With 2025 around the corner, new research has predicted the most popular baby names for next year – and if your expecting a little one very soon, this could serve as inspiration if you’re stuck. A new study from JoJo Maman Bébé revealed that over a quarter (26%) of UK parents worried about regretting their child’s name, with 24% struggling to agree on a name.
Meanwhile almost two in five (37%) chose a name that others would find easy to pronounce and spell, while 36% changed their child’s name after first meeting them.
So to give parents some naming inspiration, JoJo Maman Bébé has teamed up with baby name consultant Colleen Slagen to explore 2024’s most popular names, which names are at risk of becoming extinct and her predictions for 2025.
What are the top 20 baby names in 2024?
What are the popular baby names for 2025?
As well as this year’s popular names, it’s predicted shorter names will be trending in 2025 due to their effortless charm: “Look out for Margot in 2025 as people are looking for feminine, classic-sounding alternatives to the top 10 girls’ names, and names like Margot, Eloise, and Vivian fit the bill. A few of the trends I’m seeing right now that I expect to see more of in 2025 are short and effortless names for both boys and girls. For example, 1-2 syllables and 3-4 letter names like Cal, Mack, Vann and Case for boys and Navy, Indy, Drew, and Reya for girls.
“Names ending in ‘o’ are big for boys and names ending in ‘a’ are big for girls. Short names can feel brisk, but an ending vowel softens them which appeals to many people. Milo and Hugo sound like sweet, gentle kids as opposed to Banks or Knox which have a cool-guy feel.”
Talking about the “biggest trend” the expert is expecting next year, is what they call “My Best Friend’s Dad” names: Scottie, Tommie, Markie, Mickey, and Billie. People are also leaning more toward gender-neutral names for boys” like Darcy and Kit.”
Vintage names are also on the rise. For girls, Louise, Dorothy, Mabel and Maisie are on the rise and for boys it’s Arthur, Archie, and Howard. Judith and Reggie have also recently been used. Talking about celebs naming their kids, the expert says they find it interesting that “Hailey and Justin chose Jack as it’s a very popular name.
What names could become extinct?
Many names could be at risk of becoming extinct according to the expert. This includes:
- Jeff
- Linda
- Kathy
- Karen
- Gary
- Tiffany
- Caitlin
- Courtney
- Greg