Your Friends Will Digg These 10 Cool Baby Names
We've fine-combed every corner of the web to find the coolest baby names right now. Your friends will digg these!
1. Jackson (boy)
Jackson, "son of jack", is now more popular than Jack and John, ranking #22 on the national top charts. Name your baby Jackson and he'll be sharing his name with abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock - famous for his drip paintings with some of the most expensive paintings in the world.
2. Ryder (boy)
Ryder, "cavalryman, messenger", started to climb the baby name charts in 2004 when Kate Hudson gave this name to her son. It just broke into the top 100, and we're suspecting this name will be even more popular in the next few years.
3. Cameron
You won't be surprised to hear that Cameron Diaz boosted the popularity of the name Cameron. What you probably didn't know? It's originally a scottish male name. It has lost its popularity in the last years - making it a cool but quite unique name today.
4. Alaska (girl)
This native american name is very unusual (according to nameberry.com there are less than 39 girls with this name), making it more than a one-in-a-million name.
5. Ava (girl)
Exploding in popularity in the mid-2000s when both Reese Witherspoon and Hugh Jackman gave this name to their daughters it's currently the most popular name in Vermont, and #5 on the national 2012 charts.
6. Harlow (girl)
Harlow (meaning: army) showed up on the baby name charts for the first time in 2005 on position #5135 and made it to the top 1000 for the first time in 2009. Nicole Richie and Joel Madden gave their daughter this name, and we believe it will become even more popular in the next few years. In 2012 it was the 581th most popular girl baby name.
7. Monroe (girl)
No doubt Marilyn Monroe comes to mind - but the name Monroe didn't show up on the baby name charts until the mid-2000s, now ranking at position 957 (2012). It has climbed in popularity each year and will most likely continue to climb the baby name charts. Exploding in popularity in the mid-2000s when both Reese Witherspoon and Hugh Jackman gave this name to their daughters it's currently the most popular name in Vermont, and #5 on the national 2012 charts.
8. Valentina (girl)
One of the most popular names in Chile right now, Valentina (meaning: healthy, strong) is currently the 167th most popular girl baby name (2012). It's currently the most popular in Florida, New York, New Jersey and New Mexico - and less popular in Tennessee, Missouri and Utah.
9. Adele (girl)
Singer Adele no doubt made this name - peaking in in 1914 and declining in popularity since the 1950s - popular again a few years ago. It's now back in the Top 1000, at position #538.
10. Giselle (girl)
The supermodel Gisele Bundchen no doubt gave this name a boost in the 90s pushing it to position #64 in California and #183 on the national charts in 2012.
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