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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.

Cassian

Meaning: hollow

Origin:Latin, variation of Cassius
27
Archie

Meaning: truly brave

Origin:Diminutive of Archibald, Teutonic
54
Cillian

Meaning: war strife or church

Origin:Irish
81
Ronan

Meaning: little seal

Origin:Irish
51
Kieran

Meaning: little dark one

Origin:Irish
109
Flynn

Meaning: descendant of the red-haired one

Origin:Irish
126
Cian

Meaning: ancient

Origin:Irish
187
Cormac

Meaning: charioteer

Origin:Irish
257
Beckett

Meaning: bee hive, little brook or bee cottage

Origin:English and Irish
115
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Arizona place-name and Greek
123
Orson

Meaning: bear cub

Origin:Latin and English
152
Jonah

Meaning: dove

Origin:Hebrew
169
Grant

Meaning: large

Origin:Scottish from French
203
Tate

Meaning: cheerful

Origin:English from Norse
219
Remy

Meaning: oarsman

Origin:French from Latin
50
Luca

Meaning: light or man from Lucania

Origin:Italian variation of Luke and Lucas
86
Alfie

Meaning: wise counselor

Origin:Diminutive of Alfred, English
213
Casper

Meaning: bringer of treasure

Origin:Dutch form of Jasper, Persian
84
Ansel

Meaning: with divine protection

Origin:German
181
Micah

Meaning: who is like the Lord

Origin:Hebrew
143