Is the baby naming trend opting for older, more traditional names?
By the YeahBaby.com editorial staff The baby naming landscape is being changed by parents with career and aspirational goals. The link between having older parents and the names they choose might surpise you! Many parents are waiting until they’re older to have children. For many of them, fulfilling career and personal goals is necessary before starting a family. When they’re ready, they’re well into their 30’s. At that age, parents generally opt for traditional naming, or at least not the very uncommon names. The trend of older-parent baby naming is just starting to take root. Boy names like Anthony are are moving up the charts while a the boy name Amarion has slid off the list of top 1000 baby boy names. For the girls, names like Sophia are rising while the name Cheyenne is slipping. Jay Nelson of YeahBaby.com adds, ‘What we’re seeing here is the result of many years of youth-dominated baby naming. Younger parents tend to name their children non-traditionally. Many of them are in com
