Top Baby Names for 2013 (So Far)

angiek1 · October 2013

Saw this article today and thought I'd share.
https://living.msn.com/family-parenting/raising-kids/top-baby-names-of-2013-1

The Top 10 names for girls for 2013 so far, with asterisks marking those moving up fastest, are:

Imogen
Charlotte
Harper
Eleanor
Amelia*
Evelyn*
Isla
Violet
Penelope
Cora*

The Top 10 names for boys for the first nine months of 2013 are:

Asher
Finn
Declan
Atticus*
James
Oliver
Henry
Emmett*
Owen
Django

And the Top 10 unisex names are:

1. Rowan*
2. Quinn
3. Kai
4. Sawyer
5. Avery
6. Charlie
7. North*
8. Elliot
9. Finley
10. Emerson

ashybear · October 2013

Django? Furreals?

COgirl29 · October 2013

Imogen is the #1 girls name????? Am I the only one who has never heard of someone using that name? I didn't even know it was a name.

KristaBelieve · October 2013

@COgirl29 I am right there with you! HUH?? How do you even pronounce it?

buckeyebride22 · October 2013

WTH Cora is in the top 10!? I purposely chose a name I liked that wasn't popular. Guess I was wrong.

alinafed · October 2013

There's no way this is true - North? That means thousands of people have been using it since Kim and Kanye. Weird!

COgirl29 · October 2013

Haha @kristabelieve - I have spent the last 5 minutes trying to figure that out!

I just looked again at the social security website for the most popular names for 2012, and these lists look nothing alike. I realize that's last years, but the lists don't dramatically change year to year...

COgirl29 · October 2013

@buckeyebride22 - Cora was #155 last year. I doubt it jumped that much without a celebrity baby naming

mrsjenni · October 2013

Rowan, Kai, Sawyer & Emerson were all on our list for this baby, ha!

Kai was actually my dog's name that recently passed away. I was going to use it for a MN for a boy. We crossed Rowan off pretty early b/c it's too close to Reid. But Sawyer & Emerson were our top two girl names. Em won

BShreeve · October 2013

I'm still determined that Emerson is a boy's name and my first choice for my little dude.

But seriously Django?? Imogen??

nbbride06 · October 2013

Ugh. Elliot is a top contender for a girl for us. I guess it's good and bad.

Winnieella · October 2013

North? I can't believe that's on the list.

BuckeyeANG · October 2013

According to this paragraph from the article it sounds like these are names most frequently viewed on Nameberry's website, but not actually used. Which makes a lot more sense.

"Nameberry tallies which names attract the most views among the 14 million page views for all of the names on its site. The Nameberry popularity list measures which names parents are considering for their children in the future."

ashybear · October 2013

Cora was our #1 girl name. I heard it on Downton Abbey.

daltosostarby · October 2013

KaitiMac said:
"The Nameberry popularity list measures which names parents are considering for their children in the future."

Yeah, there's no way these are going to be the actual top tens for 2013. Django?! Nope.

That makes so much more sense. I was so confused as to how these names were on the most popular list.

ac1259 · October 2013

Yeah and nameberry tends to be the more unique names...so I highly doubt they'll actually wind up in the US Census top 10...not that there's anything wrong with name berry I just feel like they bring up more of the non-mainstream names.

sugarland726 · October 2013

BuckeyeANG said:

According to this paragraph from the article it sounds like these are names most frequently viewed on Nameberry's website, but not actually used. Which makes a lot more sense.

"Nameberry tallies which names attract the most views among the 14 million page views for all of the names on its site. The Nameberry popularity list measures which names parents are considering for their children in the future."

That makes a lot more sense! Some of those names are...interesting.

susieandmarty · October 2013

i have a hard time thinking Imogen is up there

ashleywiz · October 2013

Thank goodness this is just a nameberry thing- or I'd be upset because BOTH of our girl names are on here...haha. Not that it really matters, considering I'm an Ashley and it's really no big deal to have a popular name.

SarahA918 · October 2013

Maybe lots of Downton Abbey fans are naming their little girls Cora!

ac1259 · October 2013

@ashleywiz- I think it's funny because I don't want our girls' names to be too crazy popular. But my husband is an Andrew and he said he's never really been bothered by it.

runnergrl6675 · October 2013

Imogen is bad. Reminds me of Imodium.

ashleywiz · October 2013

ac1259 said:

@ashleywiz- I think it's funny because I don't want our girls' names to be too crazy popular. But my husband is an Andrew and he said he's never really been bothered by it.

@ac1259 I completely understand not wanting it to be too crazy popular, and I hope it isn't because as a kid having 3 Ashley W's in my 3rd grade class was a little excessive-- but on the other hand, it's better (IMO) than having a super obscure name that people have a hard time pronouncing and spelling [though, people even screw up Ashley somehow...]

ac1259 · October 2013

ashleywiz said:

ac1259 said:

@ashleywiz- I think it's funny because I don't want our girls' names to be too crazy popular. But my husband is an Andrew and he said he's never really been bothered by it.

@ac1259 I completely understand not wanting it to be too crazy popular, and I hope it isn't because as a kid having 3 Ashley W's in my 3rd grade class was a little excessive-- but on the other hand, it's better (IMO) than having a super obscure name that people have a hard time pronouncing and spelling [though, people even screw up Ashley somehow...]

