Prediction: the 'hot' baby names of 2010

by Sarah Gilbert (Subscribe to Sarah Gilbert's posts) Nov 16th 2005 1:41PM

Categories: Pregnancy & Birth, Development

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I hang with a pretty hip crowd. Or at least, I'm going to believe that for the purposes of this post. And I've been paying keen attention to the parenting trends around me. The most important aspect of parenting of all is, of course, the name you select for your baby. And I've been watching.

My dear friend just birthed a baby she and her husband named "Eve Charlotte," and she's not the first "Charlotte" among my dear friends - more like, the third. And it's even a name I considered when it was still possible Truman might be a girl. "Milo" is, likewise, taking the hip parenting world by storm. There are two "Milo"s and one "Mila" (pronounced "mee-la") in Everett's preschool - that's out of about 25 students overall.

So you heard it here first. The number one baby names of 2010: "Milo" for boys, "Charlotte" for girls.

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Hillary 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

My mom (who is 60) is named Mila (pronounced my-la). She was born in Philadelphia PA and is of european Jewish descent.

Chrystal 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

I named my daughter Charlotte. I guess we're 6 years early to be hip though :)

momma2mingbu 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

My almost-3-year-old is Ruby Charlotte.

Elizabeth 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

So far, we seem to be unhip. We've only met one other Dorothy who didn't have gray hair, and even she was 40.

Melissa 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

There is a Charlotte, Eve and a Milo in my daughters class. She is almost 4 and I thought that Maya was a really unique name but now I hear it everywhere. My youngest is Natalie, which is less common but is an old name. I think names go in trends. I've noticed a lot of people are going for older names, i.e. Charlotte, Eve, Milo, because they are sick of the unisex names and last names.

Andie D. 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

I thought that we were being original when we named our daughter Sophia. I even had the perfect middle name, Grace. But when I looked up the name Sophia Grace, I found that there were SOOOOO many Sophia's with the same middle name. And my 2nd middle name choice wouldn't work. Sophia Lauren? Yeah.

So we went with Sophia Camille instead. I love it, even though there are so many Sophias out there now.

Andie D. 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

I thought that we were being original when we named our daughter Sophia. I even had the perfect middle name, Grace. But when I looked up the name Sophia Grace, I found that there were SOOOOO many Sophias with the same middle name. And my 2nd middle name choice wouldn't work. Sophia Lauren? Yeah.

So we went with Sophia Camille instead. I love it, even though there are so many Sophias out there now.

CG 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

We went the traditional route and named our son Thomas Michael. My spouse is Michael and having grown up with what has been the #1 boy name forever, he felt strongly about giving our son a name that wasn't the trendy, popular name of the moment. He has sat in too many meetings where half the men were named Michael/Mike. I don't think Thomas will have that problem with the names being given these days. The traditional names will be the new "original" names.

It's interesting how popular names are a sign of the times. Not sure about Milo, but I do like Charlotte. It's probably because of Sex and the City. I've met one infant by that name recently.

CG 12-18-2005 @ 6:50PM

Kate 12-30-2005 @ 11:58AM

When we talked about the name Milo as a possibility for a second son a few months ago, we got mostly negative reactions. I can't believe it is so popular now! Nobody we spoke to seemed to know any Milos, and everyone thought the name sounded 'old'. It's still one of my favourite boy name choices.