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Most popular baby names inspired by locations – from Madison to Lincoln


Choosing a baby name is one of the first major responsibilities handed to new parents – and it’s a decision not to be taken lightly.

Parents can find inspiration from family tradition, trawling through baby name books, or from popular culture – with Connell and Maeve expected to be well-used names with newborns in 2021 thanks the popularity of BBC’s Normal People and Netflix’s Sex Education.

There are also plenty of parents who choose names based on locations around the world, including where their child was born or favourite cities they have visited on holiday.

And now a study by Flowercard has picked out the most popular baby names inspired by locations in the last 10 years, using databases from both the UK and the US.



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Lincoln is the top UK-inspired baby name

Most popular location names for baby boys

  1. Jackson
  2. Austin
  3. Jordan
  4. Hudson
  5. Lincoln
  6. Santiago
  7. Camden
  8. Dakota
  9. Israel
  10. Kingston

Most popular location names for baby girls

  1. Madison
  2. Sofia
  3. Savannah
  4. Sydney
  5. Brooklyn
  6. Jordan
  7. Alexandria
  8. London
  9. Chelsea
  10. Dakota

Most popular UK-inspired baby names

  1. Lincoln
  2. Camden
  3. London
  4. Devon
  5. Chelsea
  6. Skye
  7. Harlow
  8. Bristol
  9. Kendal
  10. Chester

Location names have been made popular by celebrities such as Dakota Johnson and Paris Hilton, as well as high-profile figures giving their own children location-inspired names, such as Brooklyn Beckham and Chicago West.

To pull the data together, Flowercard used baby name lists from Baby Center, Closer and Disney to compile a collection of 100 names inspired by towns, cities, regions, countries and continents across the globe.

These names were then compared to government records to find the number of children born in the UK and the US between years 2000 and 2019.

Would you choose a location-inspired name for your baby? Let us know in the comments.





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