According to Disney [name]Baby[/name]: http://www.disneybaby.com/blog/the-fastest-rising-baby-names-sophias-of-the-future/?bcid=fb::db:ogp:txt&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=disbaby&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=Organic-Post:Text
NOTE: The following is copy and pasted, none of the comments are mine.
Girl names sure to sky-rocket:
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]/[name]Charley[/name] (sure to be a Top 10 soon)
[name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Harper[/name] (the fastest-rising girl name in the Top 100)
[name]Penelope[/name] (especially now that a certain Kardashian, possibly responsible for the “[name]Mason[/name]” boom, named her daughter [name]Penelope[/name]. Sigh.)
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Estelle[/name]/[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Briella[/name]/[name]Brielle[/name] (the fastest-rising girl name of 2011)
[name]Mila[/name] (another name that skyrocketed last year — presumably because of a Ms. Kunis)
[name]Aubrey[/name]/[name]Aubree[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
More girl names on the rise:
[name]Isla[/name] and other short -ah ending names: [name]Aria[/name], [name]Luna[/name], [name]Cora[/name], [name]Eva[/name], [name]Nora[/name], and [name]Clara[/name] (in the tradition of [name]Emma[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], and [name]Ava[/name]).
[name]Elsie[/name], [name]Elise[/name], [name]Eliza[/name] and [name]Eloise[/name] (the new [name]El[/name]- names?)
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]June[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
Names ending in -lyn or -lynn ([name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Raelynn[/name], [name]Emmalynn[/name], Addilynn, etc.). This is a huge trend.
Names ending in -anna ([name]Audrianna[/name], [name]Lilliana[/name], [name]Aviana[/name], etc.)
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Bryn[/name]
[name]Harlow[/name]*
[name]Kinsley[/name]/[name]Kinley[/name]/Kensley
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Ember[/name] and other “[name]Em[/name]-” names like [name]Emery[/name] and [name]Emerson[/name]
Milania*
[name]Bristol[/name]
[name]Kennedy[/name]
Boy names sure to sky-rocket:
[name]Brantley[/name] (the fastest-rising boy name in 2011)
[name]Jackson[/name] and all of its alternative spellings: [name]Jaxon[/name], [name]Jaxen[/name], [name]Jaxon[/name]
[name]Declan[/name] (the next [name]Aiden[/name]?)
[name]Grayson[/name]/[name]Greyson[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name] (already ranks in the Top 20, but it’s steadily climbing to the top along with [name]Liam[/name])
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Isaiah[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]/[name]Sylas[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Wyatt[/name]
More boy names on the rise:
[name]Iker[/name] (the fastest-rising boy name of 2011)
[name]Raylan[/name]/Rylen
[name]Maximiliano[/name]*
More “X” names: [name]Felix[/name], [name]Axel[/name], [name]Jax[/name], [name]Rex[/name], [name]Dexter[/name], [name]Dax[/name], and [name]Lennox[/name].
[name]Harvey[/name] (It’s still in the 800s here in the States, but it just entered the U.S. Top 1,000 last year after the name ranked in [name]England[/name]’s Top 50. The next name import?)
[name]Flynn[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]Abram[/name]
[name]Abel[/name]
[name]Cato[/name] and other “-O” ending names: [name]Arlo[/name], [name]Hugo[/name], [name]Theo[/name], and [name]Nico[/name]
[name]Kayson[/name]
[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Kingston[/name]
Surnames (in addition to [name]Jackson[/name]): [name]Hayes[/name], [name]Parker[/name], [name]Lennox[/name], [name]Sullivan[/name], and [name]Edison[/name].
Zeiden*
The one’s * surprised me! What do you guys think?
