What is the baby name trend?

luv2playsprts

It seems to me that I don't know what the name trend is because people keep telling me my names are too trendy, but on these boards it seems like old fashioned names are the trend. Please forgive me if I am wrong, but that is what it looks like.

frlcb

What are your names?

sugarpumpkin716

to me trendy means (right now) made up and tacky. weird spellings sometimes, will sound very dated in another 15 years...that sort of thing. i've been told my names are trendy (gavin, carter, blake, noah)...noah? really? some people just like to be a$$holes. i don't know what your names are but if they're kinley, brinley...yea that's trendy.

luv2playsprts

Peyton and Hunter, which my husband and I both like. However, I have received many negative comments about them.

luv2playsprts

Peyton and Hunter, which my husband and I both like. However, I have receive many negative comments about them.

StephCripps

luv2playsprts:

Peyton and Hunter, which my husband and I both like. However, I have receive many negative comments about them.

Hunter is getting to pretty popular.. I wouldn't go as far to say it's Trendy though.. (i do know of two little guys with this name.. born recently....)

I do not know of any Peyton's .. and to be honest I'm not a fan of it iether..

sobelleus

Trends I've noticed:

First names that sound like family names (though it's often not a name from your own family)- Jackson, Carter, Emerson, etc

Pop culture names- TV shows, Movies, Celebrities (always the case)- Finn, Quinn, Bella, etc

Unique spellings of usual names- Jaxxon (Jackson), Jessickuh (Jessica), Emilee (Emily)

And Totally made up names- Braelyn, Drayle, Sisinell, Caylynne

ames71

I think I might view "trendy" differently than some posters.

To me, a naming trend is one that is currently fashionable or, in the least, used more widely than it had been in the generation preceding it. For example: names like Catherine, Margaret, and Thomas are not trendy because they have held a steady presence over many years.

Names like Hazel (old lady trend), Reagan (dead president trend), and Mason (occupation trend) have all had either a resurgence in recent years, or have recently become in vogue for the first time. That equals trend to me.

There are trends that I like (ex. old man/old lady names) and some I do not (ex. U.S. president's last names for girls). Trendy does not equal bad to me across the board. I often find it silly when a name is denounced as "trendy" on this and other boards; particularly because those who most often use that term appear to be drawn to names that could also be considered belonging to a current trend.

Generally speaking, a trend is not a bad thing. Misspelled, made-up names are another topic.

LaComtesse

ames17:

I think I might view "trendy" differently than some posters.

To me, a naming trend is one that is currently fashionable or, in the least, used more widely than it had been in the generation preceding it. For example: names like Catherine, Margaret, and Thomas are not trendy because they have held a steady presence over many years.

Names like Hazel (old lady trend), Reagan (dead president trend), and Mason (occupation trend) have all had either a resurgence in recent years, or have recently become in vogue for the first time. That equals trend to me.

There are trends that I like (ex. old man/old lady names) and some I do not (ex. U.S. president's last names for girls). Trendy does not equal bad to me across the board. I often find it silly when a name is denounced as "trendy" on this and other boards; particularly because those who most often use that term appear to be drawn to names that could also be considered belonging to a current trend.

Generally speaking, a trend is not a bad thing. Misspelled, made-up names are another topic.

 

BlueRidge8

There is a difference between trendy and popular.

Generally speaking, 'trendy' is used when posters think that a name will sound dated because it's having a flash-in-the-pan popularity boost for one reason or another.

In 20 years, people will know about what year LO was born if you give them a time-stamped name like Jayden, McKinley, Peyton, etc.

As one of a million Lindsay of the 80's - I get it.

Classic/ popular times are more timeless. Elizabeth, etc.

Check out the book Freakonomics sometime. Great chapter on Baby Name trends and what people assume based off your name.

Mike&Care

BlueRidge8:

There is a difference between trendy and popular.

Generally speaking, 'trendy' is used when posters think that a name will sound dated because it's having a flash-in-the-pan popularity boost for one reason or another.

In 20 years, people will know about what year LO was born if you give them a time-stamped name like Jayden, McKinley, Peyton, etc.

As one of a million Lindsay of the 80's - I get it.

Classic/ popular times are more timeless. Elizabeth, etc.

Check out the book Freakonomics sometime. Great chapter on Baby Name trends and what people assume based off your name.

I agree with this. When I think of 80's names, I hear Tiffany, Caitlin, Lauren, Courtney, Heather, etc. Names that people don't really  use nowadays (as much). Whereas a Katherine, Michael, Sarah, Benjamin could be 80, 30, 20, 5, etc. No clue of age based on name.

I consider old lady names to be back in style and I suppose trendy, but they aren't made up and for the most part have been around for ages (ex: Charlotte, Ava). I actually love most of the popular, recognizable old lady names. Ella, Sophia, Isabelle, etc. All pretty and timeless.

