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Baby name trends change faster today than ever before. Just a few years ago, a name like Ava was a refreshing surprise. Now it's a top five hit. What's up next? To find out, I've asked my friends at BabyNameWizard.com for an exclusive peek into the hottest names from the site's "Namipedia."
Every day, thousands of name-hunting parents turn to Namipedia to learn about -- and comment on -- their favorite names. The searches make the most popular names a snapshot of what name-conscious parents will be naming their babies, just a couple of trimesters down the line.
Many of the names reflect the current top 10. Others, though, read like a glimpse into the future. The baby name style forecast: a shower of Charlottes and Olivers. Those are 2010's most-researched names for boys and girls to date.
Charlotte was quietly timeless until the late 1990s, when it was featured on the TV series "Sex and the City." The show has been off the air for years now, but the name seed was planted. Charlotte has continued to climb the popularity charts, and the Namipedia rankings point to even greater popularity ahead.
The boy's name Oliver has lagged behind sister Olivia in popularity ... in the United States, at least. In England and Australia, it's a top-10 hit. As the most-searched boy's name of 2010, it should continue its rise here, too.
At the cutting edge of style, BabyNameWizard.com also has tabulated the hot new names that have risen the fastest from a year ago. Not surprisingly, some come straight from Hollywood. But the biggest name boost doesn't necessarily go to the celebrity in the brightest spotlight. Take Sookie, an old-fashioned nickname for Susan that appears in the TV series "True Blood," and Castiel, the name of an angel on the series "Supernatural." They've intrigued enough parents to become the hottest rising names of 2010.
The Namipedia Top 10 Boys' and Girls' Names of 2010 So Far:
GIRLS
1. Charlotte
2. Olivia
3. Elizabeth
4. Amelia
5. Emily
6. Ava
7. Ella
8. Claire
9. Emma
10. Violet
BOYS
1. Oliver
2. Owen
3. Henry
4. Liam
5. James
6. Jack
7. Alexander
8. Benjamin
9. William
10. Noah
The Hot Risers:
GIRLS
1. Sookie
2. Tenley
3. Eloise
4. Genevieve
5. Piper
BOYS
1. Castiel
2. Declan
3. Atreyu
4. Dashiell
5. Phineas
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4-07-2010 @ 11:17AM
Lou said...Unbelievable! An MD friend of mine told me about a 3 or 4 year old who was seen in the ER with that name. May be the same kid !(hospital was in Memphis). The doc thought to himself "should we call DCYS now?"
If you're going to best0ow on your kid an unusual name, at least give him/her a middle one he/she can fall back on if so desired.
4-07-2010 @ 12:20PM
dragonflyandsun said...Yet another urban legend. I've heard that story, too. Same line as "My (insert friend or relative here) was in the delivery room and heard a story about a woman who named her baby (choose from: Female {pronounced fuh-MAH-lee}, Placenta)."
4-07-2010 @ 3:47PM
DESPERADO said...Luis: I think your right there dude. Gonna be hard for the correction officers to pronounce later when they are in the slamma. lol..
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4-07-2010 @ 10:06AM
Marta said...Sam you need to go take your meds and lie down.
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4-07-2010 @ 10:27AM
Lori said...Whoa, people. Why are we all so up in arms about this? If it's not your kid, why do you care what he or she is being named? And weren't all names "made up" at some point? If someone truly doesn't like their name, they always have the option of changing it (like Zowie Bowie did, I believe - now there's a reason to complain about one's own name!) I think it's great that there's diversity - who wants to call everyone they know by the same names? Vive la difference!
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4-07-2010 @ 10:26AM
Barbara said...My 17 month old grandson has an unusual name which I have come to love. It suits him perfectly - Paxton Cole. We call him Pac Man for short!!! His older sister's name made the list - Olivia Grace aka OG!
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4-07-2010 @ 10:33AM
Rebecca said...I'm a little disappointed in some of the people on here. I am currently 14 weeks pregnant and have been having a dilemma on what to name my child. I don't care for overly popular names, so I thought this would be nice to read. I decided not to read any further.
Some background about me. I am a Caucasian woman from Upstate New York. Some of the top students in my graduating class from Syracuse University had some of these so called "weird, Obama-like" names, and they were in fact African American. They are people as well. And you know what? We need to stop torturing and mocking people for what their parents named them. This is not their fault. So what if someone is named LaTonya or Samaria? It doesn't make them any less of a person. In fact, I think it makes them more of a person for putting up with these names.
We are all adults, I think we should all just get along.
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4-07-2010 @ 3:33PM
brenda said...My baby's name is Briar Lane. Just a suggestion.
