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Top Baby Names for 2024

What are the top baby names for 2024? Let’s talk about our fave popular, unique, meaningful, and celebrity baby names for your little one.

Choosing the absolute perfect name for your baby is one of the most important (and fun) decisions you will have to make as a parent! But ensuring that the name aligns with your little one’s personality and fits their face just right can be a big challenge! So, to help you prepare for your bundle of joy’s arrival into this world, we painstakingly combed through the best lists of 2024’s most popular, classic, unique, meaningful, and celebrity baby names to find you the one you have been waiting for. Let’s get into it!

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Most Popular Baby Names

If you’re looking for a baby name that fits like a glove for your baby’s birth year, we found just the ones! According to the most recent data available from the Social Security Administration’s records of baby names, the clear winners of the most popular baby names were Liam (number 1) and Noah (number 2) making the percentage of kiddos born in the United States with this name roughly 1% of all of the babies born in 2022! But just in case, here are a few more to get you started:

  1. Liam
  2. Noah
  3. Olivia
  4. Oliver
  5. Emma
  6. Charlotte
  7. Amelia
  8. Sophia
  9. Isabella
  10. James
  11. Elijah
  12. Eva
  13. Mia
  14. William
  1. Henry
  2. Lucas
  3. Benjamin
  4. Theodore
  5. Mateo
  6. Levi
  7. Evelyn
  8. Sebastian
  9. Luna
  10. Daniel
  11. Jack
  12. Michael
  13. Alexander
  14. Harper
  1. Owen
  2. Asher
  3. Camila
  4. Samuel
  5. Sofia
  6. Scarlett
  7. Elizabeth
  8. Eleanor
  9. Emily
  10. Chloe
  11. Mila
  12. Violet

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Nostalgic Baby Names

Some names never go out of style. Or if they do, they’re sure to come right back. So, if you’re an old soul with a nostalgic spirit, here are some of our favorite old-fashioned and classic baby names that are popping up in 2024…

  1. George
  2. Minnie
  3. Ida
  4. Charles
  5. Clara
  6. Alica
  7. Florence
  8. Harry
  9. Henry
  10. Nellie
  11. Mabel
  12. Cora
  13. Roy
  14. Lillian
  15. Rose
  16. Pearl
  17. Eva
  18. Lena
  19. Josephine
  20. Maggie
  21. Grover
  22. Nora
  23. Stella
  24. Daisy
  25. May
  26. Effie
  1. Mae
  2. Alma
  3. Sadie
  4. Ira
  5. Hugh
  6. Isaac
  7. Oliver
  8. Flora
  9. Etta
  10. Lottie
  11. August
  12. Hazel
  13. Georgia
  14. Olive
  15. Emily
  16. Warren
  17. Amelia
  18. Leon
  19. Eliza
  20. Belle
  21. Ollie
  22. Ruby
  23. Everett
  24. Matilda
  25. Perry
  26. Ora
  1. Estella
  2. Harrison
  3. Eleanor
  4. Iva
  5. Alonzo
  6. Josie
  7. Otis
  8. Evelyn
  9. Inez
  10. Roscoe
  11. Essie
  12. Delia
  13. Levi
  14. Ina
  15. Vera
  16. Celia
  17. Goldie
  18. Winnie
  19. Jasper
  20. Marguerite
  21. Tillie
  22. Birdie
  23. Silas
  24. Genevieve

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Unique Baby Names

Now, let’s totally switch gears and talk about names that are so unique, you and your little one are unlikely to meet someone with the same one. Or if you do, it will be an instant reason to bond. Either way, with these unique baby names, they’re just about guaranteed to be the star of the show…

  1. Adler
  2. Amoret
  3. Bowie
  4. Granger
  5. Persephone
  6. Coen
  7. Arrow
  8. Naira
  1. Royal
  2. Luxury
  3. Fable
  4. Kojo
  5. Kruze
  6. Marlo
  7. Ryker
  8. Zelia
  1. Ambrose
  2. Adelio
  3. Faber
  4. Raiden
  5. Luella
  6. Anise
  7. Reveka

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Earth-Inspired Baby Names

Whether you’re an adventurous couple, nature lovers, or can’t stop looking up at the stars, here are a few strong and stunning baby names that are inspired by the earth and the universe that lies beyond…

