Scanning the popularity charts of some of the current most popular and stylish baby names (yeah, that’s how I spend my spare time), I noticed something fascinating the other day.  Many of them – Ava, Ella, Peyton, Aiden, Emmett, even number one Isabella – were at the very bottom of the Top 1000 in 1990.

　　That means that they were rarely used when the parents of today – most popularly named Jennifer and Melissa, Christopher and Jason – were born, but were starting to rise up the charts by the time Jennifer was drawing hearts around Jason’s name in her Geometry notebook.

　　By that theory (who says baby name trends prediction isn’t a science?), we should be able to predict which names will be most popular 20 years from now by combing the bottom of today’s Top 1000.

　　Of course, not every name down in the 800s and 900s is destined for baby name greatness.  But we see the following as likely popular choices for your grandchildren.

　　Interesting note: The boys’ names are a lot more adventurous and interesting than the girls’ names.  Based on this, we’d peg the long range girls’ name trend as Strong Vintage (Adele, Edith) and boys’ name as Modern Hero Surname (Branson, Landry).

　　Girls

　　Adele

　　Adelina

　　Alma

　　Azaria

　　Beatrice

　　Edith

　　Esme

　　India

　　Leona

　　Libby

　　Lilia

　　Livia

　　Mae

　　Matilda

　　Millie

　　Nola

　　Patience

　　Pearl

　　Tess

　　Willa

　　Boys

　　Benson

　　Blaise and Blaze

　　Bo

　　Bodhi

　　Branson

　　Bridger

　　Brogan

　　Bronson

　　Cain

　　Clay

　　Clinton

　　Crew

　　Destin

　　Edison

　　Fisher

　　Fletcher

　　Gibson

　　Hank

　　Hayes

　　Justus

　　Landry

　　Leandro

　　Legend

　　Lennon

　　Lennox

　　Lionel

　　Major

　　Matthias

　　Octavio

　　Remy

　　Rey

　　Sage

　　Samson

　　Seamus

　　Slade

　　Thaddeus

　　Theo

　　Valentino

　　Vaughn

　　Westin

　　Winston

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