Baby names of 2022- Top 10 boys and girls names

Will you choose a popular name for your little sprout or would you rather go for a name you hardly hear? Now that the year is almost over again, it’s time to look ahead to next year. Also regarding baby names.

For what will be the most popular baby names of 2022? Look at the predictions.

The baby names of 2022

Every year, information platform 24Baby.nl with a prediction of the baby names. Likewise this year. They predict this based on user analytics.

To make this prediction, 24Baby analyzed.en the behavior of visitors on the site. So looked at searches within the website and Google. In addition, on the forum in the 24Baby app, the company tracked which names parents gave to their babies in the past six months.

This information was used to make a prediction of the baby names that are likely to become popular in 2022.

Baby name trends

What baby name trends are we seeing now in the baby names 2022 list:

Scandinavian names

Scandinavian influences are increasingly seen in baby name trends. Scandinavian names are often short and have a tough sound. For boys, you can think of names like Vigo and Sverre.

Girl names from Scandinavia that are becoming increasingly popular are Elin and Liv.

Boy’s names with a -j

A big trend in 2022 will be boy names that start with a -j. Dutch names include Jurre, Jesse and Jelte. But we will also hear the English pronunciation ‘dj’ more often.

Think Jack, Jayden and James.

Girls’ names with a Y

There was a remarkably high number of searches for ‘girl names starting with -y’. This could mean that in 2022 we will see more popular girl names like Yfke, Yuna and Yara. And that’s why you’ll also see a name with Y in the baby names of 2022

Top 10 boy names 2022

  1. Sem
  2. Liam
  3. Noah
  4. Finn
  5. Lucas
  6. James
  7. Milan
  8. Noud
  9. Daan
  10. Mees

Top 10 girl names 2022

  1. Mila
  2. Tess
  3. Julia
  4. Emma
  5. Nora
  6. Zoƫ
  7. Liv
  8. Sara
  9. Yara
  10. Sophie

The 24Baby Babynamentool

In the babynamentool on the site 24Baby you can find the meaning and origin of over 3.Find 500 baby names. Also discover with this tool how common a name is in the Netherlands. With the ‘Surprise me’ button, parents can find names they wouldn’t normally think of.

What would you choose

Every year I post here the list of popular baby names for that year. So again the baby names of 2022. But what do you choose?

Do you choose a popular name or do you choose a name that you don’t often hear and that your child will be the only one in class with?? I like to read your opinion in a comment.