Talk to me about name trends...

Mrs.21

Thanks to this board we decided to name potential DS #2 August William.

I just looked up the popularity of August within the last 100 years on the Social Security web site, and it has risen 200 places just in the past 5 years. Does that indicate a serious trend?

I see a lot of posters on this board love the name August. It's a family name for us (my great-grandfather's MN) and the only name DH and I can agree on. We don't like popular names though, and I would hate for it to turn into the next Aidan.

What do you ladies think? Is this the next hot new name?

TIA for any thoughts.

JaneG2011

I really dont think August will ever be the next Aiden.  It hasn't jumped significantly enough. 

azuremama

Definitely not the next Aidan.  I don't think it'll become too popular, personally.  Plus, even with the bump in popularity, it's still only around 400, right?  That's still pretty rare.

veganxangel

August has a few variants but I think the one most popular on this particular board is Augustus. Here's a link about trends:

https://nameberry.com/blog/2010/11/15/baby-names-2011-14-hottest-trends-to-track-now/

I don't think it will "be the next Aidan" but I do think we will hear more and more August- names in the next couple of years. 

JenWen3

Just my 2 cents on popularity, but William is a classic. Its popularity does not make it trendy. Also: many Williams are being called Liam, so that makes a difference, too.

I also don't think August will ever even crack the top-50 (just my opinion). I wouldn't shy away from either one due to popularity.