DH and I are starting to narrow down our gigantic list of boy names and I want to scratch off anything that is trendy/time-stamped (different from a name being a near the top of the SS list but classic IMHO). Some boy names I feel like are trendy I've listed below but would love for others input on what the trendy names are. These aren't all on our list but thought if we have a thread of all the trendy names it can help anyone else wanting to avoid a trendy boy name. Thanks in advance!
Asher Beckett Declan Ethan Finn Jackson Liam Logan Ryder Theo
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The entire list as a whole reads trendy to me. Maybe Declan and Ethan aren't but Ethan is extremely popular. I see Theo as just a nickname and just throw away Ryder.
@BlessedMomma07 correct! Not looking for what to toss as these aren't even all on our list. These are names I keep hearing that I feel could be trendy but others may disagree. Just want a big list of trendy names that I can avoid. Please add anything you consider trendy.
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@BlessedMomma07 correct! Not looking for what to toss as these aren't even all on our list. These are names I keep hearing that I feel could be trendy but others may disagree. Just want a big list of trendy names that I can avoid. Please add anything you consider trendy.
Thank goodness!! Sorry I skimmed that so quickly the first time I read it. Goes to show you that these names are so trendy I assumed you were trying to narrow down from this list!!! Lol
Aiden (or the million other spellings) Anything that rhymes with Aiden Bentley Jace Henry
I wouldn't consider Ethan trendy. Liam is super popular, but it has been around for a long time, it's just that everyone loves Irish stuff right now.
This is so frustrating to me. My H and I are (genuinely) very into our Irish heritage & Irish culture. We always planned to call our son Liam and also love other Irish names like Rowan... And suddenly they're uber-popular and we're rethinking everything.
Sorry just had to vent.
To OP- Ditto @LuvLoveXo on the Aiden names. You can add Aiden, Brayden, Jadyn, Caden.. (am I even spelling these "right"?...)
I wouldn't consider Ethan trendy. Liam is super popular, but it has been around for a long time, it's just that everyone loves Irish stuff right now.
This is so frustrating to me. My H and I are (genuinely) very into our Irish heritage & Irish culture. We always planned to call our son Liam and also love other Irish names like Rowan... And suddenly they're uber-popular and we're rethinking everything.
Sorry just had to vent.
To OP-
Ditto @LuvLoveXo on the Aiden names. You can add Aiden, Brayden, Jadyn, Caden.. (am I even spelling these "right"?...)
I bet it is. I'd say go for it, if you love them, and then your kids can be like "Oh no, we're ACTUALLY of Irish heritage, not posers" Or you yourself can just cast shade.
Of course, I've loved the name Adeline for years (used it for a character design in college, loved her so much) and it just feels like it got popular overnight. Ah well.
H is all German and I'm mostly German, I'm pushing for Johannes if we ever have a boy. I don't think I'm going to win that though.
I agree with PPs...it hard, I wouldn't put some of the names in the "trendy" category necessarily, just popular.
Definitely:
Aidan (and the other various spellings) Camden Mason Cruz Dexter / Dax Asher / Archer Bentley Jackson (and other various spellings) Axel Jace/Jase Sawyer Hunter Gray / Grayson Beckett Levi Jayden/Kayden Atticus Lincoln Apollo Maddox Austin Landon Griffin Ryder
Declan may be new on the horizon in the u.s., but it is far from a trendy name IMO. It is an old 18th century Irish name, st. Declan. Has long been a very traditional name there. I guess it's just a matter of region.
It's trendy because all of a sudden everyone is in love with it, and just this year alone the number of kids with that name is going to sky rocket. It might be a biblical name, but up until the past year or so I had only heard it on one person before, and now it seems that so many people are using it or at least suggesting it. Lately I've been hearing a lot of Peyton/Dayton/Paxton too.
Well trends go out of style. Classic names may go in cycles, spike in popularity at one point then die out again. To me, trendy names have no real strong meaning, history behind them. Or perhaps made up names. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion though.
I wouldn't consider Ethan trendy. Liam is super popular, but it has been around for a long time, it's just that everyone loves Irish stuff right now.
This is so frustrating to me. My H and I are (genuinely) very into our Irish heritage & Irish culture. We always planned to call our son Liam and also love other Irish names like Rowan... And suddenly they're uber-popular and we're rethinking everything.
Sorry just had to vent.
To OP-
Ditto @LuvLoveXo on the Aiden names. You can add Aiden, Brayden, Jadyn, Caden.. (am I even spelling these "right"?...)
I bet it is. I'd say go for it, if you love them, and then your kids can be like "Oh no, we're ACTUALLY of Irish heritage, not posers" Or you yourself can just cast shade.
Of course, I've loved the name Adeline for years (used it for a character design in college, loved her so much) and it just feels like it got popular overnight. Ah well.
