New trends this year include naming kids after children of celebrities; names from nature (Summer or Clover for girls, Rain or River for boys); and names with a Spanish influence, such as Xavier or Valentina, says BabyCenter editor in chief Linda Murray.
Though not in the top 10, other popular names include Harper (daughter of soccer star David Beckham and singer wife Victoria) and both Anderson and Cooper (CNN's Anderson Cooper). Heather Damron, 30, of Huntington, W.Va., says name choices for her 4-year-old son were heavily influenced by pop culture. Griffin Leland Grant Damron is named for Griffin, son of her favorite singer, Chris Daughtry (American Idol), and griffins in Harry Potter.
Lindsey Brook of Silver Spring, Md., loved the name Harper until the Beckhams used it. She and husband Ryan Brook, 29, named their 12-week-old son Asher Ellison Brook. Choices are tough: Some names remind you of "someone annoying in high school. You can't lose that association no matter how much you like the name."
Mandi and Lanson Oukrop, 29 and 32, of Richland, Wash., named their 1-year-old Ryder Hall Oukrop; she says they "wanted to make sure it was something he could put on a résumé." They're expecting another baby in June.
Many parents "feel this big pressure" to make the right choice, says Kirsten Larsen, 37, of Mount Rainier, Md. You don't want to "scar them for life for having a name nobody can pronounce or spell or they'll get made fun of."
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