Most Searched-For Baby Names of 2014

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Nameberry’s Number 1 baby names for 2014 are Imogen for girls and Asher for boys, choices that lead page views on the site for the second year in a row.

But the biggest news is the huge influence of television and celebrities on names zooming up Nameberry’s popularity list. The Game of Thrones-inspired girls’ name Khaleesi ranks at No. 2, with Daenerys also in the Nameberry Top 100.

On the boys’ side, new choices entering the Top 10 are Silas, popularized by Weeds, along with Jasper, Milo and Ezra. The biggest leaps were the Jolie-Pitt-influenced Knox, up 60 places, followed by Archer and Ryker.

The three names climbing furthest up the Nameberry Top 100 for girls are Ellie, Cordelia and Maya; others include Adeline, plus four stylish L-names: Lucy, Lila, Louisa and Luna.

Names that made the biggest slides are emblematic of pop culture shifts.  For girls, the biggest losers include Katniss from Hunger Games along with popular celebrity baby choices Harper, Seraphina, and Everly.  For boys, Flynn, of last year’s Breaking Bad, dropped 67 places, followed by Christian of 50 Shades of Grey and Arlo of Justified. Even George, as in 2013’s little prince, lost 36 spots.

Nameberry’s Top 100 list is based on which names attracted the largest number of the nearly 50 million views of its name pages in 2014.

The Top 10 girls’ names are:

  1. Imogen

  2. Khaleesi

  3. Charlotte

  4. Isla

  5. Cora

  6. Penelope

  7. Violet

  8. Amelia

  9. Eleanor

  10. Hazel

See the full Top 100 girls’ names.

Here are the Top 10 boys’ names:

  1. Asher

  2. Declan

  3. Atticus

  4. Oliver

  5. Silas

  6. Henry

  7. Jasper

  8. Finn

  9. Milo

  10. Ezra

See the full Top 100 boys’ names.