New research has predicted the Top 20 baby names set to make a comeback based on record analysis and in line with the trend that names follow a 100 year cycle of popularity, making a resurgence every century. The research from family history brand Findmypast also revealed the impact royal events have on the popularity of baby names.
The name Elizabeth surged with a 16% increase in popularity in 1926, the year of the Queen’s birth. Similarly, after a dip across the 1960s and 1970s, Prince Harry’s birth in 1984 sparked a rush in popularity throughout the following decades. Findmypast expects the royal obsession to continue across the next decade with families looking to the recent births of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s babies, Lillibet and Archie, for inspiration.
Royal marriages also provided the population with plenty of inspiration when it came to choosing a name for their babies throughout history, with a whopping 56% increase in babies named Phillip in 1947, the year the Prince married Elizabeth. Similarly, the name Diana saw a resurgence in 1981, in celebration of her wedding to Prince Charles with a staggering 122% increase in babies named after her.
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