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Help[Opinions] Re: What names do you think will be popular in 2100?
in reply to a message by Rebecca
Yeah I'd say your guess will be right. 90's and Y2K names will come back in a big way, they are already starting to creep in. By 2100, 90s-00's babies would be the great-grandparents (or great-great grandparents) and that seems to be a popular naming cycle.
I think religious names will actually get MORE popular, because religious people seem more interested in having kids. There may be more atheists/ agnostics than ever before, but they aren't the ones with big families. I think we'll see a (even more than now) stark juxtaposition, of trendy/unique names next to super conservative religious names. And I think "foreign" names will be a huge contributing factor as climate refugees and migrants from booming populations overseas become more prevalent. Indian names in particular will start to become more mainstream.
Looking at the bottom of the US lists, I wouldn't be surprised at all if these names were somewhere in the Top 100 by 2100:
Abner, Ephraim, Eliezer, Boaz
Mary and Maria
Yousef, Yaakov
Darwin
Vir or Veer (m)
Van
Zev
Ayah, Aya
Names ending in -ani for girls - Aylani, Kahlani, Laylani, Meilani, Avani
Names of 90's "It girls" - Whitney, Lisa, Shannon, Winona, Andie, Cindy, Julia, Jennifer, Yasmine, Monica, Aaliyah, Brandy, Britney, Christina, Denise, Liv, Uma, Nia, Renee, Gillian, Gwen, Jodie/Jodi, Mariah, Aishwarya, Raveena, Sonali
I think religious names will actually get MORE popular, because religious people seem more interested in having kids. There may be more atheists/ agnostics than ever before, but they aren't the ones with big families. I think we'll see a (even more than now) stark juxtaposition, of trendy/unique names next to super conservative religious names. And I think "foreign" names will be a huge contributing factor as climate refugees and migrants from booming populations overseas become more prevalent. Indian names in particular will start to become more mainstream.
Looking at the bottom of the US lists, I wouldn't be surprised at all if these names were somewhere in the Top 100 by 2100:
Abner, Ephraim, Eliezer, Boaz
Mary and Maria
Yousef, Yaakov
Darwin
Vir or Veer (m)
Van
Zev
Ayah, Aya
Names ending in -ani for girls - Aylani, Kahlani, Laylani, Meilani, Avani
Names of 90's "It girls" - Whitney, Lisa, Shannon, Winona, Andie, Cindy, Julia, Jennifer, Yasmine, Monica, Aaliyah, Brandy, Britney, Christina, Denise, Liv, Uma, Nia, Renee, Gillian, Gwen, Jodie/Jodi, Mariah, Aishwarya, Raveena, Sonali
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A world containing lots of Winona and Gillian people would be well worth living in. Pity I won't be there to see it!
I think Ani names are a fad that will be gone in a few decades.
Yeah well I thought -lyn names wouldn't last that long. I guess we'll have to wait and see.