60 Baby Names That Are Going Out of Style in 2025
Fact checked by Sarah Scott
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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