The Most Popular Baby Names of 2019 (So Far) Include a Few Surprises

Nameberry’s list of the Most Popular Baby Names of 2019 (so far) features two new names at Number 1: Archie and Isla.

Midway through the year, Archie attracted 50 percent more page views than any other boys’ name, thanks largely to Britain’s latest royal baby.

But Archie can stake a genuine claim to the top spot apart from its royal connection. Archie, a diminutive of the Teutonic Archibald which means “truly brave”, was the fastest-rising boys’ name in the US in 2018, climbing back onto the Top 1000 for the first time in 30 years. It’s been a Top 100 name in England since 2000.

Isla, a Top 5 Nameberry name of 2018, has surpassed Olivia to reach Number 1 for the first time. Popularized by actress Isla Fisher, this Scottish name meaning island ranks in the Top 10 in Canada, Australia, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and England, yet only Number 82 in the US.

Nameberry’s popularity list measures not which names parents chose for the babies in the past but which names are attracting the lion’s share of the nearly 30 million views of our name pages in the first half of 2019. As such, Nameberry’s original data is most valuable as a predictive tool, with names on our Top 100 likely to become more popular on official lists.

In the Number 2 spot are Olivia, Nameberry’s former reigning queen of girls’ names, and Milo, which was also in second place in 2018. Both names feature the fashionable long O sound. Other O-names in our Top 100 include Arlo, Bodhi, Elio, and Margot.

Unique names for girls are popular among Nameberry users. Top 100 baby girl names on Nameberry include several choices that don’t make the US Top 1000: Lilith, Posie, and Ottilie, along with Imogen, Cleo, and Cordelia.

Several unique names joined the Top 100 for boys on Nameberry, including Amias, Caius, Cassian, and Ambrose. These distinguished Latin names are having a style moment in 2019, along with the more established Silas, Atticus, Cassius, and Elias.

International names rank high on Nameberry, which attracts visitors from every country in the world. Scandinavian names such as Freya and Axel are popular. Girls’ names that are favorites in the United Kingdom, notably Poppy, Elsie, and Esme, make the Nameberry Top 100, along with Sanskrit and Hindi names for boys, such as Aarav, Bodhi, and Vihaan.

These are the 100 most popular names of 2019 so far, based on the number of views each name page receives on Nameberry.

Top 100 Girl Names on Nameberry

1. Isla
2. Olivia
3. Aurora
4. Ada
5. Charlotte
6. Amara
7. Maeve
8. Cora
9. Amelia
10. Posie
11. Luna
12. Ophelia
13. Ava
14. Rose
15. Eleanor
16. Genevieve
17. Alice
18. Elodie
19. Lucy
20. Ivy
21. Evelyn
22. Astrid
23. Freya
24. Anna
25. Iris
26. Mia
27. Violet
28. Eloise
29. Aurelia
30. Thea
31. Adelaide
32. Maisie
33. Esme
34. Nora
35. Adah
36. Chloe
37. Emilia
38. Jane
39. Aria
40. Penelope
41. Maya
42. Hazel
43. Adeline
44. Elizabeth
45. Eliza
46. Imogen
47. Clara
48. Isabella
49. Phoebe
50. Elsie
51. Evangeline
52. Mae
53. Audrey
54. Elise
55. Emma
56. Arabella
57. Lyra
58. Julia
59. Claire
60. Josephine
61. Lilith
62. Beatrice
63. Willa
64. Caroline
65. Anastasia
66. Grace
67. Elena
68. Abigail
69. Clementine
70. Mabel
71. Willow
72. Sadie
73. Isabel
74. Wren
75. Stella
76. Lydia
77. Emily
78. Seraphina
79. Margot
80. Mila
81. Gabriella
82. Gemma
83. Matilda
84. Naomi
85. Poppy
86. Lyra
87. Margaret
88. Madeline
89. Cleo
90. Hannah
91. Elliana
92. Zara
93. Cordelia
94. Maya
95. Delilah
96. Harper
97. Ottilie
98. Sienna
99. Lily
100. Florence

Top 100 Boy Names on Nameberry

1. Archie
2. Milo
3. Asher
4. Jasper
5. Silas
6. Theodore
7. Atticus
8. Jack
9. Aarav
10. Finn
11. Oliver
12. Felix
13. Henry
14. Wyatt
15. Aryan
16. Leo
17. Oscar
18. Levi
19. Ethan
20. James
21. Julian
22. Arthur
23. Ezra
24. Theo
25. Eli
26. Aaron
27. Liam
28. Bodhi
29. Jude
30. Soren
31. Arlo
32. Louis
33. Charles
34. Emmett
35. Kai
36. Atlas
37. Charlie
38. Sebastian
39. Axel
40. Cassius
41. Caleb
42. Archer
43. Thomas
44. Lucas
45. Amias
46. Zachary
47. Jayden
48. Benjamin
49. Tobias
50. Miles
51. Harry
52. Declan
53. Roman
54. William
55. Elijah
56. Josiah
57. Alexander
58. Owen
59. August
60. Hugo
61. Luke
62. Elio
63. Elias
64. Cyrus
65. Xavier
66. John
67. Callum
68. Isaac
69. Jacob
70. Cassian
71. Ambrose
72. Gabriel
73. Nolan
74. Otis
75. Kit
76. Caius
77. Noah
78. Samuel
79. Everett
80. Ryker
81. Otto
82. Gideon
83. Andrew
84. Sawyer
85. Graham
86. Daniel
87. Adrian
88. Beau
89. Max
90. Zane
91. Ronan
92. Caspian
93. Isaiah
94. Simon
95. Abel
96. Beckett
97. Bear
98. David
99. Vihaan
100. Lachlan

This article was originally published on Nameberry.