Top 10 of 2019

Last September, one of my favorite baby name blogs (on Baby Name Wizard) did a post about the top names of 2019.  What did she think would be popular?  Well, instead of doing that exactly, she made a list of names that she thinks will have risen quite a bit by then.  Her argument was that predicting the top names would be fairly easy and kind of boring because many of the names would be terribly familiar.  Looking back at the lists of top 10 names for boys and girls, I can assure you that she's pretty spot on about that one.  Jacob, Joshua, Daniel, Matthew, and Michael have all been top 10 material for about 2 decades now.  Emily, Hannah, Samantha, and Ashley have also been top 10 names for a couple of decades. 

It is true that girls names trend faster than boys names, so the boys list would be really boring to predict.  You can bet that the five names I mentioned above will be in the top 10 or at least very close.  Ethan and Alexander will most likely still be in the area as well, since they have recently trended.  As for the ladies' names, Emily will certainly be around, but as for the others, I'm not necessarily convinced.  Names like Lily, Ella, and Avery have great potential to make it to the top 10 in the next 10 years, but with girl's names there is no gaurantee. 

The list below is Laura Wattenberg's predicted list (Top baby names of 2019):

GIRLS
1. Lila
2. Peyton
3. Lucy
4. Violet
5. Aubrey
6. Amelia
7. Piper
8. Ruby
9. Juliet
10. Harper
BOYS
1. Miles
2. Rowan
3. Lincoln
4. Eli
5. Jude
6. Cooper
7. Wyatt
8. Ryder
9. Lucas
10. Henry
 
Love the choices (most of them), but there are loads of names on these lists that I don't think will make it to the top 10, even in the next 10 years.  For instance, Eli and Ryder.  While I agree that I can see them trending upwards in the next decade, I don't think they'll make it to the top 100.  More likely Elliott or Elijah could make it to the top 10 instead of Eli.  For the girl's choices, Lila, Harper, and Violet all have great potential.  It is fairly likely that we'll see Violet, but perhaps we'll see Lillian or Lily instead of Lila. 
 
Really, only time will tell what actually happens, but its always fun to guess!