Baby names

I also love the name Bliss for a girl. My brother and his wife are about to have their third child and are going to call her Sabrina. I'm liking that a lot as well.

If any kids I have with The Bloke get his surname (Holland) it will rule out some of my favourite names, eg. Molly, Lauren.

Don't call him Michael Holland, Archel. I already know three.

Associated? He'd already be related.

And 'Thurston'? Yuk. I like 'Glass'.

Or is all this 'kids with stupid names get bullied' thing a myth?

Thurston is the one I was least sure about after Tyler.

Austin is a good name.

Ethan, Laurence, Stella, Lily.

Abaddon/Abaddona, Abdia, Abriel, Acheliah, Adirael, Adirah, Adonael, Adriel, Aladiah, Alaliyah, Alphariza, Anael, Atatiyah, Azaziel, Azrael, Baruch, Bathor, Beatiel, Beleth, Cael, Caila, Charciel, Chasmodai, Daeva, Dagon, Dai, Darquiel, Dredekea, Donquel, Exousia, Geviriyah, Gurson, Haim, Haziel, Jetrel, Kalmiya, Kasdaya, Levanah, Mara, Mikail, Mithra, Nehinah, Purusha Rathanael, Rochel, Samhiel, Sar, Shekinah, Sisera, Sorath, Theodonias, Tychagara, Urzla, Varuna, Venibbeth, Xaphon, Zephon, Wynter Grace, Wisteria, Lycia Moon Severina, Shattenjagar, Wennesdae Krisstanamus Zoey Arianna, Winter Agony, Ashe, Izabella, Meesha, Damieon, Ezabel Eyre, Talon Malachai Trueblood, Morrissey Willow, Stormy Dawn, Shannara Rain, Akaysha Sisera, Katarynah Starr, Twilight Epiphany Moonshadow, Layla Rhiannon, Bliss, Darcia, Cleopatra Napeta Gaea Blackthorn, Chloé Miréille, Isabella Winter Grae, Twilight, Chaos, Dawn, Damien, Mercy, Angel, Ophelia, Carmilla, Lillith, Winter, Whisper, Morticia, Akasha, Enil, Magenta, Lucifer, Gabrielle, Ash, Calamity, Chalice, Cinder, Diamanda, Dementia, Eleanore, Elegia, Entropy, Eternity, Hiver, January, Lorelei, Lycia, Lucretia, Malificent, Misericordia, Moon, Moonlight, Mystery, Porcelain, Rain, Rasputina, Raven, Rubella, Sangria, Severina, Siouxsie, Suspiria, Theda, Twilight, Vervain, Willow, Bela, Cloven, Dante, Demian, Draven, Eldritch, Forrest, Gnash, Grendel, Hades, Hamlet, Ragnor, Satan, Valhalla, Victor, Wolf, Broken, Chapel, Charnel, Cloud, Coal, December, Drear, Ember, Envy, Fade, Fallen, Gethsemene, Ghost, Grey, Hallow, Hindley, Hostile, Jinx, Lament, London, Lost, Kindred, Malaise, Malice, Midnight, Mourn, Night, Nightshade, Nothing, October, Pagan, Pallor, Phoenix, Prayer, Salem, Shadow, Sigh, Silence, Solemn, Solitaire, Somber, Sorrow, Storm, Sullen, Velvet, Morgoth, Elvira, Angelique, Bathory, Erzsabet, Valan, Dakhanavar, Lecroix, Zachary Lucius Sexton, Vlad, Cohen, Dario, Lucio, Byron, Antonin, Nivek, Voltaire, Poe, Aleister, Lovecraft, Wednesday, Poppy, Anais, Xena, Fairuza, Winona, Exene, Pola, Acacia, Aconite, Calla, Calyx, Cassandra, Clove, Fleur, Foxglove, Jacaranda, Wolfbane, Zinnia, Absinthe, Alabaster, Amethyst, Autumn, Chartreuse, Chrysalis, Cyan, Jade, Kestral, Kohl, Obsidian, Ocean, Onyx, Sapphire, Silver, Star, Venom, Abilard, Beowulf, Blade, Estragon, Fortinbras, Lestat, Luthien, Zilah, Vittorio, Yseult, Misery, Balthazar, Nefertiti, Anastasia, Deoria, Ryazan, Elyria, Vervain, Jardeau Blue, Zarah, Krysania, Azra Medea, Blixa, Vega, Shiloh, Nova, Mourn, Mime, Xerxes, Ziven.

and Wyndham.

