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A lot can change in 100 years — and baby names are no different.
Just look at the most popular baby names from the 1920s and compare it to the most popular baby names today and you’ll see just how much baby name trends can shift over a 100-year period.
For example, let’s take a look at the most popular boy names and girl names of 1924:
| 1. Robert | 1. Mary |
| 2. John | 2. Dorothy |
| 3. William | 3. Helen |
| 4. James | 4. Betty |
| 5. Charles | 5. Margaret |
| 6. George | 6. Ruth |
| 7. Joseph | 7. Virginia |
| 8. Richard | 8. Mildred |
| 9. Edward | 9. Doris |
| 10. Donald | 10. Frances |
Fast forward 100 years and these are the most popular girl names and boy names of 2024:
| 1. Liam | 1. Olivia |
| 2. Noah | 2. Emma |
| 3. Oliver | 3. Ameila |
| 4. Theodore | 4. Charlotte |
| 5. James | 5. Mia |
| 6. Henry | 6. Sophia |
| 7. Mateo | 7. Isabella |
| 8. Elijah | 8. Evelyn |
| 9. Lucas | 9. Ava |
| 10. William | 10. Sofia |
William and James have held their own, but the rest of the top-10 for boy names — and the entirety of the top-10 for girl names — has changed between 1924 and 2024.
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Which leads us to the million dollar question of the day: How different will baby names look 100 years from now?
Most popular baby names in 2126, per ChatGPT and Claude
While the Social Security Administration gives us an accurate reading of baby name popularity in the past (dating back to 1880) and the present, it (unfortunately) can’t do so for the future.
Because of that, let’s turn to the next best thing — artificial intelligence.
According to ChatGPT, the “biggest forces in naming” today include “globalization, gender-flexible naming, short/spoken-easy names and nature/space/virtue words.”
With that in mind, ChatGPT expects the following names to be among the most popular in 2126:
| 1. Kai | 1. Nova |
| 2. Leo | 2. Luna |
| 3. Orion | 3. Mira |
| 4. Milo | 4. Lyra |
| 5. Atlas | 5. Astra |
| 6. Rowan | 6. Iris |
| 7. Ezra | 7. Eden |
| 8. Luca | 8. Zara |
| 9. Soren | 9. Aya |
| 10. Jasper | 10. Freya |
Claude took a similar approach to this futuristic question, but placed more of an emphasis on the theory that “names often cycle on 80-100 year timelines,” resulting in many classic names being revived.
According to Claude, the top-10 most popular names in 2126 will include:
| 1. Arthur | 1. Dorothy/Dottie |
| 2. Felix | 2. Ara |
| 3. August/Augustus | 3. Luna |
| 4. Leo | 4. Margot/Margo |
| 5. Clark | 5. Joyce |
| 6. Orion | 6. Sage |
| 7. Miles | 7. Pearl |
| 8. Rex | 8. Lyra |
| 9. Atlas | 9. Ruth |
| 10. Sterling | 10. Nova |
Both ChatGPT and Claude were adamant that many of the top baby names today will likely sound “old” and “vintage” by the time we reach 2126.
That includes names like Liam, Noah and Oliver for boys, and Olivia, Emma and Amelia for girls.
When asked to list names that might come as a surprise in 2126, AI replied with names like Canyon, Prairie, Pixel, Novae, Kernel, Aro, Nemi, Kindred, Aware, Marrow, Ashby, Aeris, Noorix, Veya and Riven.
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