Generation Alpha baby names are seemingly bolder, fresher, and more daring compared to any other generation in history.
Choosing a name for your baby is not an easy task. Should you give your child a family name, a super unique name, or something in between? Maybe you want it to have a special meaning such as Luna (moon) or David (beloved). Or perhaps a gender neutral name like Dakota or Finley.
Baby name
website, Listophile has conducted a study into the latest baby naming trends of Generation
Alpha. Generation Alpha is the demographic that follows Generation Z and includes
those born from 2010 to 2025. Therefore the oldest are twelve, and the youngest
have yet to be born.
The study
showed an unprecedented growth of unique names given to Generation Alpha
babies. The study suggests unique names are being used by parents as a vehicle
of self-expression, and to signify their child's individualism.
Listophile
also identified 14 remarkably distinct naming trends of the generation. These
trends ranged from an exponential rise in unisex names, to passing trends such
as creative spellings of more popular names; names that are coming back into
style, such as nature, vintage and virtue names; to relatively new trends such
as cottagecore, word and diminutive names.
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Interesting,
the study found the growth of unique baby names for girls is far more amplified
than the growth of unique baby names for boys. Listophile attributed this trend
to the strong desire of parents wanting to empower their daughters.
Names
Increasing the Most in Popularity:
The study
showed baby names that increased the most in popularity tended to be more
unique and creative names.
The top 5 baby
names that have increased most in popularity are Oaklyn, Ainhoa, Marceline,
Sevyn, and Zhuri for girls and Niklaus, Kyro, Jaxtyn, Amias, and Kiaan for
boys.
Names
Decreasing the Most in Popularity:
Names that
have decreased most in popularity include baby names that were predominantly
popular in the latter half of the 20th century, such as Crystal, Brittany,
Megan, Natasha, and Tiffany for girls and Trent, Brett, Randy, Brendan, and
Larry for boys.
Unsurprisingly,
the baby names Karen and Jeffrey have tanked in popularity. The number of girls
named Karen has decreased 74.75% since 2010. Karen has become associated with
the meme-based mockery of middle-aged women who make unreasonable demands and
display brazen entitlement. While Jeffrey has associations with Jeffrey
Epstein, the convicted sex offender. The number of boys named Jeffery has
decreased by 52.47% since 2010.
Names
having about the same Popularity:
Traditional
names that have been at the top of popular baby name lists for generations are
also popular with Generation Alpha parents.
Names that
have changed least in popularity with Alpha Generation parents include Emma,
Sophia, Elizabeth, Victoria, and Claire for girls and William, Alexander, John,
Simon, and Adrian for boys.
Whatever the name, you will be embarking on the most wonderful and fascinating journey of your life with your new family addition. Enjoy the ride.
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