Names New to the Top 1000

General Name Discussion
1

I wanted to make a list of all the names that are in the top 1000 this year that weren’t in 2016. I figured I’d share it on here. Which are your favorites? What do you think of these names?

Girls

[name_f]Alisa[/name_f]
Alora
[name_f]Aminah[/name_f]
Amora
[name_u]Dream[/name_u]
[name_u]Egypt[/name_u]
[name_f]Emberly[/name_f]
[name_f]Emerald[/name_f]
Ensley
Everlee
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]India[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenny[/name_f]
[name_f]Jurnee[/name_f]
[name_f]Kimora[/name_f]
[name_f]Legacy[/name_f]
[name_f]Luella[/name_f]
Lyanna
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
Malani
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u]
[name_f]Meilani[/name_f]
[name_f]Melania[/name_f]
[name_f]Miley[/name_f]
Mylah
[name_m]Oaklee[/name_m]
Oaklyn
Oaklynn
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Paisleigh[/name_f]
[name_f]Raylee[/name_f]
[name_f]Renee[/name_f]
[name_f]Saanvi[/name_f]
[name_f]Samira[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonia[/name_f]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_u]Sunny[/name_u]
[name_f]Tara[/name_f]
[name_f]Treasure[/name_f]
[name_f]Xiomara[/name_f]
[name_f]Yara[/name_f]

Boys

[name_m]Aaden[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_u]Ayan[/name_u]
[name_m]Bishop[/name_m]
[name_m]Bjorn[/name_m]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
Colson
[name_m]Decker[/name_m]
[name_m]Dilan[/name_m]
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]
Gatlin
Gianluca
Jaxx
Jaxxon
[name_m]Jovanni[/name_m]
[name_m]Juelz[/name_m]
Kairo
[name_m]Kaiser[/name_m]
[name_f]Kace[/name_f]
[name_m]Khari[/name_m]
[name_m]Koa[/name_m]
[name_m]Kylen[/name_m]
Kyng
[name_m]Ledger[/name_m]
[name_m]Mike[/name_m]
[name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_m]Randall[/name_m]
[name_m]Rashad[/name_m]
[name_u]Reign[/name_u]
[name_m]Shepard[/name_m]
[name_m]Shmuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Wells[/name_m]
[name_m]Yadiel[/name_m]
[name_u]Zahir[/name_u]
[name_m]Zayd[/name_m]

2

My favorite for the girls are [name_f]Luella[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Meilani[/name_f], [name_f]Renee[/name_f], [name_f]Sonia[/name_f], and [name_f]Tara[/name_f]. For the boys, I absolutely adore [name_f]Nova[/name_f] and [name_f]Briar[/name_f]. Also really loving [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_m]Koa[/name_m], and [name_m]Decker[/name_m].

3

I love [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], [name_f]Samira[/name_f] and [name_u]Sunny[/name_u] for girls and [name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_m]Bjorn[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Kaiser[/name_m], [name_m]Koa[/name_m] and [name_m]Simeon[/name_m] for boys!

4

I love [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]India[/name_f], [name_f]Luella[/name_f], [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_f]Briar[/name_f], [name_m]Koa[/name_m], [name_m]Wells[/name_m]

[name_f]Nova[/name_f] has been in there for a while

5

I had a feeling [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] would move into the top 1000. Although I’m very biased, there really isn’t anything going against him. Apart from [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], I like/love:

[name_f]Emerald[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Samira[/name_f]
[name_u]Sunny[/name_u]
[name_f]Yara[/name_f]

[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]

6

It’s almost bitter sweet to see the [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] gaining popularity. I fell in love with the name after watching The 100 and has been my favorite girl name ever since, and that is also when i first heard the name [name_m]Wells[/name_m] which is also a very sweet name.

So my favorites would have to be [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] and [name_m]Wells[/name_m] (not even going to hide the fact that i’m fangirl)

7

Wondering if Lyanna [name_m]Stark[/name_m] from Game of Thrones launched Lyanna or if its riding on the coattails of [name_f]Liana[/name_f], etc. Very neat to see so many favorites from the UK previously neglected in the US gaining popularity too!

8

[name_f]Lovely[/name_f] to see [name_f]Aminah[/name_f] on the list and I hope [name_m]Ly[/name_m]*anna isn’t rising due to the book character because she is the last person to name a child after and doesn’t have any significance in the books.

9

I am loving Ensley, Everlee, [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Kimora[/name_f], and [name_u]Sunny[/name_u] for girls. For boys I’m loving; [name_m]Bjorn[/name_m], [name_f]Briar[/name_f], [name_m]Shepard[/name_m], and [name_m]Wells[/name_m].

10

For the boys I love [name_m]Schmuel[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], and [name_m]Simeon[/name_m], and for the girls [name_f]Emerald[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], [name_f]Selene[/name_f], [name_u]Sunny[/name_u] and [name_f]Yara[/name_f]!

