What do you think are going to be the surprise jumpers? What are you shocked is still in the top spots?
I am still shocked that the aiden/jayden/kayden/braydens get so many spots in the top 100. I wonder if they fell last year. Also, i have known 3 little Coltans born in the past two years. I wonder if its just my area of the country or if its an up and comer.
What do you ladies think?
I think [name]Harper[/name] is definitely going to continue to rise. For boys…not sure but I know three people who just had little Bradens so it doesn’t look like that’s going anywhere for the moment. I think [name]Sawyer[/name] is becoming popular for boys as well as names like [name]Harrison[/name].
For certain, [name]Harper[/name]. I know several [name]Violet[/name]'s born this year (since its my dd’s name) and weirdly, 2 [name]Evangeline[/name]'s in the past two weeks. For certain, [name]Lila[/name]/[name]Lyla[/name]/[name]Lylah[/name] etc so many of those.
For boys, I have locally heard [name]Cole[/name] a lot and [name]Everett[/name]. [name]Emmett[/name] too.
Watch the rise of [name]Penelope[/name].
Well there was a contestant last year on American Idol who went by “[name]Colton[/name]”…
I’m an atheist, but I am PRAYING that [name]Eloise[/name] doesn’t rise.
Rising: [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Stella[/name], [name]Scarlett[/name], [name]Penelope[/name] (sheds a tear), [name]Lilah[/name], [name]Jackson[/name], [name]Liam[/name], [name]Logan[/name]
Actually, I guess I can see -ette/otte/et names rising as the -bella names fall.
Falling: [name]Isabella[/name], [name]Madison[/name], [name]Emily[/name]/[name]Emma[/name] (slowly), [name]Aiden[/name]
[name]Cora[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Eloise[/name], [name]Scarlett[/name], [name]Violet[/name] (did not purposely alphebetize these… weird… I guess I’ll add “[name]Zoe[/name]”!)
The list would be so much more useful if they would combine the different name spellings. It completely changes the rankings for some of them. I think part of the reason we have so many little Aidens/Jaydens/Braydens/etc running around is because the list doesn’t combine the spellings so people think they’re a lot more “unique” than they actually are. There used to be a similar problem in the 2000s with all the people spelling [name]Caitlin[/name] different ways.
I think [name]Penelope[/name] will continue the rapid rise it has had since it re-entered the Top 1000 in 2001 (after dropping out in 1976). It was #169 in 2011, I think it will have broken in to the Top 100 in 2012, or if it hasn’t, it will only just be outside.
[name]Violet[/name] will have continued to rise as well.
I think [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Madison[/name] will start to fall, as their “replacement” names [name]Avery[/name] and [name]Addison[/name] continue to rise.
The name [name]Brooklyn[/name] has had a very similar rapid climb to that of [name]Avery[/name], entering the Top 1000 the following year that [name]Avery[/name] did, and leaping up the Top 1000 at fast pace. At #21, it’s three places behind [name]Avery[/name], and I think it may break the Top 20 in the 2012 stats. I think [name]Brooklyn[/name] is the new -lyn name of choice, now [name]Caitlin[/name] has had its day.
I’ll come back and post some more later!
I agree with pps about the rise of [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Harper[/name], and [name]Brooklyn[/name]/[name]Brooklynn[/name]. I don’t know about boys. [name]Jacob[/name], [name]Ethan[/name], and [name]Mason[/name] will probably stay high. I knida think “son” names will rise for both genders ([name]Madison[/name], [name]Addison[/name], [name]Jackson[/name], [name]Harrison[/name], [name]Greyson[/name]) but I think after this year it’ll start to drop. Same with the “[name]Bella[/name]” names.
I kinda think names ending in “er” will be the next ‘names ending in aden’ craze. ([name]Harper[/name], [name]Parker[/name], [name]Carter[/name], [name]Sawyer[/name], and so on)
I’ve been hearing a lot of [name]Aubree[/name] too. (Or any of its spelling variations)
[name]Nahla[/name] was on the list for the first time in 2011 at #861. I think it will continue to rise, along with [name]Nala[/name], which isn’t on the list at all. I’ve heard it a few times.
I’ve been hearing [name]Finn[/name] and [name]Isla[/name] all over the place, so it seems like those names are on the up. I can see [name]Penelope[/name] continuing to rise as well.
Personally, I’m praying that [name]Stella[/name] doesn’t keep going up, as I’ve been set on [name]Estella[/name] for ages…
Another thought, I think A names are going to rise (maybe the new E names?).
Of my [name]July[/name] birth board on another site, I swear half the women are using A names…multiple little [name]Aria[/name]'s, [name]Arianne[/name]'s, [name]Annabelle[/name]'s, [name]Addison[/name]/[name]Addyson[/name]/Addysin, [name]Averie[/name]'s, [name]Aubrey[/name]/[name]Aubree[/name], etc…it was staggering when we had an ABC chart of names, maybe one or two names in every other letter and a couple dozen A’s.