Sunday, June 14, 2020

an Un-scientific preview of 2020 names

In perusing online birth announcements from around the USA, I have noticed an uptick in the following names this year:

GIRLS:
Ellen
Rae-names (Raelyn, Raeanne, Raelee, etc.)
Persephone
Sloan(e)
Ember
Mae-names (Maevyn, Maeleigh, Maebelle, Maevry etc.)
Eloise
Blair

Middle names:
Lorraine
Elaine

BOYS:
Odin
Axel
Orrin
Caelan in various spellings (Calin, Caylan etc.)
Mack
Silas (Sylas, Sylis etc.)
Ivan

Middle names:
Drift


BOTH:
Quinn
Things starting with Brix, Brex, & Brax (Brexyn, Braxlyn, Brexton and other variations)
Sutton
Oak-names (Oaklyn, Oakley, Oakland etc.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Persephone has come up often because of the Tony & Grammy Award winning musical Hadestown.

Thanks for all the work you do by the way!