this upcoming decade’s trends- predict with me

I think we're going to get more "neutral" modern names, where you won't immediately know if they're a boy or girl eg Taylor, Blake, Avery, Cameron, Billie, River, Harper, Drew, Hayden, Rowan etc.

I can’t see 70s names coming back just yet - Tracy, Sharon, Kevin etc.

However, I think some more traditional classic names that haven’t been so popular in recent years - Andrew, Helen, etc.

Rain river primrose blossom Forrest is potentially one of Jamie Oliver’s children 😂😂

@toastofthetown I agree with your post re earthy names. I work in a nursery and I have children in a different nursery and know of more than 1 of the following -
Rain / Rayne / Raine
River
Primrose
Blossom
Eden
Wren
Willow
Forrest

I can can see the next batch of dated names coming back in. Dorothy, Ivy, Wilfred and Albert will get tired sounding and be replaced by Barbara, Patricia, Donald (or maybe not!) and Walter.

I can see more unisex, word inspired nature names, such as Ocean, Sage, Harbour, Forest, Storm, etc. Animal names too: Bear, Fox, Wren. Flower/plant names will continue to rise, but new parents will look for less usual flowers: instead of Rose, Poppy and Daisy, names like Marigold, Magnolia, Maple, Blossom, Primrose, Acacia will become more mainstream.

Popular names now (for boys and girls, but particular girls) tend to very soft sounding, vowel-heavy, liquid names: Eliana, Aurora, Arya, Olivia Lilia, Willow, Amelia. This means that even though Eliana for example, is outside the top 200, and there might be no other Eliana’s in her class, it doesn’t sound distinct from the mainstream. I can see a move away from this, towards harder sounding names as parents want something more sonically distinct. Margot is leading the way on this with a hard G sound, while still having the trendy O sound at the end.I think more names with hard B, D, C/K and G sounds will rise in the future. Possibly a start to the end for -ie/-y nicknamey names for boys, but they are still very popular now, and can't see it fading quickly soon.

Scandi names will rise in popularity, names like Ingrid, Astrid, Leif, Stellan - the names which fit the harder sounds for girls names and softer sounds for boys. I don't think that the trend for mythological names is going anywhere either - Atlas is rising massively in popularity at the moment - but it's still widely seen to be a vanishingly rare name (judging by a recent AIBU). I think that in the next decade these names will be seen as a completely normal choice.

Names will continue to diversify. The percentage of babies called the top name has decreased massively over the years as parents look for more different names for their children. Babies with names in the top 100 will decrease further and further in number.

I think we'll deffo see mid century names coming up quite quickly - eg
Patricia, Susan, Jean (I can already see that Jean is on the up amongst my younger colleagues), Jane, John, Amanda, Angela, Robert/Bobby, John/Johnny, James/Jim, Bill rather than Will as a nn for William, Richard (nn Dick?!), Malcolm, Graham... I think these more classic ones will be the first wave, and the ones we think are a really naff (Carol, Trevor, Elaine, Bernard) will take a bit longer.

I think a full 70s/80s/90s revival is a while away, but think the trend for a wider variety of names in use will continue - so we will see some of these circling back quickly. Emma and Sophie have never gone away really - they seem to have become classics.

Yes, I think we'll definitely see more international names too. Not so much as a trend, but just a reflection of varied heritage.

I agree the Claire's and Sophie's are a coming 😄 which is fine names go in cycles don't they ?

I think an 80s-90s resurgence could be on its way- Emma, Louise, Lauren, Jennifer, Tiffany, Christina, Kayleigh, Rachael, Claire, Stephanie.
Boys: Jason, Christian, Matthew, Ryan, Luke

I never thought of this but it makes sense. These sound fresh after the frilliness of Margot, Beatrix, Florence etc.