Gen-Z naming trends

[Anonymous]

Being a girl, I’d be mad if I had a gender neutral or a boys name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being a girl, I’d be mad if I had a gender neutral or a boys name.

You aren’t a member of the generation, PP. You wouldn’t get it. I’m not being snarky. Your soon to be born daughter will feel differently.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone from here on should be named Pat. The end.

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/its-pat-birthday-party/3505906

SNL agrees.

[Anonymous]

I just went to 2 baby showers this month and the kids are going to be named Cannon and Arrow. Moms are both younger college educated millennials.

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Anonymous wrote:Being a girl, I’d be mad if I had a gender neutral or a boys name.

+1 My maiden name could be shortened to a boy's name and my teammates insisted on calling me that all through high school. It was horrible. My daughter has two lovely, classic girl names and she's happy with them.

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Anonymous wrote:Just read this article and it blew my mind: https://nameberry.com/blog/how-gen-z-will-revolutionize-baby-names

First off, I had no idea Gen Z was so different than Millennials with naming trends. I'm an old Millenial and we are not that different than Gen X in our choices. I have lots of Gen X friends and their kids are named stuff that is a similar vibe to what we are considering (for reference our short list includes Daisy and Maxine). Other than the nature names mentioned in the article, none of the trends mentioned sound appealing. And even with the nature names, I think I gravitate to more traditional names (like, for instance, Daisy for a girl) than some of the stuff they mention (Tupelo? Gull?).

I sort of get the idea of choosing a name that could go non-binary or masculine/feminine (they mention Thomas Jane, for instance) to reflect changing attitudes about gender. One reason Maxine is appealing to us is that it's a feminine name that could easily go more masculine if our DD decides when she is older that she is a not a feminine person. But the idea of choosing a name like Nyx or something sounds like too much for me. Just not my thing.

Any actual Gen Zers on here who can weigh in. Or younger millennials -- maybe this doesn't sound as out there to you? I know I'm old.

How many Gen Z's are having kids to even have a trend?

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Anonymous wrote:Being a girl, I’d be mad if I had a gender neutral or a boys name.

The trend I see is a female name with a gender neutral nickname.
Chris, Pat, Sam, Max, Bobby, Jamie, Alex, Shaun, Casey, Charlie, Billy, Quinn, Andy, Frankie, Kelly, Tracy, Randy, Elliot, Rudy, and so on.

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Not sure this is all that new even, my middle schooler has a Thorn.

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Anonymous wrote:I think younger parents tend to use more trendy names and right now, all parents in Gen z are 25 or younger.

+1 I'm an elder millennial and the moms I know who had kids between 16-24 have extremely different names than the moms I know who had kids at 30+. It's not necessarily a generational thing, stage of life plays into it.

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I'm an older Gen X, and the moms I know who had kids young (say under 28) have very different names than my friends who had their kids post 32ish. This is true whether they are Gex X or Millenial in my experience.

I'm towards the younger end of Gen X (born in 75.) My friends who had babies at age 25 or younger named their kids: Noah, Emily, Matthew, Emma... Friends that had their first baby at age 30 or older: Bishop, Hunter (girl), Brody...

I'm a young Gen X and it seems like the very youngest Gen X or even oldest Millennials at the time having babies in the early 2000s were responsible for the travesty of the name Neveah. Did you know it is Heaven spelled backwards?

Neveah spelled backwards is not Heaven. It's Haeven. Nevaeh is Heaven spelled backwards. It amuses me every time I see someone who thinks that.

It's just such a stupid name the poor souls with it always remind you that it's heaven spelled backwards as if it makes it more likable and less cringeworthy.

People who make fun of the name Nevaeh remind me of people who make fun of Britney Spears for being tacky or make fun of people who enjoy the Olive Garden - the definition of punching down to prove that their tastes are superior.

[Anonymous]

Kemp and Sloan are some names younger friends have chosen.
I find the name Kemp extremely weird
I always associate it with kelp. And then hemp.
The Kemp parents then had twins, a boy and a girl. I know which is which but everyone else gets confused.
Brit is the boy. Dell is the girl.
My mom argued with me that Brit is the girl. It HAS to be. Because Brit sounds like it's short with Britney.
Nope Boomer, you're missing the point.

[Anonymous]

My husband has a name used for both men and women and he loves that he can list his pronouns in his email signature now!

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Anonymous wrote:I think younger parents tend to use more trendy names and right now, all parents in Gen z are 25 or younger.

+1 I'm an elder millennial and the moms I know who had kids between 16-24 have extremely different names than the moms I know who had kids at 30+. It's not necessarily a generational thing, stage of life plays into it.

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I'm an older Gen X, and the moms I know who had kids young (say under 28) have very different names than my friends who had their kids post 32ish. This is true whether they are Gex X or Millenial in my experience.

I'm towards the younger end of Gen X (born in 75.) My friends who had babies at age 25 or younger named their kids: Noah, Emily, Matthew, Emma... Friends that had their first baby at age 30 or older: Bishop, Hunter (girl), Brody...

I'm a young Gen X and it seems like the very youngest Gen X or even oldest Millennials at the time having babies in the early 2000s were responsible for the travesty of the name Neveah. Did you know it is Heaven spelled backwards?

Neveah spelled backwards is not Heaven. It's Haeven. Nevaeh is Heaven spelled backwards. It amuses me every time I see someone who thinks that.

It's just such a stupid name the poor souls with it always remind you that it's heaven spelled backwards as if it makes it more likable and less cringeworthy.

People who make fun of the name Nevaeh remind me of people who make fun of Britney Spears for being tacky or make fun of people who enjoy the Olive Garden - the definition of punching down to prove that their tastes are superior.

Whatever you say, Nevaeh. Funny that you're so triggered by this name and not all the Jaxson, Brayden, etc mentioned here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just remember that online content is written to get you to click. I'll bet there's a kernel of truth, but in practice, most people will name their kids Henry or Eleanor.

Not Henry or Eleanor. You have to think the next generation of grandma names. We'll be seeing baby Susan, Lisa, Amy, Jennifer, Jessica, Heather, Angela, Christine, Scott, Kevin, Brad. . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kemp and Sloan are some names younger friends have chosen.
I find the name Kemp extremely weird
I always associate it with kelp. And then hemp.
The Kemp parents then had twins, a boy and a girl. I know which is which but everyone else gets confused.
Brit is the boy. Dell is the girl.
My mom argued with me that Brit is the girl. It HAS to be. Because Brit sounds like it's short with Britney.
Nope Boomer, you're missing the point.

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No need to be rude to your mom. Those are stupid names. Not Boomer.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that online content is written to get you to click. I'll bet there's a kernel of truth, but in practice, most people will name their kids Henry or Eleanor.

Not Henry or Eleanor. You have to think the next generation of grandma names. We'll be seeing baby Susan, Lisa, Amy, Jennifer, Jessica, Heather, Angela, Christine, Scott, Kevin, Brad. . .

Well my Gen-Z doesn't like those names so at least one person disagrees. I think their kids will name them Susan etc.