When it comes to naming a baby, parents can toss and turn for weeks, even months and in fact even after the baby arrives they might still be no closer to locking in a name.
Why? Because every parent thinks their baby is unique and so every parent also wants their baby's name to be unique as well.
But unfortunately with 385,000 babies born every day – or 140 million every year – having a unique name is almost impossible…. Or is it?
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A new list of baby names has surfaced on Nameberry.com showing the rarest or least popular names (depending on which way you look at it) for boys and girls in 2022.
For girls some of the literal one-of-a-kind names included sky-inspired names such as Moonlight, Starlet and Cloudy.
While vintage girls names such as Arrowyn, Ettalyn, Daffodil and Ulyssia are also among the least used names of the last year.
Girls' names with an international flair are also some of the rarest on the list including Kauai, Lucetta, Villanelle, Endellion, Madelief, Niloufar and Zabelle.
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Names Given to 5 Baby Girls in 2022
- Arrowyn
- Briony
- Cloudy
- Ettalyn
- Fiamma
- Hollins
- Jaydence
- Julep
- Kauai
- Knoxli
- Lucetta
- Maxxine
- Moonlight
- Normandy
- Opaline
- Posh
- Shylie
- Starlet
- Tulia
- Villanelle
The century-old baby names that are about to make a comeback
Names Given to Fewer Than 5 Baby Girls in 2022
- Adabella
- Cerelia
- Daffodil
- Endellion
- Ferdinanda
- Indre
- Kalindi
- Liliosa
- Lozen
- Madelief
- Niloufar
- Onnolee
- Perdita
- Rhonwen
- Sebastia
- Sophronia
- Toril
- Ulyssia
- Yardley
- Zabelle
So what about boys - parents often admit boys' names are notoriously harder to choose so let's see why.
Names that will surely set their children apart from the crowd include internationally inspired names such as Cinco, Jadson, Izai, TChalla and Zesiro.
Surnames as first names also seems to be a strong theme among these rare names with fewer than five boys named Dennison, McKinnon, Yale, Bramwell, Crusoe, Eisenhower, Parson, Springer and Wilkie.
And while there are some Christian themed names in the mix including Damascus and Goliath, there are also a bunch of modern-day names with a twist making an appearance such as Lightning, Moody, Parx, Zillion, Sinjin, Tig and Seaton.
Names Given to 5 Baby Boys in 2022
- Aceston
- Beecher
- Cinco
- Damascus
- Dennison
- Fenn
- Goliath
- Izai
- Kashious
- Kuyper
- Lightning
- McKinnon
- Moody
- Parx
- Quince
- Sinjin
- Spyridon
- TChalla
- Yale
- Zillion
Names Given to Fewer Than 5 Baby Boys in 2022
- Aubin
- Bramwell
- Conran
- Crusoe
- Eisenhower
- Finlo
- Florent
- Gulliver
- Jadson
- Kehinde
- Levison
- Parson
- Quiller
- Ruskin
- Seaton
- Springer
- Tig
- Umberto
- Wilkie
- Zesiro
So if you're after a name as unique as your newborn baby, take some inspiration from these lists or try creating something new - who knows, it could make the rarest list next year.
