With every year comes new baby-naming trends [1] — think nouns as names and unisex monikers in 2016 — and in 2017, it's looking like the hottest trends of the year [2] include multicultural picks, pop-culture-inspired names (like Bowie), and options that are seemingly more gender-specific than in past years.
According to Nameberry's top name charts, there are quite a few names that saw over 100 percent growth from January 2016 to January 2017 [3] (some even grew by over 1,000 percent — lookin' at you, Tatjana!). Although many of the names are unique enough that they likely won't make it into the coveted top slots of the year [4], these names are clearly on the rise and looking to make a splash on the year's trendy lists.
Scroll through to see 50 of the predicted hottest baby names of the year.
Boys
- Albie
- Alden
- Arrow
- Aurelius
- Beauregard
- Benajah
- Bowie
- Cassian
- Cassius
- Callum
- Dante
- Franklin
- Gunther
- Issac
- Kane
- Koa
- Kyd
- Lucien
- Marcel
- Mateo
- Ragnar
- Sayer
- Sherlock
- Sulien
- Xander
Girls
- Alisha
- Alizeh
- Amara
- Arcadia
- Arielle
- Bellamy
- Calista
- Ines
- Kyra
- Lilian
- Moana
- Natasha
- Noor
- Marisol
- Ophelia
- Portia
- Reina
- Rosamund
- Samara
- Saskia
- Seren
- Sutton
- Tahiti
- Tatjana
- Zoey