Top Baby Names of 2019…So Far (Video)

If you want to choose a trendy name for your baby, Nameberry has you covered. Keri Lumm shares their top trending names of 2019…so far.

Nameberry’s list of top baby names 2019 is in for the first quarter of the year, with two surprising new names taking the lead.  

Posie, a charming vintage floral name that has never ranked among the US Top 1000, takes Nameberry’s Number 1 spot for girls so far in 2019.

Milo, an ancient name that has been vaulting up the official US popularity list since 2001, is the new Number 1 name for boys.

We calculate our popularity list based on which names attracted the most of the 11 million views of our name pages so far this year.

Nameberry’s Top 5 baby names for girls and boys in 2019 are:

Girls

1. Posie
2. Isla
3. Olivia
4. Aurora
5. Maeve

Boys

1. Milo
2. Jasper
3. Atticus
4. Theodore
5. Asher

Posie replaces Olivia, the Number 1 girl name for 2018, while Milo takes the place of Atticus, 2018’s Number 1 for boys. Aurora and Maeve are other new entrants to the girls’ Top 5, while Theodore is a new Top 5 name for boys.

Posie, which can also be spelled Posy and Posey, represents the confluence of several baby name trends. It’s a vintage name, a nature name, and a nickname-name. Posie can be used on its own or might be a short form of such fashionable proper names as Penelope or Josephine. Fewer than 50 baby girl received all three spellings of the name in the US in 2017.

Milo, which has roots in both Latin and Old German and can mean either soldier or merciful, is the name of an ancient Olympic wrestler and of Milo Ventimiglia of the popular TV show This Is Us. It ranks Number 224 in the US.