A website that serves as massive baby name database found that the trend of using words as names is growing in popularity.
According to Nameberry, the following words were turned into unique names in 2014:
- Alias – given to 28 boys
- Apple – given to 19 girls
- Awesome – given to 8 boys
- Boss – given to 12 boys
- Couture – given to 8 girls
- Eliminate – given to 5 girls
- Fate – given to 9 girls
- Gamble – given to 5 boys
- Halo – given to 22 boys
- Harsh – given to 18 boys
- Indica – given to 26 girls
- Kilo – given to 6 boys
- Kindle – given to 15 girls
- Lemon – given to 10 girls
- Lucky – given to 54 boys and 11 girls
- Mystery – given to 7 girls
- Remedy – given to 27 girls
- Sativa – given to 14 girls
- Shanty – given to given to 6 girls
- Southern – given to 5 girls
- Victorious – given to 7 girls
- Winner – given to 6 girls
- Zeppelin – given to 42 boys and 11 girls
On the flip side of baby naming, the U.S. Social Security Administration released the top 10 most popular baby names from 2014:
- Noah/Emma
- Liam/Olivia
- Mason/Sophia
- Jacob/Isabella
- William/Ava
- Ethan/Mia
- Michael/Emily
- Alexander/Abigail
- James/Madison
- Daniel/Charlotte