this upcoming decade’s trends- predict with me

I think scandi and viking names are due to keep rising but moving from the more mainstream names like Freya to the more unusual like Bjorn or Ragnar from vikings/the last kingdom.
I think for girls especially there will be a continuation on the strong females from history like Rosa, Emmeline, Florence, Elizabeth, with a daughter on the way myself I'm really keen on giving her a strong name either after a strong female from history or name that means strength, warrior etc.
I think it will be a while before we see an 80s resurgence, perhaps when that generation are the grandparents or even great grandparents of the new borns similar to how our generation are going back to names popular in the early 20th century.

I actually know of a baby Michelle which is so 80s!

I’m sure 80’s names are making a comeback. I think it’s a mistake to assume the name trends will follow in chronological order.

I personally love an 80s name too! I actually know of a Whitney born recently and saw Jodie being asked about on here too. Both scream scrunches and shell suits to me.

Agree with most of these, I think people are mistaken on here, the 80's names are already making a big comeback , the scandi style names are definitely creeping in and as sweet as the older style names have been I think they will cool down over the next year or two

Leonard (Lenny) Stanley and Frank all very popular round here.
I love Peggy, it was DH grandmothers name too so if I have any more I would probably consider Peggy. My DD is Eva which was my great grandmothers name so would go nicely too.

I think the 20s-40s names are already back. I know two Baby Maudes, three Baby Maeves and five Baby Pearls

Vax

I think;
Anne, Ellen, Catherine, Susan etc will come back as almost a backlash to the cutesy names that all sound so similar.

Stephen, Andrew, Christopher, Daniel could possibly too.

I love these names!

I think Scandi names is a good call.

I think it will be 1920s -1940s names for a while before we will start seeing the 60s - 80s ones making a comeback. So a move away from Victorian/cutesy names to simple, strong but elegant names like:

Vivian
Valerie
Jean/Jeannie
Joan/Joanie
Anne
Helen
Maude
Marjorie
Maeve
Dorothy
Pearl
Vera

Male names tend to change less but I can see these becoming possible popular options:

Frank
Walter
Bernard
Leonard
Stanley

The 20s and 30s names have to come back first: Irene, Marion, Alma, Vera, Jean, Joan, Peggy, Gwen, Sylvia, Freda, June, Daphne, Dennis, Eric, Leonard, Raymond, Morris, Bernard, Edgar, Edwin, Victor, Hugh, Walter, Ivor etc

I think Jane/ Jean/ Joan/ June/ Janet will become the new Eva/ Evie/ Ava etc for girls.

For boys, I’m seeing a move away from diminutives towards insisting on full version of traditional names. Children are often named after their parents’ grandparents so I predict David is the next popular name along with John, James, Richard, Thomas, Michael, Robert. I think the ever popular Ben and Sam will become Benjamin and Samuel.

Basically everything @toastofthetown and @partyatthepalace said.

Definitely agree with the Mid Century trend - I think solid, traditional ‘Enid Blyton’-style names could have a resurgence - so things like Susan, Daphne, Helen and Margaret for girls and Peter, Robin/Robert, Richard and Laurence for boys.

Stronger, consonant heavy names for girls as parents tire of cutesy diminutives and frilly, über-feminine choices. Fewer -ie and -a endings.

Also agree that Scandi-style names will become more popular, as these fit well with other emerging trends. DD is a Greta, which actually hasn’t risen that much since she was born a few years ago, but I can also see Frida, Astrid, Ingrid, Linnea, Soren, Stellan, Axel, Magnus and so on becoming more mainstream.

The nature names trend is here to stay, with more offbeat and adventurous choices moving beyond flowers and trees - things like Forrest, Meadow, Ember, Harbour, Snow, Prairie and so on. Also aspirational ‘values’ names such as Peace/Pax, Honor, Story, True.

Saw an interesting article recently on Nameberry, which they’d called ‘Cottagecore’ names - basically homespun, gentle-sounding names that reflect the antithesis of all the stresses we’re going through at the moment - so things like Clover, Mabel, Harriet and Flora for girls and Ambrose, Asher, Silas and Jasper for boys.

I can see Daphne having a big revival (Bridgerton) for girls

I think the trend for old lady/old man names will continue

Girls: Dorothy, Rita, Mabel, Maud, Nellie, Nancy, Pearl, Vera etc

Boys: Albert, Ronald, Leonard, Frank, Wilfred, etc

I'd like to see names like Peter and Paul come back

For girls Patricia and Barbara

I know of a young Barbara, Joan (more than one), Mary, and Jean. I had Joan on my own shortlist too. That generation of names is clearly on the march!

I find that girls names that are "soundalike" to popular current names come back quicker. So with that in mind I can see Freda, Cora, Sylvia, Vivien and Lillian all coming back in the top 100 sooner rather than later.

For boys, maybe some of the more traditional ones will make a comeback to top 100 in the next few years, as they become more "Grandad" names than "Dad" names - John, Robert, Peter, Phillip, Hugh.

I agree with MimiDaisy.

For instance, I struggle to see that Mildred will hit the top 10 any time soon. I am also not sure that names like Barbara and Shirley will go 'mainstream' yet (perhaps among some trying-to-be-different demographics.) It's very hard to shake associations such as 'my mum's friend is called Shirley' or 'Barbara is the name of my neighbour who just had a hip replacement.'

I've heard that names including the letter 'V' are currently rising. Ava is obviously popular, but Violet and Ivy have been becoming more common too. So Victor, Ivan and Viola may become more popular over this decade.

I think it'll be a while before we see a revival of 70s/80/90s names, but they will come around again. There are some nice names like Michelle and Louise which were really popular and will probably have a come back at some point.

It's also interesting to note that not all names from a period get revived. Some names seem to still be tainted or tastes have changed that they don't have appeal like they did.

I don’t think we are anywhere near the names from the 1930s being mainstream yet. They are still unusual. These are the top ten girls’ names from 1934 in the U.K.
MARGARET
JEAN
MARY
JOAN
PATRICIA
SHEILA
BARBARA
DOREEN
JUNE
SHIRLEY

Also influences from films.

I think there will be more surname type names. Already seen the likes of Jackson/Jaxon, Bailey, Taylor, Harper, Cooper.
There will be influence from foreign names more Arabic names, Hindu names as well as Germanic and Scandinavian names, Indian names.

Names are often a sign of the times, so my predictions are:

Pandemia
LockDan
Coronia
Zoom
Louroll
Enaitchez

Malin not Malik!

I think Scandi and Germanic names will become more popular in the next few years. Freya, Astrid, and Greta are already on the up, so I could see the following names appealing to new parents: Juni, Annika, Lotte, Ingrid, Malik, Lars, Magnus, Soren, Otto, Karsten, Jonas, Arnold (Arnie), Axel