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13 Hottest Baby Names of 2012

by Kiri Blakeley on July 13, 2012 at 1:56 PM

Hey there, fans of Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, and Twilight. I bet you're thinking you're being soooooo original picking a baby name that's related to your favorite movie or TV show. You're like, "Ain't NO other kid in my baby's kindgergarten class going to be named THIS!" Well, I hate to break it to you, but names picked from those pop culture juggernauts were some of the hottest baby names of 2012.

Nameberry, the baby naming site, has compiled the most viewed baby names of this year thus far, and while most of them are strange, they are also strangely familiar, as in, yeah, I heard that name in The Hunger Games!

Here are the 13 hottest baby names of 2012.

Senna/Cinna

These names were looked at 1,500 percent more than last year, mostly due to Senna, a Twilight vampire, and Cinna was Katniss's hairstylist in The Hunger Games.

Niall

Niall Horan is a member of the band One Direction. He pronounces it like Nile.

Arya

This name is a character in Game of Thrones.

Decimus

Names from Ancient Rome are making a huge comeback thanks to The Hunger Games. This was also Russell Crowe's character's middle name in Gladiator.

Caia

This is a half-witch, half-werewolf character in the Lunarmorte series of novels by Samantha Young. It also sounds like a spice. Just sayin'.

Gatsby

This is F. Scott Fitzgerald's eponymous character in his literary masterpiece The Great Gatsby. The name's popularity probably popped due to the new Leonardo DiCaprio film version.

Blue

Well, we have a pretty good idea why this name is suddenly popular and it's got nothing to do with JetBlue. It's all about Blue Ivy, of course, Beyonce and Jay-Z's baby daughter.

Sybil

This name has popped due to Lady Sybil Crawley from the BBC's Downton Abbey series. Let's hope it has nothing to do with the Sally Field movie of the same name.

Calix

This is supposed to be a male version of Calista or Callie, combined with Alex. Hey, why not?

Halcyon

Oh, this poor child.

Django

But not as poor as this child.

Nova

Atmospheric names like Aurora and Skylar have always been popular, and this is one gaining popularity now.

Theon

This is a character from the George R.R. Martin fantasy series.

Names I was surprised not to see: Maxwell, Katniss, Renesmee, Christian, Anastasia.

Do you like any of these names?

 

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Comments

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  • Stacey.
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    Stacey.

    July 13, 2012 at 2:10 PM

    I like Arya. All the others not so much.


  • ms_da...
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    ms_danielle_j

    July 13, 2012 at 2:16 PM

    All of those names are absolutely HORRIBLE....


  • rae
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    rae

    July 13, 2012 at 2:25 PM
    ewwww! give your child a REAL name! they have to adults in the real world one day!
  • ghost...
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    ghostbaby

    July 13, 2012 at 2:30 PM
    Not only do i not like them, i don't know anyone who has named their child any of those names.
  • Heather
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    Heather

    July 13, 2012 at 2:32 PM
    Well i didn't like any of them but nova to bad maxwell didnt make it i like old names
  • jenna...
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    jennaR1985

    July 13, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    YUCK! All of those names are really bad. Feel sorry for the kids named these names. People need to remember that your children have their name their entire life. It is not something to be taken lightly and named after a friggin movie!


  • Sierr...
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    SierraLynn

    July 13, 2012 at 2:48 PM
    Oh... Just.... No.....
  • Beth...
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    Beth Ferraro

    July 13, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    Horrendous!


  • Rhond...
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    RhondaVeggie

    July 13, 2012 at 2:56 PM
    Most people looking them up have no intention of using them. They just want to see if they're real names and what the meanings are.
  • Kelly...
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    KellyBSchrute

    July 13, 2012 at 3:08 PM
    I will never, ever, ever understand bizarre baby names. Don't they realize how cruel other children can be in school once they learn how to tease? Why would they set their children up for something like that? Maybe get creative with a middle name if you really can't resist...
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