1) A hippy like you should spell it Elanor & ,p>ii) Are you really sure about EleanOR DastoOR?

Most of your boys names have ROCK connotations as well as car ones. And TV ones.

except for Maurice, which is a poof's name.

Boys: Bolton, Tarleton, Galahad, Ethelred

But I am keen to get in family names, as there are some good ones in my family. I like Langley, and Forrest, and Dario, but they'll just be middle names, I guess.

This sounds stupid but "Meg" is good for a guy........if the kid has the right face, it sounds tough when people use it.....when vocalized instead of read it sounds like a small weapon, trust me.

Nick, try Hector, Bally, Duc, Tran, Truong, Inderpaul, Jamal.

ASIATIC Asians are pretty cool. Only half of them can handle booze but they all have perfect toes. Some of the older Chinese people can be really mean when you’re just asking a simple question but that’s just because they are a more confrontational culture. Like the Jews or the French they are just arguing and you shouldn’t take it personal. The Chinese refer to white people (Americans mostly) as “fat and sentimental,” which is basically true. Japanese people are basically the best race. The women are babes and the men are incredibly smart. Want a computer invented? Ask a Japanese guy. Want to see a babe? Ask a Japanese lady.

Koreans are pretty bad, especially the communists. Lots of war has made them ruthless, and it’s perfectly normal to have your ass whipped right off your body for talking in class. Note that the worst Asians are still better than the best Micronesians. One of the few bad things with Asians, especially Chinese, is that they think sleeping is an indulgence and drink tea 24 hours a day to stay awake and that leads to general craziness.

INDIAN These guys are pretty smart and resilient (see Gandhi starring Ben Kingsley). The women are also babes (except for the occasional fuzzy one) and the guys make good doctors. Unlike black people they CAN sunburn, which is a problem because a lot of Canadian ones will go down to Mexico and act all tough and then get fried (they go kind of purple). They used to stink but they don’t anymore.

AFRICAN Blacks tend to have sickle-shaped blood cells, which is fine in hot temperatures where your blood is thin but can lead to trouble in colder places where the thicker blood cells will stick to each other and cause sickle-cell anemia. Another thing about them is that their heels tend to be right angles instead of bulging out at the back like normal.

In 1974 John R. Baker broke down the Africans into two categories: Sanids (Bushmen) and Negrids. This is too complicated. There are way too many different kinds to understand. In America, for example, there are the hard-working, educated ones that are even better than white people. They do all the good things that good white people do but they are less hokey and can party. The bad American ones are fucking scary and are rarely discussed. Abroad the same pattern follows but more exaggerated. In Africa the nice ones are so educated they invent entire cultures. The bad ones, however, would eat the bad American ones alive. If you’ve ever seen how fearless a Zimbabwean gas attendant is during the night shift in the heart of Queens you know what we’re getting at. They are used to watching lions eat their friends so it’s like “bring it on.”

The rest of the places—West Indies, Barbados, Jamaica—are just fun- loving jolly people with rich and interesting accents.

Incidentally, mulattos have an incredible metabolism. The same way a purebred dog is a weak one, mulattos take the best of being white and the best of being black and make a person that is smarter and fitter. The only drawback is the increased metabolism means more B.O. (see any Lenny Kravitz party).

Here’s another weird thing. They have this rule where if you have a drop of black blood you’re black. That means Arabs are black. However, Arabs are Semites like Jews, so Jews are black? They became white after moving to Europe so I guess they’re mulatto.

Mediterranean people like Italians are kind of mulatto too. There should be a new category here called HYBRIDS but fuck it.

AMERICAN INDIAN These people used to be really cool but are basically fucked now. They used to only have to work 15 hours a week for food and shelter and therefore still love sleeping. Another interesting thing about them is that they have weird earwax. It is powdery and not waxy at all. Soon there will be no American Indians because they will have been killed via disease and “culture smushing” by the white man (see bottom of chart). Eskimos also fit into this category. They are capable of much lower temperatures than other races (duh).

