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Top Baby Names of 2026 Predicted with a 2015 Influence for Boys

Next year, BabyCenter, parenting website and app, and mynametags.com, British name-label manufacturer, forecast baby-name trends based on online signals to guide expectant parents.
With social-media buzz like BookTok, fantasy fiction is expected to be the biggest influence on baby names next year, while mynametags.com found musicians rank as the next-largest driver.
Sales and streaming figures show tangible name influence as Onyx Storm sold over 2.7 million copies this year and Alex Warren's album reached over 3.5 million streams in 2025.
Violet is set to climb the charts, expected to break into the top 30 next year, Rory McIlroy's Masters win predicts Rory entering the top 20, and Chloe Kelly may gain favour after her winning UEFA penalty.
Long-Term patterning and a dataset of more than 350,000 babies born in the past year inform the forecasts, with a Hunger Games prequel due next year expected to influence name choices, says Lars B Andersen.

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