Atticus has jumped to the top of Nameberry’s baby name popularity list for 2017, while Olivia remains at the top of the girl’s popularity list for the second year in a row.
Three new names entered Nameberry’s Top Ten in 2017 for each gender: Cora, Maia, and Amara for girls, and Theodore, Jasper, and Henry for boys. Maia is the most surprising newcomer to the group, also new to the Nameberry Top 100 and on the US Top 1000 for only a decade.
Girls’ names new to Nameberry’s Top 100 are Rumi, the name of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby daughter, along with Maia, Brielle, Allegro, Celeste, Elena, and Alexandra.
There are more than twice as many new names on the boys’ Top 100. They are:
Here are the Top 100 Names for Girls in 2017:
And here are 2017’s Top 100 Names for Boys:
