Most Popular Unisex Names in the United States in 2025–2026

Most Popular Unisex Names in the United States

The list below contains 1,133 ranked unisex names, compiled from 3,226,921 official birth records. Rankings are based on the latest available dataset, last updated on August 18, 2026.

1. Rowan

   #8

   PopularTimelessUnisex Name

   Rowan is a Gaelic name meaning “red”.

   #1#16#4

2. Avery

   #9

   PopularTimelessUnisex Name

   Avery is an Old English name meaning “elf ruler”.

   #2#13#3

3. Riley

   #2

   PopularTimelessUnisex Name

   Riley is an Old English name meaning “rye clearing”.

   #3#2#2#2

4. Angel

   #15

   PopularTimelessUnisex Name

   Angel is a Greek name meaning “messenger”.

   #4#35#34

5. Charlie

   #1

   PopularTimelessUnisex Name

   Charlie is a Germanic name meaning “free man”.

   #5#11#1#1

6. River

   #5

   PopularTimelessUnisex Name

   River is an English name meaning “flowing water”.

   #6#3#7#6

7. Emerson

   #20

   PopularTimelessUnisex Name

   Emerson is a Germanic name meaning “son of the industrious ruler”.

   #7#45#14

8. Tatum

   #28

   CommonTimelessUnisex Name

   Tatum is an Old English name meaning “Tata”s homestead'.

   #8#24

9. Quinn

   #11

   PopularTimelessUnisex Name

   Quinn is an Irish name meaning “chief or leader”.

   #9#10#6#12

10. Amari

    #18

    PopularUnisex Name

    Amari is a Hebrew and African name meaning “strength or promised by God”.

    #10#17#15

11. Sutton

    #36

    CommonModernUnisex Name

    Sutton is an Old English name meaning “southern settlement”.

    #11#25

12. Oakley

    #13

    PopularTimelessUnisex Name

    Oakley is an English name meaning “oak clearing”.

    #12#36#18#9

About Most Popular Unisex Names in the United States

All rankings on this page are calculated from official government birth statistics. For the United States, the primary source is the Social Security Administration (SSA), using birth records from 1910–2025.

Names are classified as Unisex Names when historical birth records show meaningful usage by both boys and girls. In Namedary's methodology, a unisex name has a gender distribution that remains within the 25% to 75% range throughout its recorded history.

For details about our data sources, ranking process, and gender classification rules, see Rankings Methodology, and Gender Classification.

Official Name Rankings by Year – United States

Browse complete historical rankings of baby names in the United States from previous years. These datasets are compiled and standardized by Namedary.com using official data from national and regional authorities.

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