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HelpRe: What do you think baby name trends will be like during the 2030s/2040s?
in reply to a message by Grazz
Well, since the avant-garde who revive older names tend to look at names from their great-grandparents' generation, the top names of the 1940s will start being eligible for revival. So in the USA college-educated parents around 2040 may start to think names like Robert, Gary, Frank, Paul, Kenneth, Douglas, Roger, Raymond, Wayne, and Bruce for boys and Linda, Barbara, Patricia, Carol, Nancy, Sharon, Judith, Susan, Donna, Joyce, Janet, Gloria, Beverly, Virginia and Pamela for girls sound "Cool and retro" and will give them to babies.
I do think names will continue to get more varied, UNLESS the culture changes in such a way that people become paranoid about being easily found on the internet, which might actually get some young parents to think having a very common name rather than a "unique" one is a good thing for their child's future safety.
I do think names will continue to get more varied, UNLESS the culture changes in such a way that people become paranoid about being easily found on the internet, which might actually get some young parents to think having a very common name rather than a "unique" one is a good thing for their child's future safety.
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As a person whose name is very unique overall and who isn't a fan of how easy it is to look me up online, I definitely think about this. Unfortunately my partner and I both have very unique surnames, so unless we decide to just give our kids a generic one I think even a super common first name won't balance out the surname.
I do hope Linda comes back, to be honest. I think it's lovely.
I do hope Linda comes back, to be honest. I think it's lovely.
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I disagree about Susan and Barbara, they’re commonly memed, although not as much as Karen. I agree with the rest, though.
I always liked the name Joy, but it was always too dated. So given that anecdote and the fact that the “retro appeal” thing tends to be a trend for many generations, I definitely agree with what you’re saying.
I always liked the name Joy, but it was always too dated. So given that anecdote and the fact that the “retro appeal” thing tends to be a trend for many generations, I definitely agree with what you’re saying.
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