Seems like there’s a way to analyze this in a systematic way, from social security name data. Any name that popped up as a newly popular name and fell back off within a decade or two would probably eventually become a marker of that generation.
Gladys was popular between 1900 and 1920, and became known as an old lady name by the 80’s or 90’s.
Karen was popular between 1945 and 1965, and is regarded a prototypical boomer name.
The Baby Jessicas of the 80’s will be retirees in the 2050’s. Ashleys and Emilys will probably be that in the 2060’s. There will be Britneys and Emmas.
But the methodology could probably be applied to the data in a systematic way.
Brayden, Brittany. Anything from Game of Thrones.
i feel “Reek” has some staying power. never grows old.
never grows old.
Neither will Rickon
Yuuup lol I came here specifically to comment “Khaleesi”
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They hate us 'cause they anus.
“Hey Anus, how’s it hanging?”
Oh you know, just hanging out
shooting the breeze
How about NOT setting your kid up for the nickname ‘Prolapse’
Ayden, Brayden, Kayden, Bobayden… Can probably generalize this to “unique” spellings like Kayleygh, Kyrsrtyn, etc.
Waiting for Ruth to be popular again. No one makes pies like Ruth.
I sincerely hope those dumbass “unique” spellings go away.
Some of them might become the new normal spelling, just as with so many other names and wyrds
Assuming the GoT babies didn’t change their names. Imagine having a name that others yourself from everyone else and it comes from a fake culture in a fake world.
All name are made up. Besides this is nothing new, there’s a lot of media that inspires baby names. I have s friend who’s kids are all named after Inception characters.
Brittany was big in the 80s, now not so much
Tabithas everywhere in schools today.
What schools are those?
Middle schools where my wife works.
Nearly all of the names on this list, minus, perhaps, the classics (David, Michael, John, etc.).
I am thankful that my wife and I agreed not to give our boys idiotic names like “Verility” (and you just know that it would be misspelled as such) or “Grayson” and whatnot, yet also not trendy shit like “Oliver”.
Wait, what’s wrong with Oliver? I always thought it was a normal but uncommon name that was making a comeback as an uncommon name again, lol
Never met anyone with the name, though
Not yet you haven’t. Oliver and Olivia are, as of last year, both in the top three in England and Wales as well as the US, Canada and Australia and, at least in Britain, have been there or close for the last decade or so.
Basically, they haven’t quite grown up yet, but expect an increase of them making their own way in the world in 10-20 years.
Source: behindthename.com (who cite their sources)
Riley, Jayden, Kaden, Aiden, and hopefully Damien.
Let’s say you want to find what will be an “old person’s name” in 2060. What you do is subtract 60 from 2060 => 2000. Then go to google and type in “most popular baby names year 2000”
pick the first 10 or so and those will be “old person’s name”
When I was in school every third girl was named Jennifer and every third boy was named Christopher. Don’t really see either of those nowadays. I’m in my 40s so they’re about 15-20 years from being old people names.
Also Karen. The internet ruined that name.
When I can finally have a cat, it will be named either Jennifur if female, or Christofur if male.
I find it funny to name my cat after very common human names, although these names are not so common were I live, that would avoid some friends or family members to feel offended I name my pet after them.
We’re only a couple of decades away from nursing homes being full of Megans.
All of them?
Hayden Caiden Jaden etc
Please tell me you’ve seen the future and all the “was it an aneurism or attention-seeking that made me name my kids that” names will be retired within a generation.
maybe brock or allen. i dunno, infamous names in this generation.
Like the rapist Brock Allen Turner?
Rapist Allen Turner, aka rapist Brock Turner, who got a 6-month slap-on-the-wrist sentence for what his father called (and I quote) “twenty minutes of action”? That rapist Allen Turner (aka rapist Brock Turner)? The one who only served 3 months?!
Todd Kyle Chad
Holly sounds like a sweet name now, but you can almost feel it become the next Nancy.
My bet is on unabbreviated names like Samantha, Nathaniel, Joshua. Any name that isn’t already the abv. version. I think people will go towards the Sam’s, Nate’s/Nathan’s and Josh’s. No reason to think this just a gut feeling.
