From Royal to Luxury: These are the most popular baby names so far this year

Plus the rogue entry that has to be seen to be believed. Hint: it has something to do with the alphabet...

Nameberry just announced the most popular baby name trends so far for 2023, and honestly, we called it. 

Earlier this year, we predicted that one particular boujee name that was on the rise would take out the top spot, and IT DID!

Yep, that's right - 'Luxury' is the most popular girls' name so far this year.

Read on to find out what else is trending... including the equally as posh boy's name that took out the crown. 

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In their midyear report for 2023, Nameberry shared that shorter names seem to be in favour (think Iris and Jude) as do storybook choices (like Alice) and those with a Greek leaning (Persephone, Cassius, Orion..)

"Upscale word names" are also appealing to parents in 2023, as shown by the top boys' and girls' names. 

Top boys' names

Nameberry identified 'Royal' as the most popular boys' name thus far. It takes over from 'Soren' which was previously in the top position.

According to the report, this on-trend name got a boost from the series Outer Range last year and has been high on people's radar ever since.

Two more names that are new on the list since this time last year are Oliver (a classic and popular name worldwide) and Aire (after Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's son's name was announced in January.)

Here are the top 25 boys' names:

1. Royal
2. Soren
3. Theodore
4. Silas
5. Atticus
6. Felix
7. Oliver
8. Arlo
9. Aire
10. Hugo
11. Cassius
12. Oscar
13. Caspian
14. August
15. Otto
16. Milo
17. Jude
18. Cyrus
19. Finn
20. Sebastian
21. Ethan
22. Atlas
23. Miles
24. Ezra
25. Kai

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Top girls' names

As mentioned before, Luxury came out on top, followed by Maeve and Aurelia.

For girls' names in general, parents seem to be looking to other cultures, like Astrid and Freya from Scandinavia and Elodie and Sylvie from France. Imogen and Elowen from Scotland also feature in the top 100.

Flowing maximalist names are also trending, such as Arabella and Calliope.

Here are the top 25 girls' names:

1. Luxury
2. Maeve
3. Aurelia
4. Isla
5. Eloise
6. Alice
7. Luna
8. Aurora
9. Ophelia
10. Evangeline
11. Violet
12. Iris
13. Cora
14. Daphne
15. Eleanor
16. Clara
17. Freya
18. Charlotte
19. Phoebe
20. Josephine
21. Ava
22. Matilda
23. Lucy
24. Amelia
25. Clementine

And just because the world has gone mad, the name 'Abcde' entered the top 100 girls' names this year. Yes, really.

Read the full report here. 

Originally published as From Royal to Luxury: These are the most popular baby names so far this year