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Here's the boy list! For anyone interested, here is the girl name list. I thought it would be interesting to compare the 1985 top 20 list with the newly-released 2025 data.

Michael (#1 in 1985, #21 in 2025)

Christopher (#2 in 1985, #68 in 2025)

Matthew (#3 in 1985, #32 in 2025)

Joshua (#4 in 1985, #66 in 2025)

Daniel (#5 in 1985, #22 in 2025)

David (#6 in 1985, #35 in 2025)

James (#7 in 1985, #6 in 2025)

Robert (#8 in 1985, #92 in 2025)

John (#9 in 1985, #23 in 2025)

Joseph (#10 in 1985, #29 in 2025)

Andrew (#11 in 1985, #73 in 2025)

Ryan (#12 in 1985, #99 in 2025)

Brandon (#13 in 1985, #261 in 2025)

Jason (#14 in 1985, #165 in 2025)

Justin (#15 in 1985, #233 in 2025)

William (#16 in 1985, #9 in 2025)

Jonathan (#17 in 1985, #89 in 2025)

Brian (#18 in 1985, #339 in 2025)

Nicholas (#19 in 1985, #112 in 2025)

Anthony (#20 in 1985, #46 in 2025)

Just for some comparative stats, only two girl names (Sarah and Elizabeth) were present in both the 1985 Top 20 and the 2025 Top 100. However, 15 boy names were present in both the 1985 Top 20 and the 2025 Top 100.

Excluding James and William, which ranked higher in 2025 than 1985, the average difference between the 1985 rank and the 2025 rank was 85.9 ranks. In comparison, in the girl list, the average difference between the 1985 rank and the 2025 rank was 464.8 ranks.

Now that the 2025 US data has been released, I thought it would be interesting to see where the top 20 girl names in 1985 are ranked today.

Jessica (#1 in 1985, #665 in 2025)

Ashley (#2 in 1985, #164 in 2025)

Jennifer (#3 in 1985, #596 in 2025)

Amanda (#4 in 1985, #493 in 2025)

Sarah (#5 in 1985, #90 in 2025)

Stephanie (#6 in 1985, #557 in 2025)

Nicole (#7 in 1985, #383 in 2025)

Heather (#8 in 1985, outside of the top 1000 in 2025)

Elizabeth (#9 in 1985, #17 in 2025)

Megan (#10 in 1985, #889 in 2025)

Melissa (#11 in 1985, #420 in 2025)

Christina (#12 in 1985, #770 in 2025)

Rachel (#13 in 1985, #250 in 2025)

Laura (#14 in 1985, #379 in 2025)

Lauren (#15 in 1985, #401 in 2025)

Amber (#16 in 1985, #520 in 2025)

Brittany (#17 in 1985, #928 in 2025)

Danielle (#18 in 1985, #549 in 2025)

Kimberly (#19 in 1985, #303 in 2025)

Amy (#20 in 1985, #257 in 2025)

Now that the Behind the Name 2025 Top 1000 names list has been posted, it's easier to see which names have risen or fallen in rank. So here are the names that are new to the top 1000 in 2025, alongside their current ranking.

Girl Names:

Madisson (#319

Kyomi (#546)

Alara (#652)

Merritt (#703)

Rynlee (#755)

Kiyomi (#764)

Klarity (#788)

Romi (#817)

Layan (#827)

Colbie (#881)

Naylani (#895)

Liora (#898)

Maizie (#898)

Kollyns (#904)

Bennett (#912)

Anayah (#913)

Eliora (#914)

Ailanny (#932)

Elara (#941)

Yuna (#950)

Leylani (#970)

Khadija (#980)

Boy Names:

Jasai (#439)

Akari (#542)

Eziah (#610)

Kasai (#639)

Neithan (#723)

Haziel (#795)

Brewer (#804)

Aslan (#860)

Coast (#874)

Denim (#880)

Kaleo (#897)

Nael (#903)

Koah (#912)

Beck (#913)

Eitan (#920)

Neythan (#924)

Caius (#927)

Agastya (#929)

Isa (#929)

Kreed (#935)

Syaire (#935)

Josias (#950)

Beaux (#970)

Kaycen (#973)

Azlan (#977)

Aurelius (#991)

Oziel (#996)

Macklin (#998)

Lev (#999)

Happy baby name day, namenerds! Here's the national top 10 list for 2025.

Rank	Boy Name	Girl Name
1	Liam	Olivia
2	Noah	Charlotte
3	Oliver	Emma
4	Theodore	Amelia
5	Henry	Sophia
6	James	Mia
7	Elijah	Isabella
8	Mateo	Evelyn
9	William	Sofia
10	Lucas	Eliana

This is probably a long shot, but I'm looking for a YA book set in a world identical to ours, except that everyone has some sort of magical gift, and the main character has the ability to unlock locks? There's also another girl who has the ability to make people forget about her, and that's sort of the plot of the book - eventually, you realise the main character has forgotten about this other girl.

I probably read it in around 2018/2019. Any help would be appreciated, TIA :)