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Baby Names: Celebrity Inspiration, Top Favorites, New Trends

Posted: March 5, 2013 by Jenny Schafer
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Trying to decide on a baby name?

While celebrities are commonly known for their whacky baby names, let’s look through the best – and worst – monikers out of Tinseltown last year:

The best baby names in Hollywood in 2012:

  • Miranda
  • Noah
  • Olive
  • Etta
  • Tennessee
  • Tucker
  • Camden
  • Finn
  • Edward
  • Lorenzo
  • Faith
  • Penelope
  • Brooks
  • Keeva
  • Adeline
  • India
  • Adalaide
  • Luca
  • Jackson
  • Samuel
  • Micah
  • Willa
  • Sebella
  • Georgia

The worst baby names in Hollywood in 2012:

  • Emet
  • Bastian
  • Rosalind
  • Magnus
  • Lion
  • Gloria
  • Henrietta
  • Wilhelmina
  • Rocky
  • Breeze
  • Kash
  • Sky
  • Marlowe
  • Monroe
  • Sonny
  • Dixie
  • Poppy
  • Princeton
  • Clover
  • Gray
  • Lukensia
  • Phoenix
  • Wyatt
  • Pearl
  • Astala
  • Hawkins
  • Mabel
  • Mortimer
  • Maxwell
  • Aofie
  • Maple
  • Exton
  • Romy
  • Beatrice
  • Blue

Our friends at Baby Center have put together a list of 2012′s most popular baby names.

With Aiden, Jackson and Ethan topping the list of boys’ names, Sophia, Emma and Olivia were the favorite for the girls.

Take a look through the top 100 names of last year. Any surprises?

Girls’ Names

  1. Sophia
  2. Emma
  3. Olivia
  4. Isabella
  5. Ava
  6. Lily
  7. Zoe
  8. Chloe
  9. Mia
  10. Madison
  11. Emily
  12. Ella
  13. Madelyn
  14. Abigail
  15. Aubrey
  16. Addison
  17. Avery
  18. Layla
  19. Hailey
  20. Amelia
  21. Hannah
  22. Charlotte
  23. Kaitlyn
  24. Harper
  25. Kaylee
  26. Sophie
  27. Mackenzie
  28. Peyton
  29. Riley
  30. Grace
  31. Brooklyn
  32. Sarah
  33. Aaliyah
  34. Anna
  35. Arianna
  36. Ellie
  37. Natalie
  38. Isabelle
  39. Lillian
  40. Evelyn
  41. Elizabeth
  42. Lyla
  43. Lucy
  44. Claire
  45. Makayla
  46. Kylie
  47. Audrey
  48. Maya
  49. Leah
  50. Gabriella
  51. Annabelle
  52. Savannah
  53. Nora
  54. Reagan
  55. Scarlett
  56. Samantha
  57. Alyssa
  58. Allison
  59. Elena
  60. Stella
  61. Alexis
  62. Victoria
  63. Aria
  64. Molly
  65. Maria
  66. Bailey
  67. Sydney
  68. Bella
  69. Mila
  70. Taylor
  71. Kayla
  72. Eva
  73. Jasmine
  74. Gianna
  75. Alexandra
  76. Julia
  77. Eliana
  78. Kennedy
  79. Brianna
  80. Ruby
  81. Lauren
  82. Alice
  83. Violet
  84. Kendall
  85. Morgan
  86. Caroline
  87. Piper
  88. Brooke
  89. Elise
  90. Alexa
  91. Sienna
  92. Reese
  93. Clara
  94. Paige
  95. Kate
  96. Nevaeh
  97. Sadie
  98. Quinn
  99. Isla
  100. Eleanor
 Boys’ Names

  1. Aiden
  2. Jackson
  3. Ethan
  4. Liam
  5. Mason
  6. Noah
  7. Lucas
  8. Jacob
  9. Jayden
  10. Jack
  11. Logan
  12. Ryan
  13. Caleb
  14. Benjamin
  15. William
  16. Michael
  17. Alexander
  18. Elijah
  19. Matthew
  20. Dylan
  21. James
  22. Owen
  23. Connor
  24. Brayden
  25. Carter
  26. Landon
  27. Joshua
  28. Luke
  29. Daniel
  30. Gabriel
  31. Nicholas
  32. Nathan
  33. Oliver
  34. Henry
  35. Andrew
  36. Gavin
  37. Cameron
  38. Eli
  39. Max
  40. Isaac
  41. Evan
  42. Samuel
  43. Grayson
  44. Tyler
  45. Zachary
  46. Wyatt
  47. Joseph
  48. Charlie
  49. Hunter
  50. David
  51. Anthony
  52. Christian
  53. Colton
  54. Thomas
  55. Dominic
  56. Austin
  57. John
  58. Sebastian
  59. Cooper
  60. Levi
  61. Parker
  62. Isaiah
  63. Chase
  64. Blake
  65. Aaron
  66. Alex
  67. Adam
  68. Tristan
  69. Julian
  70. Jonathan
  71. Christopher
  72. Jace
  73. Nolan
  74. Miles
  75. Jordan
  76. Carson
  77. Colin
  78. Ian
  79. Riley
  80. Xavier
  81. Hudson
  82. Adrian
  83. Cole
  84. Brody
  85. Leo
  86. Jake
  87. Bentley
  88. Sean
  89. Jeremiah
  90. Asher
  91. Nathaniel
  92. Micah
  93. Jason
  94. Ryder
  95. Declan
  96. Hayden
  97. Brandon
  98. Easton
  99. Lincoln
  100. Harrison

Are your kids’ names on there?

My daughter Ava hit the top 5, and my son Gavin came in at No. 36. But my third child, son Enzo, didn’t make the list at all.

And in case you’re looking to break the popular mould, our friends at Working Mother looked at the baby name trends of 2013.

They’re everything from tech-inspired monikers like Tweet, Android and Kindle to surnames like Hayes, Townes and Brick.

What are some of your favorite baby names? Provide some inspiration in the comments below.

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  1. Skizzo
    Posted on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    Sky and Phoenix are great names…

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  2. Katie
    Posted on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 1:11 pm

    Some of the names on the worst list don’t deserve to be there. And by Aofie, I assume you mean Aoife, as in Aoife Belle Foden. Aoife (ee-fa) is a hugely popular name in Ireland, meeting an Aoife is the same as meeting a Grace!

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  3. kate smith
    Posted on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    My kids name are Preston, Kai, and Hadley…Love that none of them made the top 100 list!!!

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  4. Sophia
    Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 12:45 am

    The best and worst names are VERY subjective… some of my favourite names are in the worst list. Marlowe, Pearl, Beatrice, Clover, Dixie, Mabel and Phoenix are all gorgeous, while I personally find Tucker, Faith, Penelope and Adalaide (spelling) unappealing. I think it would make more sense to title the list “My favourite/least favourite names in Hollywood in 2012″.

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