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About these names
The 2026 collection is a small, non-ranked selection of names reported as popular or rising among BabyCenter app submissions, as covered in October 2026. It is not a complete national ranking. The US Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes names from Social Security card applications; as of November 2026, its full-year 2026 rankings are not available.
The SSA collection contains its top 200 names in each published category for the combined 2020 to 2025 period, not a ranking for a single year. Source categories describe the data and do not restrict how a name can be used.
Sources: BCK report on 2026 names, FOX report on BabyCenter's 2026 data, and SSA top names for 2020 to 2025.
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Questions people ask
Are the 2026 ideas official US rankings?
No. They are a small selection from reporting on BabyCenter submissions. As of November 2026, the SSA's full-year 2026 rankings are not available.
Can I consider a name from either list?
Yes. The SSA categories describe its source data; any name can be considered for any child.
