Baby Name Trends 2027

Baby name trends 2027 go to extremes. This year, more is more.

Excess is in the air. Billionaires are getting richer, AI is clamoring for ever more power in business, and trends are churning faster than ever.

Now, parents are directing this maximalization energy toward baby names. In 2027, parents won’t settle for less than the best name — whether that means the most unique, personally meaningful, or historic name out there. When they can’t find a name that lives up to their ambitions, they’ll create one themselves.

Informing our trend predictions this year is Nameberry’s new suite of predictive tools. The Berry Trend Model projects popularity curves and predicts name rankings through the year 2040. We pored over 2027 forecasts and pulled out the sharpest, newest, and most relevant trends for the year ahead.

Here, Nameberry’s top 10 trends for baby names 2027.

Namemaxxing

Society was all about maxxing in 2026. People looksmaxxed by taking extreme measures to alter their appearance, fibermaxxed by increasing their intake of whole grains and legumes, and whimsymaxxed by prioritizing the joyful-yet-superfluous moments of their days.

This optimization will extend to baby names in 2027. Parents will mix and match pieces of their favorite names in a process we’re calling namemaxxing.

Namemaxxing is less about combining trendy syllables and more about creating a newer, better name that carries the essence of both names from which it derives. The components of namemaxxed names are very legible: Mavery is a mashup of Maeve and Avery; Ezrael combines Ezra and Israel.

Namemaxxed names feel at once familiar and fresh, ordinary and one-of-a-kind. New combinations are added to the lexicon every day, but these will be among the hottest namemaxxed names in 2027:

Odyssey Names

The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s retelling of the ancient Greek epic, set records at the box office. In 2027, it will spark one of the biggest baby name trends.

Mythology names have been en vogue for the past decade, but parents are moving beyond the obvious Greek mythology choices like Athena, Apollo, and Atlas. The Odyssey will inspire them to consider more distinctive names with ties to the epic and broader mythology. Expect to meet babies named Pallas and Parthenope, Deucalion and Dionysus.

Up for reconsideration are Helen and Homer, which hold new appeal in 2027 as classic American names connected to centuries of history and legend.

Some of these mythological namesakes come with complicated stories, which today’s namers embrace. Above all, parents using Odyssey names seek to inspire adventure and heroism in their children.

Moonstruck Names

Moonstruck names are coming into orbit in 2027. Ailany — which can be interpreted to mean “of the moon” — recently usurped Luna as the most popular lunar name.

Moon names exist in almost every culture, but the heaviest hitters in 2027 have roots in Turkish, Sanskrit, and Arabic. The Berry Trend Model predicts that the fastest-growing moon-themed names this year will be Esmeray, Siya, and Sahari for girls, as well as Luan for boys.

Moon itself is rising as a first name, but it’s shining brightest as a middle. It was featured as a middle name in two 2026 celebrity birth announcements — Meghan Trainor’s Mikey Moon and Rory Culkin’s Havoc Moon — with more likely to come.

World Cup Names

In an increasingly atomized society, professional sports are one of the few uniting forces that remain. The World Cup is always a major global event, but the 2026 tournament captured American audiences’ attention even more than usual, thanks to the North American venues.

This will lead to an outsized influence on 2027 baby names. The breakout star of the tournament, Lamine Yamal, will popularize both of his names, and Rodri — the winner of the Golden Ball — is expected to debut for boys. Names that were stable or falling, like Jude and Kylian, should temporarily reverse course.

Names from the World Cup have roots in dozens of languages and cultures, but after being featured in the tournament, each has a global familiarity. This will encourage parents to embrace their favorite names from the World Cup — and the names of favorite players — for their 2027 sons.

Omi Names

Girl names that end in -lani are one of the defining trends of the 2020s, but they are expected to plateau by the end of the decade. Taking over as the next great girl name suffix is -omi.

Like lani names, the omis appeal to parents from a wide swath of cultural backgrounds. Girl names with the omi suffix are found in Japanese, Yoruba, and Hebrew, among other languages.

Many of these authentic omi names, like Sayomi and Nomi, are projected to rise in the next year. But the omis are endlessly riffable, and creations like Tayomi and Zyomi are appearing on the charts as well.

Leading the way will be trendier-than-ever Romi, along with Kyomi and Kiyomi — new entrants to the Top 1000 in 2025.

Medieval Names

Conjuring up saints, Arthurian legend, and Middle Ages poetry, medieval names appeal to parents with a love of history, literature, and perhaps a flair for the dramatic. The multisyllabic, consonant-heavy names of medieval times stand out today against a backdrop of melodic mini names that are everywhere right now, a la Mia, Luca, and Lily.

