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2016 Baby Name Predictions

You know what the top baby names for 2015 were – now here’s what the 2016 cool kids will be called.

Baby Centre has collated data to predict the top names for next year, with old-school monikers making a comeback.

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Number 1 on the girls’ list is Emi, closely followed by Nora and Beryl in a throwback to your grandma’s age.

Further down the list though, a number of pop-culture names hit the list, with Khaleesi from Game of Thrones taking out number 16, and Chanel rounding out the top 20.

For the boys, standard first names like Jack and John took a backseat, with Alberto and Cairo taking out the top two spots. Further down the list, old-school pop culture names like Ziggy and Monroe made an entrance.


The complete list is below:

Girls

  1. Emi

  2. Nora

  3. Beryl

  4. Effie

  5. Electra

  6. Wren

  7. Evangeline

  8. Delphine

  9. Virginia

  10. Pixie

  11. Adeline

  12. Christa

  13. Dottie

  14. Gayatari

  15. Halo

  16. Khaleesi

  17. London

  18. Mallory

  19. Safiyaa

  20. Chanel



Boys# Alberto # Cairo # Colton

  1. Huxley

  2. Lawson

  3. Lochlan

  4. Marshall

  5. Miller

  6. Percy

  7. Ziggy

  8. Stan

  9. Niles

  10. Monroe

  11. Julien

  12. Farrel

  13. Benicio

  14. Stirling

  15. Ajay

  16. Boston

  17. Darwin