POLYNESIAN, MICRONESIAN, MELANESIAN These are basically Spanish Asians. That’s why they’re brown. Polynesians are the lightest of these tropical island people and Melanesians are almost black. So black, in fact, that they used to be considered abbos. These three races include all those island people like Hawaiian and Seychelles people—the ones who wear hula skirts and can kill you with a blow dart. They are incredibly agile (note how all DMC champions are Philippino).

EUROPEAN White people are a funny bunch. Many Asians will note, upon their arrival to America, that “white people smell like hamburger.” They did very well a few hundred years ago but are kind of over now. At best the good ones will own a lawn care company (or something) and like the Who, but they are drastically outnumbered by the bad ones. Unlike other races the bad ones fall into two groups. There are the rich ones: Jack Welch, Dick Cheney, and the like. These men would let the whole world sink into the sea if it meant another SUV for their daughter. The other kind is called white trash. They would sell their baby for crack no problem. Many use the phrase “good while it lasted” when discussing this group.

AUSTRALIAN (ABBO) Not exactly killing shit as far as the babe population goes. Almost extinct thanks to white people, the abbos haven’t been doing well for about 500 years now. One weird characteristic about abbos is that they have this point in their life called a “walkabout” where, sometime around 18 years of age, they will just start walking and walking and walking. They leave all their stuff and start a new life when they get to wherever it is they end up walking to but they all do it and nobody knows why.

CHRISTOPHER PRINCE

Incidentally, what do you think of giving boys the father's surname and girls the mother's?

I don't really like most names, unless they are very old or very silly.

My child will be called Jon Carter Fitzgerald. I've no idea.

ONS latest dataset has been released for England & Wales 2024.
Girls
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalesbabynamesstatisticsgirls

Boys
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalesbabynamesstatisticsboys

Rank Name Count Change in Rank Since 2023 Change in Rank Since 2014
1 Olivia 2,761 0 1
2 Amelia 2,448 0 -1
3 Lily 2,185 1 6
4 Isla 2,056 -1 -1
5 Ivy 1,956 2 49
6 Florence 1,936 2 20
7 Freya 1,929 -2 14
8 Poppy 1,888 3 -3
9 Ava 1,774 -3 -3
10 Elsie 1,727 4 22
11 Isabella 1,708 -1 -4
12 Sofia 1,626 7 16
13 Sophia 1,610 -1 -1
14 Mia 1,609 2 -1
15 Maya 1,592 14 30
16 Bonnie 1,583 10 127*
17 Phoebe 1,549 3 5
18 Daisy 1,548 -1 6
19 Sienna 1,537 -4 1
20 Evelyn 1,512 -7 11

Rank Name Count Change in Rank Since 2023 Change in Rank Since 2014
1 Muhammad 5,721 0 13
2 Noah 4,139 0 9
3 Oliver 3,492 0 -2
4 Arthur 3,368 2 37
5 Leo 3,324 0 11
6 George 3,257 -2 1
7 Luca 2,814 0 51
8 Theodore 2,761 0 51
9 Oscar 2,747 0 -1
10 Archie 2,575 3 7
11 Jude 2,540 4 54
12 Theo 2,387 -1 25
13 Freddie 2,369 -1 7
14 Henry 2,360 -4 1
15 Arlo 2,220 -1 126*
16 Alfie 2,020 0 -4
17 Charlie 1,956 0 -12
18 Finley 1,886 2 18
19 Albie 1,820 3 98*
20 Harry 1,765 1 -17

Pretty much all the boys' names are at our schools except Alfie, Luca and Muhammed (afaik) - including about 8000 Arlos - but I've not met a single little Olivia, Amelia, Florence or Bonnie.

My youngest only had about 35 others with the same name in the year he was born - now there are over 115. My eldest - there were over 3000 with his name when born, now fewer than 950.

'all the boys' names' meaning this top 20 which I've arbitrarily posted here.

Just browsing the lower reaches of the list with all the non-traditional spellings and Legends, Excels etc

have not met a baby Freya yet

It feels 90s to me - my friend has a 9yo Freya but that's the only one I know.