11

I like:

[name_f]Aminah[/name_f] (prefer [name_f]Amina[/name_f] spelling)
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Samira[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonia[/name_f]

[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Bjorn[/name_m]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f] (much prefer as a girls name)

12

But not for boys.
I’m honestly really surprised by the fact that it’s on the list for boys–it’s a trendy feminine name that ends with a (and not only ends in a, but is a feminine adjective, as opposed to a masculine name like [name_u]Luca[/name_u]), and people seem to shy away from even traditionally male names when they’ve become too popular for girls. Although on the other hand both [name_u]Avery[/name_u] and [name_u]Kendall[/name_u] rose for boys last year, so I don’t know.

I like [name_f]Alisa[/name_f], [name_u]Egypt[/name_u], [name_f]Emerald[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Jenny[/name_f], [name_f]Kimora[/name_f], [name_f]Luella[/name_f], Lyanna, [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Meilani[/name_f], [name_f]Melania[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Raylee[/name_f], [name_f]Renee[/name_f], [name_f]Saanvi[/name_f], [name_f]Samira[/name_f], [name_f]Selene[/name_f], [name_f]Sonia[/name_f], [name_u]Spencer[/name_u], [name_u]Sunny[/name_u], [name_f]Tara[/name_f], [name_f]Xiomara[/name_f], and [name_f]Yara[/name_f] for girls. For boys I like [name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_m]Bjorn[/name_m], [name_f]Briar[/name_f], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_u]Frankie[/name_u], Gatlin, Gianluca, [name_m]Kaiser[/name_m], [name_m]Khari[/name_m], [name_m]Koa[/name_m], [name_m]Kylen[/name_m], [name_m]Mike[/name_m], [name_m]Randall[/name_m], [name_m]Rashad[/name_m], [name_u]Reign[/name_u], [name_m]Shepard[/name_m], [name_m]Simeon[/name_m], [name_m]Yadiel[/name_m], [name_u]Zahir[/name_u], and [name_m]Zayd[/name_m].

13

I really like [name_f]Alisa[/name_f], Alora, [name_f]India[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f] & [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] and [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Koa[/name_m], [name_f]Nova[/name_f], [name_m]Shepard[/name_m] & [name_m]Simeon[/name_m]!

14

Girls: [name_f]India[/name_f], [name_f]Jenny[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Renee[/name_f], [name_f]Sonia[/name_f], [name_u]Sunny[/name_u]

Boys: [name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Shepard[/name_m]

15

So many great new girls’ names! I love [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], [name_f]Samira[/name_f], and [name_f]Selene[/name_f]. It’s also great to see [name_f]Renee[/name_f], [name_f]Sonia[/name_f], and [name_f]Tara[/name_f] back so soon; last year I realized I’m very fond of 70s names, so it’s nice that I might not have to wait fifty years to start seeing those names again!

[name_f]Nova[/name_f] is also one of my favorite names, and I’m so happy to see it being used for boys! With all these other unisex names that are more popular for girls but are rising for boys anyway - [name_u]Avery[/name_u], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_u]Eden[/name_u], [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_u]Finley[/name_u], [name_u]Harley[/name_u], [name_u]Sage[/name_u] - I’m finally starting to feel like modern parents are challenging the notion that femininity is a shameful trait for boys to have.

16

Girls

[name_f]Alisa[/name_f] - Fine, I have an Aunt [name_f]Aliza[/name_f]
Alora - Fine
[name_f]Aminah[/name_f] - Eh, fine
Amora - Not really my style
[name_u]Dream[/name_u] - Okay, but kinda weird
[name_u]Egypt[/name_u] - Nah
[name_f]Emberly[/name_f] - Fine, I guess
[name_f]Emerald[/name_f] - I guess
Ensley - No
Everlee - Eh, it’s okay
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] - Yes! [name_u]Love[/name_u] it
[name_f]India[/name_f] - Not really
[name_f]Jenny[/name_f] - Nope. Leave that behind
[name_f]Jurnee[/name_f] - No. Spell it regularly
[name_f]Kimora[/name_f] - Okay
[name_f]Legacy[/name_f] - [name_f]Kinda[/name_f] weird
[name_f]Luella[/name_f] - Fine
Lyanna - Whatever
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f] - Yeah, okay
Malani - Fine
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u] - Not my style
[name_f]Meilani[/name_f] - Fine
[name_f]Melania[/name_f] - No. [name_m]Just[/name_m] no.
[name_f]Miley[/name_f] - Whatever
Mylah - No
[name_m]Oaklee[/name_m] - Yeah
Oaklyn - Maybe
Oaklynn - It’s??? The same??? Thing???
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] - It’s fine, a nice break from [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f] - Yes! I love this one too!
[name_f]Paisleigh[/name_f] - Fine. Prefer [name_u]Paisley[/name_u]
[name_f]Raylee[/name_f] - Eh… nah
[name_f]Renee[/name_f] - Fine
[name_f]Saanvi[/name_f] - Nice
[name_f]Samira[/name_f] - Okay
[name_f]Selene[/name_f] - Pretty, very nice
[name_f]Sonia[/name_f] - Okay
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u] - Fine, but prefer it on boys
[name_u]Sunny[/name_u] - Nice, I like it
[name_f]Tara[/name_f] - Fine
[name_f]Treasure[/name_f] - No, not really
[name_f]Xiomara[/name_f] - Whatever, I guess
[name_f]Yara[/name_f] - Whatever, it’s close to [name_f]Tara[/name_f]

