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Not too many changes - I'm still obsessed with surname-names for boys and have the all-American feel going on. My girls list is all over the place...

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Gents
Parker – “keeper of the park” #142
Tanner – “one who tans hides” #0
Bridger – surname from someone who lived near or worked on a bridge. #0
Tennyson – “son of Tenney” #0
Reuben – “behold, a son” #51
Kaden – “son of Cadán” #0
Blake – “black” or “pale” #62
Beckett – “beak” or “brook” #0
Quinn – “descendant of Conn” #293
Cassidy – “descendant of Caiside” #0

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Ladies
Octavia – “eighth” #0
Natasha – “Christmas Day” #402
Alice – “noble kind” #24
Lexa – “defending man” #0
Eve – “to breathe/live” #161
Nina – “fire” or “little girl” #203
Luna – “the moon” #130
Raven – bird name #0
Ivy – plant name #42
Willow – tree name #41

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(#rankings are for the England and Wales 2015 data, where the #ranking is given as #0, the name was not in the top 50 for E&W 2015)

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http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/117870?sort=rank&pop=ew
^Top 2 = Alice and James ~~ Bottom 2 = Courage and Indiana (m)