What are the most popular unisex baby names of 2018? Including Blair, Quinn and Sage
UNISEX baby names are gaining popularity, according to a parenting website.
has revealed that gender neutral monikers such as Quinn, Lane and Drew are becoming more trendy.
What are the top unisex names for 2018?
To get their findings, the baby name portal looked at which names got the most increased page views recently.
Here are some of the top unisex names on the :
- Ariel
- Ashton
- Blair
- Bailey
- Carmen
- Drew
- Lane
- Harley
- Quinn
- Sage
- Parker
- Perry
- Nevada
- Noel
- Reed
- Robin
- Whitney
- Tory
Why are more unisex names associated with boys?
Many of the top unisex names are often more associated with boys.
According to Matthew Hahn, a professor at the University of Indiana who co-authored a , this is because “the culture is much more accepting of out-there girls' names.”
What were the hottest baby names of 2017?
There’s been a rise in exotic and celeb-inspired baby names – which, as you might expect, are a little unusual.
The names which have had the biggest surge in popularity are Tatjana for girls – with an increase of 1,508 per cent – and Kyd for boys – with a jump of 4,141 per cent.
In 2016, Olivia and Oliver topped the popularity polls, leading the experts to predict a rise in parents picking baby names beginning with O in 2017.
However, Nameberry reckon the reign of the vowel may be coming to an end.
In 2016, 40 per cent of baby names across both sexes started with a vowel – whereas only seven per cent of names have matched the trend so far this year.
While celebrity baby names, as well as TV and film characters, continue to influence trends.
The name Moana saw the fourth biggest growth for girls names with 467 per cent, thanks to the animated movie starring Nicole Scherzinger.
While Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have clearly inspired parents-to-be – their youngest daughter’s name, Ines, came fifth on the girls list.
Rosamund Pike’s name came eighth, while French Polynesian island Tahiti came third on the list, with a spike of 551 per cent.
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Russian monikers Tatjana and Natasha, Persian Alizeh, French Lucien and Marcel, and the Hawaiian name Koa also topped the lists – showing a clear trend for exotic names.
When it came to little lads, late rocker David Bowie and TV detective Sherlock were both obviously influences.
‘Bowie’ came 16th on the boys name list, while Sherlock came 19th – with a rise of 48 and 41 per cent respectively.