120 Baby Names Set To Soar In 2024

Baby names are headed in a whole new direction this year – with parents using baby naming as an opportunity to create a ‘brand’, not just for their kids, but for themselves.

The baby naming experts at Nameberry have forecast the baby name trends headed our way in 2024, and it’s all about mum and dad! Parents are now using baby names as a way to reflect their own tastes, values and identities – with some unique monikers set to gain in popularity.

From girl names for boys to gentle parenting names, this year’s crop of newborns are set to stand out from the crowd.

“Today’s parents are fixated on sending the right messages with the names they choose,” said Nameberry creator Pamela Redmond. “The perfect baby name for 2024 is one that is ahead of the style curve, personally significant, and identity-defining.”

Here’s a look at the trends likely to be influencing baby names in 2024, and the baby names they’ve inspired.

Girl Names For Boys

Here’s a trend we didn’t see coming! While ‘traditional’ boy names have been used for girls for generations, it appears this year the trend is going to head the other way. Traditional feminine names are likely to gain in popularity, following the example of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, who named their son Wren.

Here are some of Nameberry’s suggestions for the best girl names for boys:

Artemis
Blair
Capri
Carmen
Cleo
Eden
Fern
Florence
Greer
Harlow
Hazel
Io
Irie
Izzy
Jade

June
Juniper
Juno
Lark
Lotus
Morgan
Noa
Raven
Robin
Romy
Rose
Rue
Sunny
Willow
Winter

Feminine Feminist Names

Nameberry says the popularity of the Barbie movie, and its strong female lead, have prompted a rise in the popularity of strong, feminist baby names – that are still feminine. Think empowering, yet still ‘girly’.

Here are some ‘new feminist baby names’ for your list:

Althea
Arwen
Billie
Clover
Colette
Conley
Dahlia
Dorothea
Eleanora
Guinevere
Gwen
Halston
Honey
Isadora
Kiara

Lavender
Lulu
Palmer
Pippa
Prescott
Malone
Matilda
Mavis
Melrose
Sinclair
Tabitha
Tallulah
Theodora
Vienna
Winslow

Little Adult Names

Another emerging trend is steering away from more ‘babyish’ or less-traditional names, and sticking to more adult-sounding names. Because, after all, you are naming an adult, not a baby!

Here are some examples of adult names for babies.

Agnes
Alfred
Antonella
Arthur
Betty
Carla
Casimir
Cedric
Clyde
Constance
Dolores
Duncan
Florence
Georgina
Harold

Heath
Helen
Lars
Lionel
Lois
Marjorie
Martha
Mauricio
Maxine
Ray
Roland
Rita
Sidra
Stanley
Sylvia

Gentle Parenting Names

With gentle parenting becoming an increasingly popular style of parenting, so too comes the names that suit this philosophy.

Here are some names that work well with this sensitive approach to parenting.

Alba
Alfie
Ansel
Amias
Asa
Casper
Clement
Cyril
Ellis
Faye
Fia
Florian
Hale
Ione
Ines

Isolde
Ivo
Koa
Liana
Luan
Oisin
Oona
Rafe
Rhea
Rhys
Sahil
Selah
Soraya
Valo
Willa

What do you think of these forecasted baby names and trends? Let us know in the comments below.

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18 Comments

- - Lividanke said
  - 09 Aug 2024
    2:05 pm
Some interesting and different names here.
Personally I like traditional names.

- - mom495860 said
  - 29 Jan 2024
    9:08 pm
Wow those are very different names. Very interesting

- - cassy26 said
  - 20 Jan 2024
    10:15 am
Not sure about some of those girls names for a boy. Rose, Fern, Lotus…. :/

- - mom465683 said
  - 19 Jan 2024
    2:59 pm
This is interesting. I like to read new baby names.

- - mom160270 said
  - 19 Jan 2024
    1:56 pm
Some I like and others I cannot take seriously.

- - mom489452 said
  - 19 Jan 2024
    12:40 pm
You have got to be kidding who wrote this list . They need a good slap this is child abuse .

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 18 Jan 2024
    1:51 pm
Hate the girl names for boys thing. Some of the old school names are cute.

- - mom486197 said
  - 18 Jan 2024
    10:20 am
Some very cute names. My favourite is Willow

- - Ellen said
  - 18 Jan 2024
    9:34 am
Some of these names are lovely, quite some old ones too
- mom93821 replied
  
  19 Jan 2024 , 5:07 am
  I adore some old names.
- - mom462038 said
  - 18 Jan 2024
    8:32 am
Ugh, I never followed trends, these lists are insane! Girl names for boys……with!

- - mom93821 said
  - 18 Jan 2024
    5:25 am
I never follow trends; always prefer to do my own thing but funnily my name is on the list.
- Ellen replied
  
  19 Jan 2024 , 8:46 am
  Yes, me neither. Although trends may impact us to a certain extend, it’s good to follow your own idea’s
- - ChiWren said
  - 17 Jan 2024
    11:45 pm
I adore the name Juniper, but I picture it for a girl. I’m laughing at the thought of a baby Lois or Agnes. Just a touch too old lady like for me.

- - wonder_mum said
  - 17 Jan 2024
    8:44 pm
Hmmm interesting list, not for me, but still lovely names

- - BellaB said
  - 17 Jan 2024
    7:12 pm
Quite a few of those “girl’s names” for boys have been used for both genders for some time.

- - TraceyGail said
  - 17 Jan 2024
    3:53 pm
Some really lovely names there.

- - mom443421 said
  - 17 Jan 2024
    2:07 pm
Some lovely names in here, and some unusual ones!