{"id":4304,"date":"2018-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/the-baby-names-rise-2018\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T02:07:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T02:07:44","slug":"the-baby-names-rise-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/the-baby-names-rise-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The baby names rising in popularity for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all know the time, care and fights &#8211; oh lawdddy the fights &#8211; that go into naming babies.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a crucial decision. After all, what if they get bullied on the playground? What if their name &#8216;dates&#8217; them? What if the next Trump-style figure has the same name and it loses all appeal quick smart?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/you\/these-are-australias-worst-bogan-baby-names\" target=\"_blank\">What if it makes the list of most Bogan names?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here to give you a few pointers is website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.babycenter.com.au\/popular-baby-names\" target=\"_blank\">BabyCenter<\/a>. They&#8217;ve released the top 100 fastest trending baby names (if you put stock in that sort of thing):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Names rising in popularity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ruby<\/p>\n<p>Aria<\/p>\n<p>Zara<\/p>\n<p>Aaliyah<\/p>\n<p>Ariana<\/p>\n<p>Marley&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peyton<\/p>\n<p>Harlow<\/p>\n<p>Luna<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newbies to make the &#8216;popularity&#8217; cut:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alyssa<\/p>\n<p>Maisie<\/p>\n<p>Kiara<\/p>\n<p>Rose<\/p>\n<p>Amelie<\/p>\n<p>Florence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Falling in popularity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emily<\/p>\n<p>Isabelle<\/p>\n<p>Sophie<\/p>\n<p>Matilda<\/p>\n<p>Maddison<\/p>\n<p>Imogen<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor<\/p>\n<p>Indiana<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"144\" width=\"192\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy_2_140.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rising in popularity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sonny<\/p>\n<p>Zachary<\/p>\n<p>Connor<\/p>\n<p>Logan<\/p>\n<p>Blake<\/p>\n<p>Theo<\/p>\n<p>Hugo<\/p>\n<p>Hudson<\/p>\n<p>Carter<\/p>\n<p>Parker<\/p>\n<p>Edward<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newbies to make the &#8216;popularity&#8217; cut:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kaiden<\/p>\n<p>Xander<\/p>\n<p>Darcy<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah<\/p>\n<p>Zane<\/p>\n<p>Cohen<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher<\/p>\n<p>Asher<\/p>\n<p>Jude<\/p>\n<p><strong>Falling in popularity: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexander<\/p>\n<p>Samuel<\/p>\n<p>Patrick<\/p>\n<p>Jordan<\/p>\n<p>Caleb<\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas<\/p>\n<p>Jake<\/p>\n<p>Dominic<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy_1_198.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Image: Getty \/ Tuan Tran<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>ENOUGH WORDS! 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