Baby Name Trends for 2026: Curated by Nameberry

🥳Happy New Year! 🎇 A year of ✨new names📛 awaits! 🤗

📛Nameberry🍒 released their: 👶 Baby Name Trends 2026 📛📈 It's a massive 📃list of first names the 📛name Bible 📖 site believes will be everywhere 🧐 this year.

Nameberry 🔮predicts, "Baby name trends 2026 are propelled by escapism. Amid bleak headlines and growing uncertainty, parents are actively seeking names that remind them of anything but our current environment. When the news is too heavy to bear, they turn into their favorite forms of entertainment. After losing themselves in an epic romantasy series, historical novel, anime adaptation, or reality TV show, many emerge with fresh inspiration for their baby name lists, choosing names that feel fanciful, nostalgic, or full of hope." 

Without further ado, Nameberry's top 10 baby name trends for 2026!🎉:  

1. 🗿ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS NAMES📛

My favorite names: 💗Isidore & 💙Ramses

2. ✨SHOWGIRL NAMES📛

                                                     

                     My favorite names: 💗Holiday, 💗Reverie, 💗Caliana & 💗Marilyn 

3. 🤔SOULFUL NAMES📛

                                              

                                 My favorite names: 💙Chosen, 💗Jubilee, 💗Sunday

                                                                 💙River & 💙Vision 

4. 👌A-OK BOOMER NAMES📛

                              My favorite names: 💗Betsy, 💗Bonnie, 💙Bruce, 💗Diane

                                                              💙Rex & 💙Richie

5. 😍ROMANTASY NAMES 📛

                                    My favorite names: 💙Leontel, 💗Lilivere & 💙Lysander

6. 🔤VOWEL HIATUS NAMES📛

                                        My favorite names: 💙Gael, 💗Noa & 💗Sianni 

7. 7️⃣NUMBER NAMES 📛

                              My favorite names: 💙Amillion, 💙Cinco, 💗Eleven, 💙Five

                                                               💙Million, 💙Seven & 💗Una

                                                                         

8. 🧂STRAIGHT OUT OF UTAH NAMES 📛

My favorite names: 💙Coast, 💗Honey, 💗Scotlyn & 💙Zealand

9. 🗯ANIME NAMES 📛

                                        My favorite names: 💗Aura, 💗Mira & 💗Rumi 

10. 📕BRIT LIT NAMES 📛

                            My favorite names: 💙Bram, 💗Dolly, 💗Louisa & 💗Virginia 

📌For even more 🤯 name trends 👀check out 👶Baby Center's: The trends that'll influence baby names in 2026 📃 thorough write-up —  and 🧐compare ✔ and contrast ✖ with Nameberry's list of 2026 😎trendy names. 📛

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