H is all German and I'm mostly German, I'm pushing for Johannes if we ever have a boy. I don't think I'm going to win that though.
Too cute! And he could go by Joe for a nn. Out of my own etymological curiosity, is it pronounced Yo-han (like the a sound in Han Solo) or Jo-han (like the a sound in hand)-es? Or I guess even Jo-han (as in my first example)-es is a possibility with the little I know of German. I love language!
Well trends go out of style. Classic names may go in cycles, spike in popularity at one point then die out again. To me, trendy names have no real strong meaning, history behind them. Or perhaps made up names. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion though.
So if the name Asher is eventually going to go out of style, doesn't that make it a trend?
I wouldn't consider Ethan trendy. Liam is super popular, but it has been around for a long time, it's just that everyone loves Irish stuff right now.
This is so frustrating to me. My H and I are (genuinely) very into our Irish heritage & Irish culture. We always planned to call our son Liam and also love other Irish names like Rowan... And suddenly they're uber-popular and we're rethinking everything.
Sorry just had to vent.
To OP- Ditto @LuvLoveXo on the Aiden names. You can add Aiden, Brayden, Jadyn, Caden.. (am I even spelling these "right"?...)
I bet it is. I'd say go for it, if you love them, and then your kids can be like "Oh no, we're ACTUALLY of Irish heritage, not posers" Or you yourself can just cast shade.
Of course, I've loved the name Adeline for years (used it for a character design in college, loved her so much) and it just feels like it got popular overnight. Ah well.
H is all German and I'm mostly German, I'm pushing for Johannes if we ever have a boy. I don't think I'm going to win that though.
Too cute! And he could go by Joe for a nn. Out of my own etymological curiosity, is it pronounced Yo-han (like the a sound in Han Solo) or Jo-han (like the a sound in hand)-es? Or I guess even Jo-han (as in my first example)-es is a possibility with the little I know of German. I love language!
Proper would be yo - hah-nes (hah being long like Han solo). Most English speakers would say Jo - han- es though, which is our main issue with it.
But it would sound so awesome with our very German last name. Ah well.
Well trends go out of style. Classic names may go in cycles, spike in popularity at one point then die out again. To me, trendy names have no real strong meaning, history behind them. Or perhaps made up names. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion though.
I see your point. Some people hear trendy and think "made up." Names like Declan and Asher are certainly not made up.
However, for the purpose of this thread I think trendy means "suddenly overly popular." Asher is a really old name but it has NEVER been popular until recently. Liam (my favorite name) is the same way. When names suddenly get mega-popular people view them as trendy, even if they're old names. It sucks but it's true.
Of course, names like Asher and Liam are still legitimate names and in a whole different league than the made up "youneek" names.
@valeriemarie24 - my point is precisely that. Asher won't go in and out of style. It has been around for thousands of years...and has ALWAYS been popular in Jewish communities. Names do go through cycles. I hear Henry a lot now too...do consider that trendy?
Yep, Henry is what I'd call trendy at the moment. Name trends are just like clothing trends or any other kind of trend. They might have been around for a while but when a sudden influx of people all start using/liking them like crazy, that is a trend. And up until about 2013 I knew only one Asher, now I'm seeing them all over the place. Hence, trend
Re: Current trendy boy names? (XP from the other place)
Everything else is trendy or at least overly popular right now.
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Landon
Jace
Jayden
Dexter
Rowan
Mason
Aiden (or the million other spellings)
Anything that rhymes with Aiden
Bentley
Jace
Henry
I'd add Atticus. I love the name, but it seems very trendy right now.
Sorry just had to vent.
To OP-
Ditto @LuvLoveXo on the Aiden names. You can add Aiden, Brayden, Jadyn, Caden.. (am I even spelling these "right"?...)
Definitely:
Aidan (and the other various spellings)
Camden
Mason
Cruz
Dexter / Dax
Asher / Archer
Bentley
Jackson (and other various spellings)
Axel
Jace/Jase
Sawyer
Hunter
Gray / Grayson
Beckett
Levi
Jayden/Kayden
Atticus
Lincoln
Apollo
Maddox
Austin
Landon
Griffin
Ryder
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Those are just names I've heard a lot lately.
Proper would be yo - hah-nes (hah being long like Han solo). Most English speakers would say Jo - han- es though, which is our main issue with it.
But it would sound so awesome with our very German last name. Ah well.
However, for the purpose of this thread I think trendy means "suddenly overly popular." Asher is a really old name but it has NEVER been popular until recently. Liam (my favorite name) is the same way. When names suddenly get mega-popular people view them as trendy, even if they're old names. It sucks but it's true.
Of course, names like Asher and Liam are still legitimate names and in a whole different league than the made up "youneek" names.
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Bentley
Jackson/Jaxon/Jax
Peyton
Grayson/Greyson
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