At the end of not just a year but an entire decade, The New York Times asked Nameberry to name the names that defined the adolescence of the 21st century.

　　To find out, we analyzed the names that appear on the list of most popular baby names 2020 that did not rank among the Top 1000 a decade ago.

　　The result was more than 500 names that we organized into baby name trends that defined the decade of the 2010s. For the complete story, check out what we wrote in The New York Times, but we include here more names that exemplify the major trends exclusively for Nameberry readers.

　　The ultimate message: These are the names that became stylish over the past decade. Many of them might feel overheated by the end of the next.

　　

Rediscovered Vintage Names

We dug another layer deeper to uncover new vintage names in the past decade. New old names in the Top 1000:

　　

Vintage Girl Names

Clementine

　　Eloise

　　Florence

　　Louise

　　Mabel

　　Margot

　　Pearl

　　Thea

　　Vera

　　Willa

　　

Vintage Boy Names

Benedict

　　Clyde

　　Harvey

　　Ira

　　Lionel

　　Lyle

　　Otis

　　Otto

　　Theo

　　Wallace

　　

Contemporary God and Goddess Names

Mythological names — those from legend and ancient religions — have been one of the major trends of the past decade.

　　

 Goddess Names

Ariadne

　　Aurelia

　　Calliope

　　Freya

　　Galilea

　　Lilith

　　Maryam

　　Rhea

　　

God Names

Achilles

　　Amos

　　Atlas

　　Augustine

　　Cain

　　Ephraim

　　Jaziel

　　Magnus

　　Marcellus

　　Titan

　　

Unique Celebrity Names

Parents adopted the unusual celebrity names for their children. Some of the top names:

　　 Adele

　　Axl

　　Blake

　　Benicio

　　Celine

　　Colson

　　Demi

　　Elan

　　Liv

　　Idris

　　Maisie

　　Keanu

　　Octavia

　　Kyrie

　　Saoirse

　　Legend

　　Stevie

　　Tatum

　　Sutton

　　Thiago

　　

New Nature Names

Words names of all kinds but especially nature names rose to visibility in the 2010s, including these examples:

　　Azalea

　　Forest

　　Heavenly

　　Fox

　　Ivory

　　Genesis

　　Juniper

　　Major

　　Magnolia

　　Nova

　　Nova

　　Onyx

　　Sky

　　Ridge

　　Sunny

　　Rocky

　　Winter

　　Shepherd

　　Wren

　　Wilder

　　

Unisex Names

New names seem to qualify as gender neutral all the time. These gender neutral names became popular over the past decade for both boys and girls.

　　Azariah

　　Briar

　　Emory

　　Leighton

　　Lennox

　　Milan

　　Nova

　　Oakley

　　Reign

　　Remy

　　Royal

　　Sutton

　　

Diverse International Names

International names entered the US Top 1000 not just from Europe but from around the world. Newly popular in the 2010s are the following:

　　

International Baby Girl Names

Alessia

　　Antonella

　　Astrid

　　Joelle

　　Julieta

　　Noor

　　Rivka

　　Sylvie

　　Veda

　　Vivienne

　　

International Baby Boy Names

Torin

　　Anders

　　Arian

　　Bjorn

　　Bodhi

　　Cristiano

　　Kenzo

　　Khalid

　　Mustafa

　　Tadeo

　　Torin