The Top 100 Baby Names of 2018
May 13, 2020
Nameberry, the world’s largest website dedicated to baby names, recently issued its list of most popular baby names of 2018. From classic favorites to unique newcomers, this ultimate roundup of the trendiest monikers has it all.
Nameberry’s popular baby name list measures which names attracted the largest share of the site’s nearly 250 million page views. It’s a measure of parents’ interest in baby names and a predictor of which names will become more popular in the future. While the latest national list measures 2017 popularity, Nameberry’s list gives a more current sense of what parents are considering now.
Can’t wait to hear what topped the 2018 charts? We’ll save you the anticipation: Atticus is the top boys’ name for the second year in a row, and Olivia ranks as the most popular girls’ name for the third consecutive year. Curious to see what else ranked among the top 10—and even 100—of the year? Read on.
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Top 10 baby names for girls
Top 10 baby names for boys
Top 100 baby names for girls
Top 100 baby names for boys
Olivia has been a favorite for a few years now, but the bigger news is that two new names have reached Nameberry’s Top 10 baby name list: Genevieve and Rose. Looking at the other popular baby girl names, it’s clear the top choices reflect the continued influence of celebrities and popular culture. Charlotte’s popularity is inspired by the young British princess, while the popularity of multicultural Amara was probably spiked by her presence as an immortal character on The Vampire Diaries, and Genevieve is a fresher replacement for the Jen-generation of names. Also, it’s fun to note that four of the top 10 girls’ names begin and end in the letter A.
- Olivia
- Isla
- Amara
- Cora
- Charlotte
- Aurora
- Amelia
- Ava
- Rose
- Genevieve
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The most popular boy name, Atticus, represents a growing trend toward ancient Latin names and literary heroes. Theodore is a second-tier classic making a strong comeback, while Silas is a name revived by Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake in 2015. Rounding out the list is Finn, a fresh addition to Nameberry’s top 10.
- Atticus
- Milo
- Jasper
- Asher
- Jack
- Theodore
- Silas
- Wyatt
- Henry
- Finn
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New entrants on Nameberry’s list of top 100 baby names for girls are multisyllabic Clementine, Anastasia, Emmeline and Cordelia, along with Florence, Lyra, Margot, Wren and Mabel.
For both girls and boys, we’re now seeing a preponderance of charming vintage revivals, with Clementine, Cordelia, Otto and Amos all entering the top 100. Unusual names made a strong showing as well, with high rankings for Amara, Aurora, Lyra, Wren, Atlas, Aarav, Ryker and Caspian.
- Olivia
- Isla
- Amara
- Cora
- Charlotte
- Aurora
- Amelia
- Ava
- Rose
- Genevieve
- Ophelia
- Maeve
- Eleanor
- Iris
- Ada
- Luna
- Penelope
- Eloise
- Violet
- Alice
- Ivy
- Evelyn
- Aurelia
- Lucy
- Isabella
- Esme
- Thea
- Imogen
- Arabella
- Anna
- Adeline
- Hazel
- Jane
- Elodie
- Nora
- Elizabeth
- Emilia
- Freya
- Evangeline
- Eliza
- Julia
- Adelaide
- Astrid
- Sadie
- Mia
- Emma
- Phoebe
- Claire
- Maisie
- Lila
- Chloe
- Elise
- Clara
- Beatrice
- Maia
- Aria
- Maya
- Mae
- Florence
- Seraphina
- Willa
- Audrey
- Lydia
- Josephine
- Lyra
- Stella
- Caroline
- Matilda
- Willow
- Clementine
- Margaret
- Grace
- Mila
- Elsie
- Sienna
- Juliet
- Isabel
- Gemma
- Eliana
- Celeste
- Emily
- Sophia
- Zoe
- Elena
- Zara
- Anastasia
- Molly
- Margot
- Emmeline
- Ella
- Poppy
- Wren
- Madeline
- Naomi
- Hannah
- Mabel
- Cornelia
- Evie
- Abigail
- Daisy
Parents have become more and more adventurous with their baby boy name choices: In 2018 there were more new boys’ names than girls’ entering the ranks of both the top 100 and top 1,000 baby names. In fact, there were 11 new names in 2018’s top 100 list: Aarav, Atlas, Ryker, Caspian, Elio, Desmond, Jayden, Wilder, Elias, Otto and Amos. Big gains were also seen by Charlie, Louis and Emmett. Nameberry boy favorites include fewer traditional male name picks, with style becoming a dominant factor.
- Atticus
- Milo
- Jasper
- Asher
- Jack
- Theodore
- Silas
- Wyatt
- Henry
- Finn
- Oscar
- Oliver
- Declan
- Leo
- Aryan
- Felix
- Bodhi
- Levi
- Axel
- Ethan
- Soren
- Arthur
- James
- Thomas
- Charlie
- Kai
- Liam
- Sebastian
- Ryker
- Charles
- Louis
- Julian
- Ezra
- Caleb
- Harry
- Alexander
- William
- Jude
- Eli
- Benjamin
- Cassius
- Aarav
- Callum
- Elio
- Elijah
- John
- Andrew
- Zachary
- Ronan
- Desmond
- Owen
- Xavier
- Emmett
- Lewis
- Luke
- Caspian
- Theo
- Jacob
- Samuel
- Archer
- Isaac
- Hugo
- Jayden
- Roman
- Simon
- Atlas
- Nathaniel
- Wilder
- Lachlan
- Tobias
- Matthew
- Elias
- Noah
- Harrison
- Daniel
- Gideon
- Otto
- Josiah
- Lucas
- Magnus
- Nolan
- Gabriel
- George
- Lucian
- Knox
- Graham
- Isaiah
- Everett
- Maverick
- Xander
- Rhett
- David
- Amos
- Nathan
- Miles
- Kane
- August
- Beckett
- Joseph
- Griffin
Want even more baby name inspiration? Check out Nameberry’s 1,000 most popular baby names of 2018.
Nameberry is the world’s largest baby name site, created by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, name experts and coauthors of ten bestselling books about names.
Published December 2018
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