While we’re still thinking everyone is either a Millennial or a part of Generation Z, we’re deep in Generation Alpha, and now, 2025 will birth a whole new generation: Generation Beta. That’s right, babies born in 2025 will be part of Gen Beta, and since we’re less than three months away from the new year, studies are already showing what Gen Beta’s most popular baby names may be.
After searching through quite a few reports from BabyCenter, NameBerry, and more, we’ve discovered the three biggest trends with baby names we may be seeing in 2025, and we’re obsessed. See the details below:
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Sports & Music-Inspired
2024 has been a big year for both music news and sports news, so it’s no wonder that BabyCenter predicts it’ll influence many with their baby name decisions.
BabyCenter discovered that popular figures from the Paris Olympics, NCAA basketball, and the Super Bowl would heavily influence Gen Beta, with the outlet noting Caitlin (a la Caitlin Clark), Louis and Louise from the Olympics, and members from the Kansas City Chiefs like Creed, Travis, and Isiah.
Now, as for music, 2024 was all about the music drama and new artists. For isntance, BabyCenter says that after the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef, the name Kendrick will be an all-time high next year, as well as names like Sabrina for Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell for Chappell Roan, and Billie for Billie Eilish.
The Letter “E” & “Z”
You wouldn’t think letters from the alphabet would become a trend, but here we are. BabyCenter noted that the letter “E” for boys will be majorly popular in 2025 since so many are jumping up hundreds of spots and in the top 1000 names (so think of names like Embry, Enrique, and Eleil.)
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And Nameberry via Mental Floss said that “X” names are out, and “Z” names are in. However, Z names are popular as both the first letter (Zendaya and Zuri) and just in the name itself, like Ezra and Enzo.
Celestial & Landscape Names
We’ve talked about both celestial names, and nature-inspired names, but in 2025, there will seemingly be a big boom in those types of names. With the eclipse in April 2024 and a lunar eclipse coming in March 2025, it seems people are big on names like Orion, Sol, Aurora, Nova, and more, per BabyCenter.
Nameberry via Mental Floss noted that cottagecore names will be taking a new form into “Landscape” nameas that evoke powerful images of nature like Canyon, Field, Prairie.
From Jupiter to Aurora, here are a few celebrity baby names inspired by the cosmos.
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