
Acacius

Meaning: thorny; or, innocent, not evil

Origin:Greek
29
Tobias

Meaning: God is good

Origin:Greek from Hebrew
31
Brooks

Meaning: of the brook

Origin:English
101
Raphael

Meaning: God has healed

Origin:Hebrew
70