Popular names you think will end up being faddy / genrational / "two thousand and teensie" names"

afghanda you're so right about thinking names are 'unusual', especially for people who are among the first in their circle of friends to have kids.

I think the following are very much of their time and will date: Kai, Mia, Tyler, Kyle, Jayden, Kayden, Tegan, Harrison.

Oh, and there are so many teenage Olivias, Amelias, Isabellas and Georgias around at the moment.

Eve/Evie/Eva/Ava will be the main girl ones I think. A friend of mine had her first child a couple of years ago and called her Eva. I remember her telling me and saying "well, we wanted something a bit different and unusual, so we've chosen Eva". I think the issue is that although people who already have kids are well aware of which names are very popular, people who haven't had children yet are unlikely to know unless they work with young children or they check the baby name statistics, therefore they'll hear of a child called, for example, Eva, and think "how pretty and unusual" (because to them it is unusual because nobody was called Eva when we were kids), so use it, thinking they're being original, and find out too late that it's everywhere.

(No offence meant to anyone who'd got a daughter with this name BTW - they are all beautiful names, just very 'of their time').

Lexie is another one which will seem dated fairly quickly, I think.

And Archie and Alfie for boys.

All names that are popular now will be thought of as 2010sie names, by definition - that's what they are. All names are generational, even 'classic' names have peaks and troughs of popularity.

Rivercam...Catherine, Elizabeth, and George?

Did we read different questions?

Willow.

For boys surnames for first names such as Harrison. These names don't seem to be cyclical i.e. not many grandparents called this and they are not biblical or greek/hebrew. Girls names that end in the sound 'ie' or 'ia' when they aren't originally like this. I think they sound a bit too pink and cutesy. For example Evie, it sounds fine if you are going to call a baby girl Evie at home, but register her as Eve. Imagine your baby as a grown woman what would she prefer? Pink and cutesy or traditional with a cute nickname? Therefore IMO it will be the name Eve that carries on in generations to come and the name Evie will date.

I'm wondering if my grandchildren will be called
Eric, Simon, Derek or Margaret, Pamela & Marion.
I think it's all cyclical 'old fashioned' names will always come back into fashion.

Padme is a fabulous name. Why is this dated?

I think Tegan and Taylor are quite 00s names.

theres a friend of one of my FB friends whos daughters name is Padme

Harry
Henry
Jack
George

Elsa
Imogen
Demelza (poldark influence - just met one named after original series)
Catherine
Elizabeth

Hmmm RL20, fair point re Lily-Mae

Annabel(le)

Sweetpeame, I agree, although in my case I was more referring to the actual double barrel name of Lily-Mae, of which I personally know none above the age of 7 or 8 (at a push!)

I think there are differences between the top 10 names. For example names like Sophie and Emily are popular now but not new names eg. I know plenty in their 30's. Likewise Lily, yes there are lots around now but I also know women aged 60+ called Lily. However names like Isla (outside of Scotland anyway), Poppy etc are only popular in last few years and I think will be more generational. Not that that's so bad in any case...you don't get babies called Amanda, Jennifer, Andrew etc now but those names sound absolutely fine for adults.

I have a 10 year old Noah and he's always been the only one in the school. Must have been ahead of the times!

Sienna. Bar the actress the only ones I have ever come across are under 5.

Lily-Mae/Lily-May.
I cannot believe how many of these there are around! It's not even a name to me anymore, it should sound pretty but unfortunately it's just so overused now! At least around here it is.
What was wrong with even choosing a different name other than Mae to go with it?!
Unfortunately my first name has also been terribly over used as a middle name

I think the definition of a faddy name is that when you hear the name you can pretty much predict the age of the person.

For example if asked what an Elizabeth would be like, i guess answers would vary wildly with regard to her age, whereas an 'Ava' for example is a young child's name. (bar Ava Gardner)

There is a difference between faddy and popular. Some names like William are consistently used and therefore always popular, whereas faddy names have a distinct spike in popularity then seem to level out or drop off maybe spiking again generations later

I remember Samuel, Rebecca and Rachel becoming used widely in the 1980's and they seemed very old style and biblical at the time.

God I am tired of eve/Evie. Most of dds friends (8) are called this it gets very confusing. Have been coming into contact with lots of newborns and still most of them are called eve. Why?!? The name is ok but ridiculously overused any charm it once had been long diluted.

Rebecca is so 1980s!

I think the poster who said the rise of posh names is linked to the recession.

Y/ie ending boys names are quite of the moment eg Riley

I can see quite a lot of these becoming girls names in the future.

Kiera and names that come from celebrities will fade quickly.

Thanks Castelough.

I like Pam/Pamela. Due a revival?