A couple of years ago I posted about what baby names were trending upward or downward. At that time the most recent Social Security data was from 2017. Now the 2020 baby name data is out, so I thought I’d update that post. After all, trends tend to be very … trendy. If you just want to know what baby names are the most popular, there are plenty of sites online for that, include the Social Security site here. What I’m more interested in are the names that are rapidly gaining or falling in favor. So here goes.
Boys’ names that gained the most in popularity from 2017 to 2020
|
Name |
2017 |
2020 |
|
Theodore |
61 |
23 |
|
Maverick |
84 |
49 |
|
Asher |
59 |
32 |
|
Leo |
62 |
36 |
|
Ezra |
69 |
44 |
|
Elias |
78 |
53 |
|
Mateo |
42 |
20 |
|
Hudson |
64 |
42 |
|
Santiago |
93 |
71 |
|
Jameson |
100 |
79 |
Girls’ names that gained the most in that period
|
Gianna |
91 |
12 |
|
Nova |
94 |
38 |
|
Everly |
82 |
43 |
|
Emilia |
77 |
40 |
|
Eliana |
88 |
53 |
|
Willow |
81 |
48 |
|
Luna |
37 |
14 |
|
Valentina |
95 |
73 |
|
Naomi |
69 |
52 |
|
Ellie |
44 |
29 |
In my next post, I’ll show you the biggest losers.