Get ready to hear some new youngster names around the campground. The times are a-changin’ (as always) and this year’s list of popular baby names includes some you have likely never heard of before.
Olivia and Liam are once again America’s most popular baby names, with 2023 the fifth consecutive year that parents have chosen the monikers for their newborns. Also for the fifth consecutive year, Noah took the second slot for boys, and Emma for girls. Only one new name appeared in the Top 10 lists this year, with Mateo joining the boys for the first time.
Here are the top 10 boys’ and girls’ names for 2023:
Every year, Social Security celebrates Mother’s Day by announcing the 1,000 most popular baby names. You can view the full list at ssa.gov/babynames, and see how popular your name was the year you were born and where it’s ranked now.
Parents apply for their child’s Social Security card when they are born, making the agency America’s top source for baby names. The agency began compiling the baby names list in 1997, with names dating back to 1880. Each year, the list reveals the effect of pop culture on naming trends.
It’s clear that social media stars had a major influence on new parents in 2023. The fastest rising girl’s name, Kaeli, went viral in 2023, rising a whopping 1,692 spots. Parents must have really smashed the “like” button for YouTube and TikTok star Kaeli McEwen (also known as Kaeli Mae), who routinely promotes a clean, tidy, and neutral-aesthetic lifestyle. On the boy’s side, trending in third place as the boy’s fastest riser, is Eiden – perhaps it was TikTok creator Wyatt Eiden’s 1.6 billion views and over 3 million followers that prompted this name’s meteoric rise.
Chozen? Now that’s different!
Powerful names also proved very attractive to parents in 2023. Emryn made her debut in the Top 1000 baby names after moving up 1,287 spots – Ryn translates to “ruler,” so it is no shock to see Emryn becoming a leader amongst the girls. Meanwhile Chozen, the second fastest rising boy’s name, fought up to number 813 in 2023. The character Chozen becomes a hero in the latest season of the hit Netflix show, Cobra Kai – wax on, wax off!
Here are the top five fastest rising boys’ and girls’ names in 2023:
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What does this have to do with RV’ing?
All RVers have a first name too. And it is a Mother’s Day list.
Perhaps, given that some people name their RVs, like boats, this list is very RV related for those choosing names for a new RV. #2 boys name Noah would suggest the same bssed on the number of pets some folks travel with.
And Noah DID make it thru the worst of storms.
Cynthia, It has nothing to do specifically with RVing. It’s just interesting. We don’t write just about RVing at RVtravel.com, we write about many things, most, granted, related to RVing. But if we find something of interest that isn’t 100% of interest to RVers, we have the space on our website (unlimited) and we might want to share it with our readers. How many times can we write about the 10 best ways to dump your holding tank? Our mission, as we see it, is to educate our readers, but also to entertain them at times. — Chuck Woodbury/publisher
Thank you Chuck for answering Cynthia’s complaint…some people are not happy unless there is something to grumble about. Cynthia, lighten up, go sit by the campfire and listen to nature without being a grouch.
Thank you, RV Travel! 🙂 I can merely smile when I see names entirely unfamiliar and wonder how to pronounce them. When I taught, on the first day of each term I read the list of students aloud and asked that each student correct my pronunciation if it did not suit them. I wrote a phonetic pronunciation for all who corrected me. Fyi, “Jordan” is pronounced jer-den in Alabama. 🙂 Thanks again and safe travels! 🙂
Why does the second list of names sound like a roster of those new drugs being advertised on TV?