Here are the most popular baby names of 2015
Parents are naming their babies after Instagram filters, YouTube stars, and video games.
The most popular boy name this year is Jackson.
Nurseries this year are full of babies named Sophia, Emma, Jackson, and Aiden.
These are the most popular baby names for 2015, according to a BabyCenter.com report released Tuesday.
The parenting website compiled the list after collecting data from more than 340,000 parents.
The site also pointed out the hot baby naming trends of the year, and many of them had to do with technology.
Millennials who use social media are feeling inspired by Instagram filters and tools, naming their children Lux, Juno, Ludwig, Amaro, Valencia, and Willow.
YouTube is influencing parents as well, since they are naming their babies after YouTube stars such as Kingsley (the actor behind YouTube’s “Ask Kingsley’’) and Cameron (a Teen Choice Award winner). Kingsley rose 68 percent for girls and 11 percent for boys, and Cameron jumped 13 percent for boys and 19 percent for girls, according to the site.
Video game names are also leaping off screens and onto birth certificates. This year, Joule from the game ReCore increased by 52 percent, Meryl from the game Metal Gear Solid climbed 51 percent, and Rayne from BloodRayne rose 26 percent.
Young adult fiction and movies continue to influence parents. The name Hazel from “The Fault in Our Stars’’ climbed 52 percent and the name Hermione from “Harry Potter’’ fame rose 45 percent. However, the name Katniss from “The Hunger Games’’ seems to have faded from glory, dropping 10 percent.
Parents are also feeling royal in their baby name selections. The name Royalty for baby girls increased by 88 percent. The girl names Duchess and Princess jumped 75 percent and 22 percent, respectively. The boy name Reign, which reality star Kourtney Kardashian named her baby last year, increased by 54 percent. Other hot boy royalty names include Prince, which rose 10 percent, and King, which rose 8 percent.
The following is the list of top 10 boy and girl baby names of the year.
The 10 most popular girl names of 2015:
1. Sophia
2. Emma
3. Olivia
4. Ava
5. Mia
6. Isabella
7. Zoe
8. Lily
9. Emily
10.Madison
The 10 most popular boy names of 2015:
1. Jackson
2. Aiden
3. Liam
4. Lucas
5. Noah
6. Mason
7. Ethan
8. Caden
9. Logan
10. Jacob
As for Massachusetts, find out the top baby names in 2014:
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