It’s always fun to see which baby names are in … and which are on their way out. This year, Liam and Olivia ranked first in the Social Security Administration's (SSA) annual list of top baby names, with other favorites like Charlotte, Mateo, Lucas, and Evelyn also coming in the top ten. Not huge surprises there.
But what’s probably most interesting is which names make the biggest leaps in popularity, and which are quickly trending downward. This year, the name Truce increased the most in popularity for boys, and the name Ailany jumped the most points for girls.
What about downward trends? Well, boy names ending in “en” “an” and “on” are becoming less popular (Think: Aden, Brendan, Braylon). For girls, royal names took a huge hit (like Princess, Royal, Royalty). Concept names for both genders—like Justice, Love, Loyal, and Promise—also saw a downward trend.
Here, we’ll take a look at the baby names that dropped the most points in popularity, and by how many points.
Each year, the Social Security Administration releases its list of top baby names, along with the latest trends in naming. The data here was drawn from Social Security’s list of names that dropped in popularity from 2023 to 2024. This is the most recent list, released in May 2025. Social Security lists boys and girls names that are dropping in popularity, but not gender neutral names. We selected the gender neutral names with the biggest decreases, drawing from both the girl and boy names lists.
Each list is sorted by change in position, names that have dropped the most in position are ranked first and names that have dropped the least take the last spots.
| Girl Name | Positions Dropped |
| Emryn | change: 606 |
| Zhuri | change: 309 |
| Layne | change: 301 |
| Alitzel | change: 274 |
| Kamari | change: 265 |
| Kya | change: 263 |
| Aleyna | change: 262 |
| Dior | change: 254 |
| Nyra | change: 249 |
| Dania | change: 245 |
| Yaretzi | change: 243 |
| Kinslee | change: 232 |
| Royal | change: 230 |
| Princess | change: 224 |
| Savanna | change: 212 |
| Alexa | change: 202 |
| Kai | change: 193 |
| Zayla | change: 192 |
| Jayleen | change: 188 |
| Novah | change: 185 |
| Boy Name | Positions Dropped |
| Khari | change: 394 |
| Karsyn | change: 307 |
| Kye | change: 254 |
| Kole | change: 229 |
| Khai | change: 225 |
| Nova | change: 224 |
| Jovanni | change: 217 |
| Jiraiya | change: 183 |
| Justice | change: 180 |
| Duncan | change: 172 |
| Kannon | change: 166 |
| Khaza | change: 164 |
| Semaj | change: 163 |
| Aden | change: 157 |
| Axton | change: 150 |
| Demetrius | change: 148 |
| Mikael | change: 143 |
| Marlon | change: 142 |
| Loyal | change: 138 |
| Rishi | change: 137 |
| Gender Neutral Names | Positions Dropped |
| Shay | change: 159 |
| Legacy | change: 122 |
| Kyree | change: 106 |
| Scout | change: 105 |
| Shai | change: 105 |
| Remington | change: 101 |
| Memphis | change: 99 |
| Seven | change: 92 |
| Hunter | change: 75 |
| Emery | change: 72 |
| Phoenix | change: 72 |
| Payton | change: 70 |
| Harlow | change: 56 |
| Frankie | change: 52 |
| Onyx | change: 51 |
| Finnley | change: 50 |
| Shane | change: 46 |
| Layne | change: 45 |
| Wren | change: 41 |
| Skyler | change: 31 |
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