The trends I dislike are the made up names and the names that scream late 90's-2000's baby. I have known tons of Hunters. The first time I heard it was over 10 years ago on a twin that was about 4 at the time... so it's not a new trend. Peyton is a newer trend (imo) and has mostly gone to the girls.

moxie9

I agree with pp's about trendy versus classic, and how both can be fall under the "popular" category. As far as baby name trends, here are some that I've noticed throughout my search over the past eight or so months and the general feedback one can anticipate:

-old-fashioned names are "in," and these are especially liked on this board. Examples are Eleanor, Gwendolyn, Gwyneth, Mia

-surnames as first names--somewhat frowned upon on TB but not overly despised. Examples are Jackson, Hudson, and Harrison

-variations of Aidan--typically receive negative reaction on TB. Examples are Hayden, Jayden, Kayden, Brayden

-uber-masculine names for boys--typically receive negative reactions on TB. Examples are Maddox, Gunnar, Maverick

-boy/unisex names for girls--mixed to negative reactions. Examples are Bailey, Riley, Peyton

-ethnic/cultural baby names--mixed reactions depending on ease of pronunciation, OP's connection to culture, and the name itself.

place names--there are some general favorites that are widely accepted and most others received mixed feedback. Examples are: Georgia, Virginia, London, Hudson

 

kelle017

StephCripps:

luv2playsprts:

Peyton and Hunter, which my husband and I both like. However, I have receive many negative comments about them.

Hunter is getting to pretty popular.. I wouldn't go as far to say it's Trendy though.. (i do know of two little guys with this name.. born recently....)

I do not know of any Peyton's .. and to be honest I'm not a fan of it iether..

I only know one Hunter, and he's a teenager.  The only Peyton I know is a girl (early elementary).

kelle017

sobelleus:

Trends I've noticed:

First names that sound like family names (though it's often not a name from your own family)- Jackson, Carter, Emerson, etc

Pop culture names- TV shows, Movies, Celebrities (always the case)- Finn, Quinn, Bella, etc

Unique spellings of usual names- Jaxxon (Jackson), Jessickuh (Jessica), Emilee (Emily)

And Totally made up names- Braelyn, Drayle, Sisinell, Caylynne

My friends maiden name was Carter, if she has a son his name will be Carter.  Her two aunts both had son's named Carter, so 2 of her cousins have the same name.

capulet

BlueRidge8:

There is a difference between trendy and popular.

Generally speaking, 'trendy' is used when posters think that a name will sound dated because it's having a flash-in-the-pan popularity boost for one reason or another.

In 20 years, people will know about what year LO was born if you give them a time-stamped name like Jayden, McKinley, Peyton, etc.

As one of a million Lindsay of the 80's - I get it.

Classic/ popular times are more timeless. Elizabeth, etc.

Check out the book Freakonomics sometime. Great chapter on Baby Name trends and what people assume based off your name.

Word.

Look up Peyton on the SSA website (https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/).  It's risen rapidly in popularity in the last few years, but it was unheard of as a girls' name 20 years ago.  If its decline is just as precipitous - which happens to a lot of suddenly popular names - then it will be easy in retrospect to pin its popularity to the '00s/'10s.  With Hunter the rise in popularity is not so steep, which is why I think it's less trendy.

Peyton is also part of a wider trend of unisex names for girls which I don't really like.

kingspin11

When I think of trendy, I think of names celebs would use for their kids, also character's from movies names ( ex: Isabella, Jacob) and weird names with horrible made up spellings.

I personally love old fashion names, but who am I to knock a name? Name your child what you decide to, but remember,they have to live with it, so choose wisely.

 

 

msmerymac

IIRC, most boy's names in the US end with -n and most girl's names end with -a. I would consider that to be a trend.

magsugar13

To me and as others have said...names that are popular at the moment and hopefully wont be for long. Names that will be able to be pinpointed to the years the person was born. "currently popular" is the definition of trendi believe.

zaramarie81

luv2playsprts:

Peyton and Hunter, which my husband and I both like. However, I have receive many negative comments about them.

I think when people say a name is "trendy" they are trying to imply it will one day sound dated (and also that your child may share the name with several classmates... but the key I think is that it will sound dated years from now).

Hunter and Peyton do seem a little trendy to me but not terribly so. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

zaramarie81

ames17:

I think I might view "trendy" differently than some posters.

To me, a naming trend is one that is currently fashionable or, in the least, used more widely than it had been in the generation preceding it. For example: names like Catherine, Margaret, and Thomas are not trendy because they have held a steady presence over many years.

Names like Hazel (old lady trend), Reagan (dead president trend), and Mason (occupation trend) have all had either a resurgence in recent years, or have recently become in vogue for the first time. That equals trend to me.

There are trends that I like (ex. old man/old lady names) and some I do not (ex. U.S. president's last names for girls). Trendy does not equal bad to me across the board. I often find it silly when a name is denounced as "trendy" on this and other boards; particularly because those who most often use that term appear to be drawn to names that could also be considered belonging to a current trend.

Generally speaking, a trend is not a bad thing. Misspelled, made-up names are another topic.

Well-said.