New research has predicted the top 20 baby names set to make a comeback this decade based on record analysis and in line with the trend that names follow a 100-year cycle of popularity, making a resurgence every century.
The findings from family history brand Findmypast also revealed the impact royal events have on the popularity of baby names. The name Elizabeth surged with a 16% increase in popularity in 1953, the year of the Coronation. Similarly, after a dip across the 1960s and 1970s, Prince Harry’s birth in 1984 sparked a rush in popularity throughout the following decades.
Findmypast expects the royal obsession to continue across the next decade with families looking to the recent births of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s babies, Lillibet and Archie, for ideas.
