IYO...What's the new 'on-trend' names

Thesecondcoming - I know! I found it very hard to keep quiet about that one :)

Her older one also has a name beginning with 'c'. Mail will be a nightmare.

I agree with Nancy66 that Shoreditch arty types are starting to use names like Jean, and Maggie (in fact, any names that have songs about them!).

Jean - AC/DC
Maggie - Rod Stewart
Mary - Bruce Springsteen
Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Donna - Joan Baez

My neighbour has just named twin boys Cooper and Colley.

Amongst friends in the last year there's been: Ossian, Glenn, Joseph and James for boys and Lorna and Janey for girls.

Do you know, I have liked Jean for a while, but put off using it, I am sure it is very up and coming, along with Joan/ie and possibly Jane.
Definately Arlo aswell - that is going to be big.

I predict Clara, Freya and Honor for girls, and Xavier, Nathaniel and Max for boys as being the next Ruby/Eva/Finley names.

You may have a point about Jean. There was a baby Jeanie on a property program last week and a friend has just had a Jeanie.

also wondered if vera may rise in popularity after the recent detective series not vera duckworth.

have noticed on recent threads people suggesting names such as susan and anne , christine etc as middle names after mothers and mils and have wondered if once unused names start to reappear as middle names , do they then reemerge and become accepted over time as first names.

funnily dd1 (18) and ger friends think freda is a lovely name, 10+ years from now maybe freda will be the new lola.

Jean - can be cool. I can see that. I know a couple that have called their daughter that.

Terry and Julie will never be cool

Honor is on its way up, largely due to Jessica Alba's daughter. Annoying for those not naming after 'slebs'.

Yes, plus there is the forthcoming series about Jean Shrimpton. God, does that mean Terry and Julie will become trendy?

Jean - I'm telling you, it will be the next Ruby.

Clementine is defintely becoming popular, I remember there was a couple of Radio 4 discussing their children and they repeatedly referred to their daughter as Clemmie but the father had a strong Brummie accent and all I kept hearing was Clamaaaaaay, it was odd and sounded as though she was very damp.

I think MamaLazarou has a point, as those with grandparents/parents with the plainer names become more frail, they will want to commemorate them by naming their offspring with those names. They have the advantage of sounding unpretentious (perhaps a little too safe for now) and are consciously non-aspirant which may merge well with forthcoming times of austerity.

I can see plain names such as John, Jane, Mark and Clare making a comeback.

Honor. I know of three Honors born in the last year, and it was on my list too.

As I said, I just did not have a clue Clementine was so popular and was initially a bit when DH suggested it, but this was not to be 'posh' or 'on trend' it was simply to remember DHs great gran (not posh at all!) and I absolutely love it as nearly 1yr old DDs middle name now! Also chuffed no one has mentioned her first name!

I know of a 2 month old Clementine and her parents are far from posh (in fact, the opposite).

I totally agree with Rufus and Wilfred - I know at least 5 of each under 18 months. Other names which are already nearly up there and I would class as already trendy are Felix, Arthur, Jenson, Albert (all Bertie names), Zane, Dexter, Arlo, Rafferty, Jude, Reuben and Elijah.

Girls are Clementine, Mabel, Edie (the new Evie?), Iris, Ivy, Delilah, Elodie and already 'trendy' but will continue to rise.. Esme, Florence, Martha, Darcey, Tabitha, Matilda, Skye.

Round here - still lots of Alfie and I know 2 called Arlo, 2 called Milo and 2 called Sebastian.

I have a 9 week old Arthur and none of the midwives had ever met one before. But if it does turn out to be popular then oh well, I still love it.

hellojude, the names you mention (David, Paul, Sarah, Steve etc) are still all around us so I don't expect these names to become fashionable until the next generation finds them 'unusual' and 'different' again.

As explained in the book Freakonomics names tend to move in cycles and names like Clementine, Quentin and Atticus were fairly popular among 'posh' people 10 years ago and they're now moving down the 'ranks'. Also 'old' names with whom our generation has no associations are becoming fashionable as we're always looking for 'new' names.

Feel I've had a narrow escape, lots of these names were on our shortlist, but the name we picked hasn't cropped up once!

the newest babies I know are Joshua, Raphael, Edward/Teddy, Jonathon, Joel, Isobel, Josephine, Rory, Janella, Zazhary, Eva, Mia, Daniel...I don't see any particular trend there! I've heard of a few Raphaels lately, but only know one personally. Zach and Mia and Isobel have been fairly popular for a while.