Destinations
  1. Phoenix
  2. Paris
  3. Savannah
  4. Valencia
  5. Cheyenne
  6. Kingston
  7. India
  8. Kenya
  9. Hudson
  10. Egypt
  11. Holland
  12. Helena
  13. Aspen
  14. Mali
  15. Dallas
  16. Denver
  17. Cairo
  18. Kent
  19. Catalina
  20. Bali
  21. Rio
Nature
  1. Poppy
  2. Sunny
  3. Juniper
  4. Sage
  5. Dove
  6. Wren
  7. Jasper
  8. Fawn
  9. Lark
  10. Kai
  11. Willow
  12. Opal
  13. Meadow
  14. Iris
  15. Fern
  16. Jade
  17. Koa
  18. Ivy
  19. Sterling
  20. Lake
  21. Stone
  22. Everest
  23. Ocean
  24. Reed
  25. River
  26. Coral
Space
  1. Aurora
  2. Jupiter
  3. Venus
  4. Leo
  5. Apollo
  6. Nova
  7. Orion
  8. Aries
  9. Cosmo
  10. Elio
  11. Stella
  12. Sol
  13. Solei

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Meaningful

Your little one holds so much meaning in your life, it’s no wonder if you are looking for a meaningful baby name for them. One that can really capture their spirit and all you believe they will be. So, dive into a few of these gorgeous names with beautiful meaning and origins:

  1. Serene (Latin) calm, peaceful, quiet
  2. Alok (Sanskrit) light, enlightenment
  3. Lucy or Lucius (Spanish / Latin) light
  4. Esperanza (Spanish) hope
  5. Alessia (Italian) defender, (Greek) truthful
  6. Avery (French) wise (English) counselor
  7. Seraphina or Serafina (Hebrew / Italian) fiery, burning, angelic being
  1. Ryker (Dutch / German) rich and powerful
  2. Farrah (Arabic) happiness, joy
  3. Naila (Arabic) successful
  4. Millie (Latin / German) strength, determination
  5. Kalila (Arabic) beloved
  6. Layla or Leila (Arabic) night, dark
  7. Amauri (French) or Amory (German / English) leader, ruler
  1. Azai (Hebrew) strength
  2. Akira (Japanese / Scottish) bright, intelligent, clear
  3. Jayce (Greek / Hebrew) healer, cure
  4. Amaya or Amaia (Spanish, Japanese, Sanskrit) the end, heavenly valley, night rain, wise, sincere
  5. Felix or Felicity (Latin) lucky, happy
  6. Isaac (Hebrew) one who laughs
  7. Viviana or Vivienne (Latin) alive, lively, full of life

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Celebrity

Naturally, celebrity baby names are notoriously some of the most unique and unusual names we’ve ever heard. So, we picked the ones we adore that you just might want to steal for your little star:

  • Reign (Courtney Kardashian)
  • Psalm (Kim Kardashian)
  • Cricket Pearl and Birdie Leigh (Busy Phillips)
  • Sparrow (Nicole Richie)
  • Lyra (Ed Sheeren)
  • Elsie (Zooey Deschanel)
  • Malti (Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra)
  • Egypt and Genesis (Alicia Key)
  • Honor, Haven and Hayes (Jessica Alba)
  • Olympia (Usain Bolt)
  • Lilibet (Meghan Markle and Prince Harry)
  • Blue, Rumi and Sir. (Beyoncé and Jay-Z)
  • Ohm (Hilary Swank)
  • Halo (Halle Bailey)
  • Wilde (Eve)
  • Wilder (Donald Faison)
  • Cosmo (Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost)
  • Jupiter (Ashley Tisdale)
  • Forest Sage, Poet Lake, Bodhi Rain, and Prairie Moon (Teresa Palmer)
  • Heaven, Hendrix, Kenzo, and Kaori (Kevin Hart)
  • Atlas (Shay Mitchell)
  • Poet, Jagger, Lyric, and Story (Soleil Moon Frye)

And there you have it! Those are our favorite names, but if you’re looking to dive a little bit deeper into the most unique or most popular baby names in 2024, you can browse the Social Security Administration’s latest data on popular names of each birth year and even discover how the popularity of certain baby names has changed through time!

At Veba Baby, we want to make your parenting experience as beautiful as the love you have for your little one. We hope you found “the one,” or at least a few top contenders for the perfect classic, unique, or meaningful baby names for your little one! While selecting the perfect name for your baby is a tough task, it is, of course, merely the beginning of your parenting journey! As a part of our efforts to make caregiving as easy breezy as possible, we developed the only smart baby bottle monitor on the market to track the freshness of both breastmilk and formula in real time. Jump on over to our product page to shop now, or to keep all of the latest and greatest parenting tips flowing, stay tuned to our blog, The Sip! Until then, we wish you a warm and happy welcome to your incoming bundle of joy!

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