Baby names that start with the letter A have been on the rise for several years now. with choices such as Ava and Aiden high on the popularity list, Asher and Adelaide rising fast, and names such as Abel and Aurora poised to take off.

　　In our last blog about names that start with A, we pointed out all the reasons parents love them: Besides their high fashion status along with other vowel names, studies show that children whose first names begin with A might earn higher marks in school, get into better colleges, and even live longer.

　　In that 2010 post, we listed A baby names on the Most Popular list along with those that were becoming more stylish.  But the appetite for A names is so healthy that parents are searching for ever-newer and fresher varieties.  Nameberry’s behind-the-scenes popularity data shows a wave of unusual A names attracting interest from baby namers.

　　Hot new A names you might not have considered before include:

　　girls

　　Abilene

　　Abitha

　　Acadia

　　Adira

　　Aida

　　Akira

　　Aleah

　　Alivia

　　Aliza

　　Aloisa

　　Amadea

　　Amaia

　　Amalie

　　Amandine

　　Amarantha

　　Ambrosia

　　Amethyst

　　Amira

　　Anahi

　　Andromeda

　　Annora

　　Anthea

　　Antonella

　　Antonina

　　Aphra

　　Apollonia

　　Aquilla

　　Arbor

　　Arcadia

　　Aria

　　Ariella

　　Ashby

　　Atalanta

　　Atarah

　　Auburn

　　Aurelia

　　Auria

　　Avis

　　Aviva

　　Avril

　　Aya

　　Ayelet

　　Ayn

　　Aziza

　　Azure

　　boys

　　Abbott

　　Absalom

　　Abush

　　Afton

　　Ahmet or Amit

　　Ajax

　　Alasdair

　　Aldo

　　Alessio

　　Alexei

　　Anders

　　Anselm

　　Apollo

　　Archibald

　　Aries

　　Aristotle

　　Armand

　　Arno

　　Arrow

　　Art

　　Asa

　　Auberon

　　Augustin

　　Aurelio

　　Avi

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