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A couple of years ago I posted<\/a> about what baby names were trending upward or downward. At that time the most recent Social Security data was from 2017. Now the 2020 baby name data is out, so I thought I’d update that post. After all, trends tend to be very … trendy. If you just want to know what baby names are the most popular, there are plenty of sites online for that, include the Social Security site here<\/a>. What I’m more interested in are the names that are rapidly gaining or falling in favor. So here goes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boys’ names that gained the most in popularity from 2017 to 2020<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Name<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2017
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2020
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Theodore<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

61<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

23<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Maverick<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

84<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

49<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Asher<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

59<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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32<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Leo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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62<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

36<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ezra<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

69<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

44<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Elias<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

78<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

53<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Mateo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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42<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Hudson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

64<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

42<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Santiago<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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93<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

71<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Jameson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

100<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

79<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Girls’ names that gained the most in that period<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Gianna<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

91<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

12<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nova<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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94<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Everly<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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82<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

43<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Emilia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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77<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

40<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Eliana<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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88<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

53<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Willow<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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81<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

48<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Luna<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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37<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

14<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Valentina<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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95<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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73<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Naomi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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69<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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52<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ellie<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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44<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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29<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0In my next post, I’ll show you the biggest losers.
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