Sofia leapfrogging Sophia is interesting.

Freya is a name that is way more popular in the UK than the US. The US is 5x more populous than the UK overall, but there were more individual Freyas born in the UK last year (1,929 vs. 1,877). (It ranked #149 in the US.)

Other names where the total number of UK children born with that name in 2024 exceeds the number of US children:

Florence
Poppy
Bonnie

Muhammad
Arthur
George
Oscar
Archie
Jude
Alfie
Freddie
Finley
Albie
Harry

Alfie, Freddie, and Albie aren't even in the top 1,000 in the U.S. There were fewer than 100 boys born with each of those names in 2024.

i would’ve assumed all three of those names were nicknames

Short for Alfresco, Geoffred, and Albumen, respectively

It's short for Perfidious Albion

haha Josefa

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Names of players in this UNC-Oklahoma college baseball national championship game:

Boston
Brisco
Caden
Cayden
Camden
Camron
Cord
Dasan
Dayton
Deiten
Folger
Gunnar
Jaxon (x2)
Kadyn
Rom
Talan
Uriah

https://i.postimg.cc/GpjLQTRm/images.jpg

Those seem to be a lot of 2nd/3rd generation Celtic names with Gunnar thrown in. But Uriah? as in Uriah Heep?

they all sound like water filters to me

My niece is expecting a baby boy. She and her husband live in SF not far from me. They are both tech people and have very privileged lives. I'm curious what they will name him

CORD???

Dasan

old bottled water ass name

Folger?

It’s like Holger but with caffeine

Disappointed we haven't had an explosion of Game of Thrones names. Where are the Aryas, Sansas and Hodors?

Arya in top 100 UK baby names.

Ah, there you go. That's the best of the GoT names, plus also the best character, so makes sense.

I see Arya did briefly tip into the US top 100 for girls, in 2019.

embarrassed that it took this thread revive for me to realize that I totally missed this year's US baby name list reveal last month.

looking at the list now, i see no major shakeups near the top: Liam #1 for the 9th straight year, Olivia #1 for the 7th straight year.

the biggest news, probably, is the name Ailany, which wasn't even in the top 1,000 in 2022 and is now #14. that's an unusually fast rise, and especially since it does not seem to be related to any obvious pop culture phenomenon. (some speculation as to what is driving the trend here: https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/1tewrpt/lets_discuss_ailany_a_deep_dive/)

it's now even the #1 girls' name in Maryland, ahead of Olivia, Charlotte, Emma, etc.

Huh not even heard of it! Appears to be heavily concentrated in Latino families.

How do you find out the state-level results?

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/state/

^yup. they usually come out a week or two after the national data.

another fun finding from the state-level data is that Waylon is #56 nationally fpr boys but #1 in West Virginia

Thanks. Checking out Maryland, the first thing that jumped off the page at me was Thiago at #10, whereas it's #50 nationwide. Looks like that is the name of a Brazilian soccer player.

(to be clear, I think it's a nice name, but a little surprising!)

Are there a lot of Brazilians in Maryland by any chance?

one assumes the unfortunate folger must be the product of an incestuous union between siblings

If you brew your folgers with dasan, it comes out especially nice

Cord is nice, but not as manly as just going all the way to Cordwood

I think Caribiner and Lanyard should be on the rise

Are there a lot of Brazilians in Maryland by any chance?

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From immigration statistics I could find, they have a rather small population of ~11,000 (out of 6.28 million Marylanders).

Maryland doesn't have an especially large Hispanic/Latino population. But it does have an unusually large Salvadoran population. I don't know if this explains the popularity of Ailany and Thiago, though.

Thiago sounds like a Musketeer name

Never met an Ailany

tbf most of them are infants

The 2020 census recorded only 425 people named Ailany of any age. In 2025 there were 7,136 newborns with that name.

btw that census data was recently released and is fun to look through:

https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2020_names.html

i don't even know how to pronounce Ailany

imagine saying "I, Lonnie" in a standard american accent

"standard" you know what i mean

huh

apply spanish pronunciation rules:

ai = like ay as in ay caramba
la = a note to follow so
ny = like knee