[name_f]Paisley[/name_f] #53
[name_f]Genesis[/name_f] #65
[name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] #69
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] #78
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] #84 (when did this get so popular!)
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f] #93
Of course, these might surprise me because I’m not in the USA! Based on the Australian top 10, here are the ones that surprise me:
I had no idea [name_m]Sonny[/name_m] was trending up. I thought it was still a fresh choice. [name_m]Harvey[/name_m] and [name_m]Carter[/name_m] feel like US choices. [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] just took me by surprise because I haven’t heard any and it feels a bit traditional.
#40 [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f] (only met one, in her 20s - I know it fits with UK nickname trends, but it still surprises me!)
#66 [name_f]Orla[/name_f] (only met one, late teens - never a little one - I love it, but still surprises me it’s in the top 100)
#71 [name_f]Robyn[/name_f] (surprising because it feels like one that went out of style)
#23 [name_m]Roman[/name_m] (never met one and it doesn’t ‘fit’ with the other popular choices in my head - not sure why)
#62 / #77 [name_m]David[/name_m] / [name_m]Michael[/name_m] (it just surprises me that they’re so popular as I feel like I’ve never met any young people with these names)
#100 [name_m]Myles[/name_m] (it just surprises me that this ranks over Miles)
I agree with you about [name_m]Sonny[/name_m]! That one was so surprising to me. I know a lot of kids (since I have 4 kids myself) but probably not so many babies now, so maybe all the Sonnys are babies and I just haven’t encountered them yet.
The falling names don’t surprise me, as I think they will still stick around in the top 100 until something else rises to take their place. I still know lots of girls named [name_f]Madison[/name_f] and [name_f]Mikayla[/name_f], for example, which feel past their prime to me, but lots of parents still choose them.
I know so many young girls named [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] (in Australia). But for some reason it doesn’t feel as over-saturated as something like [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] or [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] to me!
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] – #46 – yes it’s a very traditional name, but it feels unexpected to me and I can’t believe it’s in the top 50! It’s more popular than for example [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Maya[/name_f], [name_f]Everly[/name_f], and [name_f]Ruby[/name_f], all of which seem way more common among little kids (both among those I know personally and among influencers online, etc). I would have guessed it was somewhere in like the 200s range.
[name_m]Ian[/name_m] – #72 – Since when is [name_m]Ian[/name_m] in the top 100? It feels familiar but not common to me, and I’ve never even heard of a young [name_m]Ian[/name_m]! I only know one or two in their early twenties.
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m] – #57 – this one feels quite dated to me a la [name_m]Brandon[/name_m], [name_m]Justin[/name_m], etc! But unlike the other two it’s in the top 100 and rose in the rankings last year instead of falling. I would have expected [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] to be more popular than [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] at this point, but I guess not!
[name_f]Remi[/name_f] (f) – #118 – I can’t believe [name_f]Remi[/name_f] is almost in the top 100!? I’ve never met or heard of a girl [name_f]Remi[/name_f] except I feel like there was a celebrity baby with the name (I do know one male [name_m]Remy[/name_m] in his twenties) and I have no idea how or why it got so popular. I would have expected it to rank way down in the 800s or something.
Naomi #46 (4,463 babies) – This is lovely, but doesn’t seem on-trend to me right now.
Natalie #55 – I guess I’ve never met a baby Natalie? It feels more like the name of a 30 year old.
Genesis #65 (3,427 babies) – I’ve only ever met one. Seems very unusual for the top 100
Kennedy #74 (3,060 babies) – I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by this one… but I am?
Nevaeh #95 (2,778 babies) – I can’t believe there are actually that many people naming their daughters Nevaeh.
Raelynn #100 (2,702 babies) – For a name that could probably be spelled a lot of different ways, I’m surprised that one managed to crack the top 100.
Theodore #10 (10,754 babies) – I feel like this is a name that is only popular on nameberry, but apparently not!
Sebastian #13 (9,341 babies) – Same reasoning for this one as Theodore.
Michael #16 (8,829 babies) – Babies named Michael? I feel like all the Michaels I’ve met are my parents’ age.
Isaiah #58 – (5,360) Seems like a more obscure biblical name to me, but I guess a lot of people have been using it!
Aaron #71 – (4,496 babies) Seems dated to me, like Michael.
Walker #78 (4,232 babies) – This is just an odd choice imo.
I have read that [name_f]Genesis[/name_f] is most popular among Hispanic/Latino Americans. Girls’ names ending with -is or -ice/-isse etc are popular in general among Latinos, and [name_f]Genesis[/name_f] also has a religious significance which probably adds to its popularity.