This quirkiness is part of the charm. This trend is in early stages, so medieval names are an acquired taste — for now. But for the namers who love them, they strike the right balance between clunky and romantic.

Our proprietary projections show that medieval favorites Agnes, Joan, Sybil, and Archibald will make the biggest comebacks in 2027. We expect the likes of Maude and Millicent, Emeric and Oswald — names we’ve spotted on more than one shortlist this year — to follow close behind.

Opulent Names

Evoking luxe materials, financial institutions, and playgrounds of the elite, opulent names are a new spin on a well-worn trend.

Parents have used aspirational names for decades, reflecting their hopes and dreams for their children’s future wealth, success, and status. There were the luxury brand names of the ‘80s and ‘90s, like Chanel and Porsche, and the royalty-adjacent names of the late 2010s, such as King and, well, Royalty. Most recently, “quiet luxury” names like Margot, Graham, and Campbell were meant to convey sophistication and generational wealth.

Today, parents are back to embracing names with overt ties to money — think Goldyn, Banks, and Midas. It’s a response to our “greed is good” era, bolstered by the conspicuous consumption of our leaders and a hot stock market.

Also at play is social media, which has democratized upper-class hobbies like investing and luxury travel, and created the illusion that anyone can get rich quick (if they just watch this TikTok!). Even when wealth feels out of reach — thanks, K-shaped economy — its language and totems are more accessible than ever. Opulent names are cashing in.

Coastal Baby Names

Coastal Grandmother is so five years ago. But Coastal Baby? This trend is just getting started.

Names that evoke tide waters, windswept dunes, and rocky seashores are more popular than ever. Spurring interest is the Nantucket-set book and television show Five Star Weekend and the upcoming film adaptation of Emily Henry’s Beach Read.

Coastal baby names are mostly short, straightforward choices from nature like Cove, Wave, and Reef. But parents are also building upon land-and-sea roots to get names like Coastlyn, Clifton, and Weller. Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden recently coined Nautas for their son from the Latin nauta, meaning “sailor”.

Our model fittingly predicts that Coast will be the trendiest of all the Coastal Baby Names, but you can expect to hear more of all these names in 2027.

1890s Nicknames

Every era has its favorite way to end baby names. -bert names — Herbert, Albert, and Robert — characterized the 1920s. -ri was a hallmark of the 1960s (hello, Lori, Terri, and Sherri!). -den names — a la Aiden, Jayden, and Brayden — made up one of the most recognizable trends of the 2010s. In 2027, we’re seeing a return to -ie.

The -ie suffix harkens back to the 1890s, when Elsie, Goldie, Archie, and Ollie were at their peaks. Many of these Gilded Age nicknames are cycling back into fashion, most notably Annie, which is projected to break the Top 100 within the next 10 years.

1890s nicknames have a friendly, down-to-earth feel that attracts today’s parents. They mellow serious names that aren’t quite ready for resurrection — think: Ernest and Letitia — and feel youthful and baby-appropriate.

But even modern names are getting the 1890s treatment. Word names Storie, Sunnie, and Vallie are “name-ified” with -ie endings, and boy names for girls like Davie and Murphie are softened and feminized.

These are the 1890s-style nicknames we’re watching this year.

European Place Names

Pack your bags — baby names are headed to Europe in 2027.

European place names are a modern way of claiming heritage, connecting children to ancestors and ancestral lands. Parents who once may have considered naming their baby after Grandma Antonia are now gravitating toward Florence and Venezia instead. Even Odessa — which fell in popularity at the beginning of the war in Ukraine — is now on the rise as a personally meaningful and patriotic choice.

Some parents use these names to commemorate important places in their own lives. Those who honeymooned in Greece might choose between Athens and Rhodes for a son. A parent who studied abroad in Spain may have Marbella and Avila on their shortlist.

The best European place name is one from your personal or family history. But these are the ones 2027 namers will love the most.

Sophie Kihm

Sophie Kihm has been writing for Nameberry since 2015. She has contributed stories on the top 2020s names, Gen Z names, and cottagecore baby names. Sophie is Nameberry’s resident Name Guru to the Stars, where she suggests names for celebrity babies. She also manages the Nameberry Instagram and Pinterest.

Sophie Kihm's articles on names have run on People, Today, The Huffington Post, and more. She has been quoted as a name expert by The Washington Post, People, The Huffington Post, and more. You can follow her personally on Instagram or Pinterest, or contact her at sophie@nameberry.com. Sophie lives in Chicago.

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