Fav Baby Names for 2020!

This post is a bit later than I wanted it to be, but such is life right now. It’s almost April - I wanted to do this in January - lol. Anyway, I always remember looking through the “most popular baby names” lists and have never chosen a name from the lists, but always found them helpful to get some inspiration or rule things out.

When I chose my names for Carmen, Perry & Graham I was drawn to names (especially for the girls) that were unique and but not hard to spell. I also love the idea of including family names where possible (ex: Carmen is actually my grandfather’s name!) and I REALLY wanted to have a “PJ” (Perry’s middle name is Jane).

I will ALSO say its interesting to see what happens once your child is actually born. PJ’s name was going to be CAMILLA really until the moment she was in my arms. Now, I couldn’t imagine her being anything other than a PJ. If you know PJ - am I right?!?!?!

Anyway, however you decide to choose a name for your little one - I have done some research on what the most popular names will be this year. A lot of this data is presented by Nameberry who makes their lists based on their readers (and they tend to be more on trend than some of the more dated, old school lists out there).

The most popular names for the last two years have been Liam and Emma.

Aside from these two - I also found: Noah, Olivia, William, Ava, Sophia… they are shorter names, likely names that are passed down through families, are all very popular for the last few years and will probably stay that way.

Four letter names are also booming. Names like Mila, Cora, Luna, Leah, Lucy… are all in the popular group.

Here are are some trending girls’ names for 2020:

1. Reese (probably because of Big Little Lies)

2. Paisley

3. Mika

4. Teagan (I love this one)

5. Nova and Aura (I am too into astrology and wellness to go this far)

6. Pearl (so interesting! This is my grandmother’s name)

7. Billie (because of the singer)

And:

1. Adelaide

2. Allegra

3. Amaya

4. Anastasia

5. Anya

6. Ariel

7. Artemis

8. Astra

9. Aurelia

10. Avalon

11. Ayla

12. Briar

13. Camila

14. Cecilia

15. Clara

16. Claudia

17. Clover

18. Cordelia

19. Delia

20. Eden

21. Elodie

22. Eloise

23. Fia

24. Harlow

25. Indigo

26. Juniper 

27. Kiara

28. Lara

29. Luna

30. Lyra

31. Mabel

32. Mira

33. Myla

34. Nyx

35. Octavia

36. Olive

37. Persephone

38. Piper

39. Poppy

40. Primrose

41. Reign

42. Sally

43. Selah

44. Sloane

45. Theodora

46. Willow

For the boys we are seeing:

1. Alva

2. Tate

3. Diego

4. Austin

5. Easton

6. Cash

7. Ash

8. Luca (I always LOVED this name but John doesn’t think it fits with Baumgardner)

And:

1. Ansel

2. Apollo

3. Archer

4. Archie

5. Arlo

6. Arthur

7. Atlas

8. August

9. Beau

10. Beckett

11. Bennett

12. Brooks

13. Calix

14. Casper

15. Elio

16. Emmett

17. Enzo

18. Ezra

19. Felix

20. Finn

21. Flynn

22. Grant

23. Hugo

24. Jax

25. Jonah 

26. Josiah

27. Jude

28. Kieran

29. Kit

30. Leon

31. Lincoln

32. Mateo

33. Micah

34. Miles

35. Nash

36. Nico

37. Nolan 

38. Oliver

39. Orson 

40. Otis

41. Raphael

42. Roman

43. Ronan

44. Sullivan

45. Theo

46. Titus

47. Tobias

48. Weston

49. Zane

50. Zion

What are your favorite baby names?

Did this help you at all with your inspiration?

Do you keep your baby names a secret or are you open with your friends and family when you have a great idea?