4-07-2010 @ 10:27AM
Stacy said...What about la-a? (pronounced la-dash-a) because the dash don't be silent! ROFLMAO
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4-07-2010 @ 10:38AM
SunnyHawwaii said...I couldn't believe the top 5 Boy's name....all of them ridiculous and how are they pronounced. I have an unusual ethnic name - it's quite common now - but when I was growing up it was hell to have this unusual name. To this day, folks mispronunce it, can't spell it and cruel kids used it to tease me. When I'm on the phone it takes the other person forever to get my first name. That's why I kept my ex's last name instead of my maiden name. That's even LONGER to spell and pronounce so it was a double whammy. It's just annoying as hell and I wish I was given a simple name from the beginning. I used a nick name for years until I finally decided to return to my original name. So tha't's why I don't get parents who give kids freaky names or weird spellings trying to be unusual. I just saw on Tiaras and Toddlers kids name with weird spellings. Life is hard enough for a little kid. Don't straddle them with weird, unusual names that are spelled or pronounced differently. Worse to have them having to spell it over and over to customer service people on the phone for the rest of their lives.
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4-07-2010 @ 11:49AM
Alex said...WTH? I just named my kid Owen, and it was the #58 most popular name. How did it all of a sudden become #2? Memo to other parents: Stop Naming Your Kid Owen. Stick with Jaden/Caden/Haden/Aden/Raden and other such blah names.
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4-09-2010 @ 6:48PM
Danielle said...Three of my friends had boys 2 summers ago, all named Owen- crazy popular in the Northeast!
4-07-2010 @ 10:43AM
Justyn said...I think some people are refurring to the ODD names people make up when speaking about the "African American" names.... Like La-a. . .(pronounced LA DASH A) Serious about that. It doesn't mean anything, and you can NOT tell me that is a traditional name in any country. Clever? Yes. Idiotic. Absolutely. Especially since the girl gets an attitude with anyone who can't spell/pronounce that when they first see/hear it, including teachers. And a lot of the names you hear are NOT Biblical names, I'm sorry but that is a silly excuse.
I have no promblem with people who spell names oddly (to us Americans,) I simply ask them to please spell it for me. It's quite simple. The people who annoy me are ones who get pissed because you spelled Smith wrong, since they spell it Smithe, or Smythe (even though I personally would pronounce the last one differently than Smith.)....I don't get mad when I go somewhere and have to spell MY last name since it is difficult. I always offer to spell it when I am in the US, but when I am in Mexico I don't because they usually know how to spell it since it is a Hispanic name. But if you went to Africa and asked them to spell La-a I doubt they could...
My biggest complaint is when a name means something strange, or bad/sad. Why would you name your child something 'made up' that ACTUALLY has a meaning in another language/country without making sure it wasn't bad? Of I forgot, people don't think.
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4-08-2010 @ 2:19PM
Ted Szymanski said...A first name goes with a last name, so don't hang a moniker on a kid that will prove to be a traumatic experience starting in grade school. Like: Justin Case, Sandy Beach, Candy Barr, Holly Woods, Ginger Bread, Bob Sledd, Emma Hogg, Rusty Key, Ty Coon, June Bugg, Douglas Furr and my favorite Frank N. Stein. All these names I have collected over my lifetime and they are names of real people.
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4-07-2010 @ 10:44AM
Linda said...Let me educate some of you. We African American people started giving our children elaborate names back in the day because that was all we had to give them. Some of the names used back then were King or Queen. This has been handed down through the generations. Todays parents have gone very far with this and they probably don't know the history either. In my experience AA employers have more of a prejudice against certain names than White ones do. Educate yourself before making such comments about your own people.
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4-07-2010 @ 10:46AM
gator said...wow!...let's get ready to rumble,in this corner the challengers from africa america felony and shitonya take on the champs from america africa latrina and vaselina and your ref for tonights action from La is La-a.
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4-07-2010 @ 10:49AM
Justyn said...Well I don't know where all the hot names are from but Declan is Celtic
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4-07-2010 @ 11:07AM
Justyn said...So either the ones of us who had La-a are from the same area or there are more than one La-a's in the USA.
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4-07-2010 @ 10:59AM
Susan said...I keep seeing boys named Caleb all over the place . Most people havn't a clue what the names mean or their origin . Caleb is Hebrew for Dog !
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4-07-2010 @ 11:08AM
Justyn said...OK but you have to know if in their culture a dog is a GOOD thing or a BAD thing. If they think dogs are a very important animal then it is a good thing. (I personally have no clue.) It's not just the meaning but whether or not something is bad/good in the culture where the name came from.