Celebrity baby names can reflect or even launch naming trends in the general population.  Here, some of the hottest celebrity baby names and trends we see heating up right now:

　　Babies Named After Heavenly Bodies, Objects, And/Or Beings –

　　SERAPHINA – Ben and Jen

　　MARS – Erykah Badu

　　LUNA – Constance Marie

　　Stella LUNA – Ellen Pompeo

　　Scarlet – Melanie Chisholm & Thomas Starr

　　CIEL (French for sky) – Niki Taylor

　　Aven ANGELICA – Matthew Settle

　　Journey JETT – Jenna Jameson

　　JETT Hamilton – Jill Scott

　　Petal Blossom RAINBOW – Jamie Oliver

　　Babies with Animal Names

　　BIRDIE West – Maura West

　　SPARROW James Midnight – Nicole Richie and Joel Madden

　　William WOLF – Sarah Shahi

　　NAKOA-WOLF MANAKAUAPO NAMAKACHA – Lisa Bonet

　　Flower Names

　　TULIP – middle name of one of Rebecca Romijns twins

　　DAISY – Jon Cryer

　　PETAL BLOSSOM Rainbow – Jamie Oliver

　　5 celebrity babies received the middle name ROSE

　　Most fashionable letter – L

　　LUCILLE – Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson

　　LEILA – Judy Reyes

　　LYLA – Lisa Loeb

　　LOU SULOLA – Heidi and Seal

　　LILAH – Erinn Hayes

　　LUCIANA – Carnie Wilson

　　LAUREN – Lindsay Davenport

　　LUCIA – Mel Gibson; Amber and Rob Marino

　　LUKA – Tom Collichio

　　LUNA – Constance Marie

　　Most common name

　　MAX.  There were three celebrity babies born last year named Max, fathered by Gilbert Gottfried,  Lance Armstrong, and Charlie Sheen

　　Most outrageous name

　　For a boy — IKHYD EDGAR ARULAR – M.I.A.

　　For a girl – MARS MERKABA – Erykah Badu

　　Most outrageously common name

　　Charlie Sheen’s other twin son, BOB

　　Most used middle names

　　(besides Rose, which had 5)

　　Ray (in all variations)

　　BLAISE RAY – Amanda Beard

　　LEILA REY – Judy Reyes

　　FINLEY RAE – Daniel Baldwin

　　EVERLEIGH RAY – Cam Gigandet

　　And Grace….

　　BLAKESLEY GRACE – Trista and Ryan Sutter

　　CHARLOTTE GRACE – Sarah Michelle & Freddie Prinze Junior

　　HELENA GRACE – Kelly Rutherford

　　LILAH GRACE – Jill Scott

　　Celebrity babies named after other famous people, real and fictional

　　There’s been a Hollywood trend over the past several years of naming babies after other stars, such as Ava (Gardner), daughters of Reese Witherspoon and Hugh Jackman.  But now that trend is extending to less obvious stars, surnames, and fictional characters.

　　HUCKLEBERRY (Finn) – Kimberly and Brad Paisley

　　EVERLEIGH (Brothers) – Cam Gigandet

　　(Jennifer) ANNISTON – Chyler Leigh

　　KENZO (the designer) — Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou

　　HOLDEN (Caulfield, from Catcher in the Rye) – Mira Sorvino

　　(Brigitte) BARDOT – David Boreanz

　　GOLDIE (Hawn) – Ione Skye