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The baby names rising in popularity for 2018

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Some have come right out of left field

 

We all know the time, care and fights – oh lawdddy the fights – that go into naming babies.

It’s a crucial decision. After all, what if they get bullied on the playground? What if their name ‘dates’ them? What if the next Trump-style figure has the same name and it loses all appeal quick smart?

 

What if it makes the list of most Bogan names?

Here to give you a few pointers is website BabyCenter. They’ve released the top 100 fastest trending baby names (if you put stock in that sort of thing):

Girls

Names rising in popularity:

Ruby

Aria

Zara

Aaliyah

Ariana

Marley 

Peyton

Harlow

Luna

Newbies to make the ‘popularity’ cut: 

Alyssa

Maisie

Kiara

Rose

Amelie

Florence

Falling in popularity:

Emily

Isabelle

Sophie

Matilda

Maddison

Imogen

Eleanor

Indiana

 

 

Boys

Rising in popularity:

Sonny

Zachary

Connor

Logan

Blake

Theo

Hugo

Hudson

Carter

Parker

Edward

Newbies to make the ‘popularity’ cut: 

Kaiden

Xander

Darcy

Isaiah

Zane

Cohen

Fletcher

Asher

Jude

Falling in popularity:

Alexander

Samuel

Patrick

Jordan

Caleb

Michael

Nicholas

Jake

Dominic

 

 

Image: Getty / Tuan Tran

By Ally ParkerJanuary 14, 2018