@ashleywiz- Yeah it's amazing what people can screw up...My DD's name is Bethany..I've definitely had people mis-hear me sometimes and think her name is Stephanie...I corrected them and said "no with a B" and they were really confused..lol

angiek1 · October 2013

runnergrl6675 said:

Imogen is bad. Reminds me of Imodium.

Your response just made me actually LOL in my office.

angiek1 · October 2013

ashleywiz said:

ac1259 said:

@ashleywiz- I think it's funny because I don't want our girls' names to be too crazy popular. But my husband is an Andrew and he said he's never really been bothered by it.

@ac1259 I completely understand not wanting it to be too crazy popular, and I hope it isn't because as a kid having 3 Ashley W's in my 3rd grade class was a little excessive-- but on the other hand, it's better (IMO) than having a super obscure name that people have a hard time pronouncing and spelling [though, people even screw up Ashley somehow...]

Yeah we refuse to use a name that is in the top 100. I haven't referenced Name Berry before, but I use BabyNameWizard to see how popular a name is.

silentsiren11 · October 2013

BuckeyeANG said:
According to this paragraph from the article it sounds like these are names most frequently viewed on Nameberry's website, but not actually used. Which makes a lot more sense.

"Nameberry tallies which names attract the most views among the 14 million page views for all of the names on its site. The Nameberry popularity list measures which names parents are considering for their children in the future."

This.

Roses87 · October 2013

COgirl29 said:
Imogen is the #1 girls name????? Am I the only one who has never heard of someone using that name? I didn't even know it was a name.

My thought exactly as I read it.

nolagal79 · October 2013

Emerson is our LO's name - she's a girl. I have always loved the names and have only ever met one other real life Emerson and she is 10. I don't know where it's a top 10 name bc it certainly isn't here - at least that I'm aware of.

ashleywiz · October 2013

angiek1 said:

ashleywiz said:

ac1259 said:

@ashleywiz- I think it's funny because I don't want our girls' names to be too crazy popular. But my husband is an Andrew and he said he's never really been bothered by it.

@ac1259 I completely understand not wanting it to be too crazy popular, and I hope it isn't because as a kid having 3 Ashley W's in my 3rd grade class was a little excessive-- but on the other hand, it's better (IMO) than having a super obscure name that people have a hard time pronouncing and spelling [though, people even screw up Ashley somehow...]

Yeah we refuse to use a name that is in the top 100. I haven't referenced Name Berry before, but I use BabyNameWizard to see how popular a name is.

@angiek1 -yeah I can see not wanting a top 100 name...though at this point if we have a boy he might be nameless because we can't seem to settle on a name- so when we do, I could give a hoot where that name happens to fall on the popularity scale. hah!

kteeswei · October 2013

oh. really? huh.

I tried to find a similar article on 2012 names from about this time last year but no luck.

Who is seriously considering the name North? Poor kids..

ChuggingWater · October 2013

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0186975/

Imogen from 2000

blue_elle · October 2013

Never heard of Imogen. I have a feeling someone made this up with some idea that it would sound exotic and kind of like Imagine. Then some other misguided souls obviously clicked on it by accident while lost on Nameberry's site.

COgirl29 · October 2013

blue_elle said:
Never heard of Imogen. I have a feeling someone made this up with some idea that it would sound exotic and kind of like Imagine. Then some other misguided souls obviously clicked on it by accident while lost on Nameberry's site.

Or they saw it and thought, what? That's a name? And clicked on it out or sheer curiosity hahaha

tesskerr · October 2013

Imogen is one of my fave names. It is a real name! It is Celtic, and means maiden. It was our second pick for this LO. I'm pretty sure it is not in any "top" name lists though.

Dishylo · October 2013

I'm surprised at the popularity if Imogen. I've always liked the name and had several friends with that name - maybe it's from the UK? Also, I think people are so concerned with not having a "top 100" name that they're choosing more uncommon names which simply makes those names popular!!

tootsscott · October 2013

Both of our top choices for B/G names are there!

tootsscott · October 2013

Amylou333 said:

I'm surprised at the popularity if Imogen. I've always liked the name and had several friends with that name - maybe it's from the UK? Also, I think people are so concerned with not having a "top 100" name that they're choosing more uncommon names which simply makes those names popular!!
@dishylo I think you're right about Imogen being on the list because of the UK. I don't understand all of the surprised posts above because it's such a popular name over here!

The first time I heard the name Imogen was in the movie 'About a Boy' with Hugh Grant from the early '00's. I think it's cute, but I agree, definitely very English sounding!

My cousin's name is Verity, and we had talked about that for a girl's name, but we just wouldn't pronounce it the same way here and it would come out ugly sounding. People in UK tend to pronounce their 'T's a little bit better than us Canuck folk!

Siblynika · October 2013

{head tilt} I guess it's a good thing 'old fashioned' names are making a comeback. I don't think I can take another news story about some couple naming their child 'You-nique' or 'Hashtag' {shudders}

brideandbreve · October 2013

I love the name Imogen, mainly because of Imogen Heap.

My Cavalier who died in April, Emma, was meant to be named Imogen, and my mom hated the name and talked me out of it. So, I nickname her Emmi (pronounced: Immi).

I love Harper, Eleanor, and Amelia, though. Like, really, really, really love them.

Shannahbee · October 2013

I just don't even know what to make of these lists. I can go to 10 different sites, and on some our name (Oliver) doesn't rank at all, or is in the 70s of the top 100, and in others it's in the top 10. It seems like it was #1 in the UK a couple years back. So we gave up and are just going with it because we love it.

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