Baby names 2019 promise to be a fascinating crop, with all the newly-expectant parents (December is the month in which the largest number of people get pregnant!) thinking about what they’re going to name their babies in the year ahead.
What new baby names will start appearing on birth certificates and in nurseries this year? Which recent favorites will take off in 2019?
To find out, we measured the names that are attracting the most attention on Nameberry right now versus at this time a year ago. The results give us 100 baby names, both familiar and unique, that we predict will be the top names of 2019.
If you’re one of the many parents who are newly expecting a baby in the year ahead, consider this your starter list of 2019 baby names. These names represent a range of styles that all strike the perfect note for the times. But if you want a name that no one else is thinking of….don’t choose one of these.
Here, the 100 hottest baby names of 2019.
Girls’ Names
Ada
Adira
Alma
Anastasia
Andromeda
Ariella
Astrid
Beatrix
Birdie
Calliope
Cassia
Cecilia
Claudia
Cleo
Clover
Colette
Cordelia
Cressida
Delphine
Elodie
Elowen
Elsie
Emmeline
Esther
Etta
Everly
Flora
Freya
June
Juno
Lavinia
Lilith
Lucia
Lumi
Lyra
Mabel
Maisie
Margot
Nola
Ophelia
Orla
Ottilie
Persephone
Posie and Posey
Selah
Teagan
Theodora
Thora
Valentina
Wren
Boys’ Names
Ambrose
Amias
Amos
Archer
Arlo
Asa
Atlas
August
Azariah
Bear
Beau
Bennett
Briar
Brooks
Caius
Calix
Cassian
Cassius
Desmond
Ellis
Emerson
Emrys
Evander
Everett
Ezra
Flynn
Gideon
Isaiah
Jett
Jude
Julian
Kai
Kit
Leon
Louis
Malcolm
Maverick
Micah
Milo
Otto
Rafferty
Rhys
Sawyer
Silas
Theo
Theodore
Torin
Victor
Zeke
Zephyr
Which of these hot baby names for 2019 would you be most likely to use?
Pamela Redmond
Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking books on names, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, and People.
Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include Younger, the basis for the hit television show, and its sequel, Older. She has three new books in the works.
