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Baby name trends are always changing, with each generation bringing fresh perspective and ideas to name their little ones. And baby name trends have been tracked for a long time. Since 1924, the Social Security Administration has kept track of baby name trends in the United States each year.

Baby naming experts recently released the most popular and trending baby boy and baby girl names for 2025 (with inspiration from nature, pop stars, the Old West and more.) But with new baby names rising to the top, others have to fall. And a new study released by parenting website BabyCenter has gathered the top 20 baby girl and top 20 baby boy names that have fallen out of popularity the most in 2025. (The list was compiled based on names submitted by its parent users of babies born through Oct. 15, 2024. From there, they compared names from BabyCenter's Top 1,000 list from 2023 to see which names took the steepest decline.)

Led by Millennial parents who are currently starting families, names that were once popular in the 1980s and 1990s continue to fall down the popularity charts. “Being a millennial myself, it’s a little bittersweet to see popular millennial names fade,” said Rebekah Wahlberg, BabyCenter’s baby name specialist, told HuffPost. “But it’s completely normal for Gen Z and millennial parents to want to switch things up, so I get it.”

Another baby name category that's taking a hit: Royal names, associated with British royal family members, according to BabyCenter. “The decline in the popularity of royal family names is an intriguing phenomenon,” Wahlberg told HuffPost. “These names have historically been very popular, and given the amount of royal family stardom ― which typically helps a name grow in popularity ― it’s unexpected to see the trend reverse.”

The Social Security Administration also tracks baby names that decrease in popularity. From 2023 to 2022, they found that these names decreased the most:

Boys

Dior
Maxton
Davian
Heath
Braden

Girls

Addilynn
India
Madisyn
Chanel
Averi

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But for 2025, it's a new year with a number of surprising baby names that have fallen from favor. “Parents who love an underdog story might be inspired seeing these names at risk of going extinct–who wouldn’t want to say they helped bring a name back from the brink?” Wahlberg told the publication. “And on the other hand, if you’re someone with one of these names, it can be fun and empowering to know you’re one of the proud few with a unique name.”

BabyCenter's Declining Baby Girl Names 2025
These 20 girl names saw the biggest decline from 2023 to 2024:

  1. Jamie (down 320)
  2. Katie (down 290)
  3. Remy (down 277)
  4. Liv (down 257)
  5. Analia (down 245)
  6. Karina (down 243)
  7. Belle (down 242)
  8. Erin (down 231)
  9. Bristol (down 230)
  10. Lilia (down 230)
  11. Catherine (down 221)
  12. Faye (down 213)
  13. Remington (down 205)
  14. Kelsey (down 187)
  15. Anne (down 180)
  16. Monroe (down 180)
  17. Chelsea (down 174)
  18. Kendra (down 161)
  19. Regina (down 157)
  20. Alexis (down 155)
BabyCenter's Declining Boy Names 2025
These 20 boy names saw the biggest decline from 2023 to 2024:
  1. Jamal (down 433)
  2. Esteban (down 283)
  3. Cannon (down 268)
  4. Emery (down 241)
  5. Taylor (down 199)
  6. Kareem (down 193)
  7. Idris (down 187)
  8. Camilo (down 185)
  9. Matthias (down 179)
  10. Danny (down 176)
  11. Aziz (down 170)
  12. Louie (down 170)
  13. Andy (down 167)
  14. Billy (down 167)
  15. Phillip (down 167)
  16. Albert (down 166)
  17. Jaden (down 162)
  18. Bridger (down 152)
  19. Cesar (down 147)
  20. Edward (down 145)

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