Boys

[name_m]Aaden[/name_m] - No. No more Aidans and its variants.
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m] - Okay, I guess.
[name_u]Ayan[/name_u] - Eh
[name_m]Bishop[/name_m] - I guess
[name_m]Bjorn[/name_m] - Not feeling it
[name_f]Briar[/name_f] - Soft and pretty, prefer it on girls
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] - Yes! [name_u]Love[/name_u] it
Colson - Fine
[name_m]Decker[/name_m] - Nah
[name_m]Dilan[/name_m] - Spell it normally
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u] - Good, retro
Gatlin - No
Gianluca - Nah
Jaxx - No
Jaxxon - Spell it normally
[name_m]Jovanni[/name_m] - Fine
[name_m]Juelz[/name_m] - Okay, but there’s a regular spelling
Kairo - Nice
[name_m]Kaiser[/name_m] - Fine
[name_f]Kace[/name_f] - Okay, I guess
[name_m]Khari[/name_m] - Interesting, but nice
[name_m]Koa[/name_m] - Yes! I like this name
[name_m]Kylen[/name_m] - Nah
Kyng - Nope.
[name_m]Ledger[/name_m] - Huh. It’s fine
[name_m]Mike[/name_m] - No
[name_f]Nova[/name_f] - I like it
[name_m]Randall[/name_m] - No. Boring
[name_m]Rashad[/name_m] - Eh. Okay
[name_u]Reign[/name_u] - Nice
[name_m]Shepard[/name_m] - Fine
[name_m]Shmuel[/name_m] - Not my style
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m] - No, not really
[name_m]Wells[/name_m] - Fine
[name_m]Yadiel[/name_m] - Fine, I guess
[name_u]Zahir[/name_u] - Good
[name_m]Zayd[/name_m] - Yeah, okay

17

For girls, I like:
[name_f]Alisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Luella[/name_f]
Lyanna
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_u]Marlowe[/name_u]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Raylee[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_f]Tara[/name_f]
[name_f]Xiomara[/name_f]
[name_f]Yara[/name_f]

For boys, I like:
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_u]Ayan[/name_u]
[name_m]Bishop[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Dilan[/name_m]
Gatlin
Kairo
[name_m]Koa[/name_m]
[name_m]Kylen[/name_m]
[name_m]Ledger[/name_m]
[name_m]Rashad[/name_m]
[name_u]Reign[/name_u]
[name_m]Shmuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Wells[/name_m]
[name_m]Yadiel[/name_m]
[name_u]Zahir[/name_u]

18

I’m surprised that [name_f]India[/name_f], [name_f]Alisa[/name_f], [name_f]Tara[/name_f], Kairo, [name_m]Koa[/name_m] and [name_m]Mike[/name_m] weren’t already there!!
but my favourites are:

[name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]India[/name_f], [name_f]Luella[/name_f], Malani/[name_f]Meilani[/name_f] and [name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
Kairo, [name_m]Koa[/name_m] and [name_m]Wells[/name_m]

19

For the girls, I love [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Kimora[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], and [name_f]Selene[/name_f]. I like [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] and [name_f]Samira[/name_f] as GPs. I hate [name_f]Emberly[/name_f], Ensley, Everlee, [name_f]Jurnee[/name_f], [name_m]Oaklee[/name_m], Oaklyn(n), [name_f]Paisleigh[/name_f], and [name_f]Raylee[/name_f]. HATE them. That -lee/leigh/lyn/land trend just raises my hackles. A lot of them also seemed to be foreign (which is cool!!) and I’m not in any position to pass judgment on them. As far as boys go, I like [name_f]Briar[/name_f], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_f]Nova[/name_f], and [name_m]Shepard[/name_m]. (My brother was almost named [name_f]Nova[/name_f]!) I dislike/am neutral on a lot more of these. Gatlin, Jaxx, Jaxxon, [name_m]Juelz[/name_m], [name_f]Kace[/name_f], [name_m]Kylen[/name_m], Kyng, Kairo, [name_m]Dilan[/name_m], [name_m]Decker[/name_m], [name_m]Randall[/name_m], and [name_m]Jovanni[/name_m] are terrible.

20

For the girls I like [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] and [name_f]Selene[/name_f] and from the boys I like [name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_f]Briar[/name_f], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] and [name_m]Simeon[/name_m]. It’s kind of reassuring to see some lovely names coming through with all the Jaxxons and Kaydens!