Names that Peaked in 1992
- Carissa
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"grace"Description:
Trending down, along with others of both the Car and the issa groups.
- Hillary
Origin:
Latin from GreekMeaning:
"happy, cheerful"Description:
Hillary is a lovely name that, for the moment at least, is tightly bound to an individual with a strong image: Hillary Clinton. Whatever your feelings about Mrs. Clinton, her fame now dominates the name, making it feel less baby-ready than it deserves to be. Hillary as a name has so much going for it: the popular, rhythmic three-syllable structure, the fact that it's strong but light, proper but jaunty, with an irresistible meaning -- having the same root as hilarious. The Italian Ilaria may be one way to make the name fresh.
- Moriah
Origin:
Biblical place name; HebrewMeaning:
"the Lord is my teacher"Description:
Where Abraham took his son Isaac to sacrifice him. Taylor Hanson chose this as the middle name for his son Viggo, his fourth child, but most will see it as a girls’ name. Make life simpler and spell it Mariah.
- Demetri
- Maira
- Stormy
Origin:
Word name; variation of StormDescription:
Stormy is on the rise following the birth of Kylie Jenner's daughter Stormi, although the starbaby's spelling has taken over the lead.
- Tyrell
Origin:
Spelling variation of TerrellDescription:
Tyrell is kind of part Tyrone or Tyler, part Terrell, but less than the sum of those parts.
- China
Origin:
Place-nameDescription:
Long before the current place-name craze, a pair of the more daring pop singers of the Age of Aquarius picked this name for their daughters. Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick used the conventional spelling, the Mamas and the Papas's Michelle Phillips went further afield with Chynna (of the group Wilson Phillips).
- Shawnee
Origin:
Native American tribe nameDescription:
The Shawnee were an Eastern tribe that migrated westward; Shawnee makes an unusual name, if a little dated a la Shawn and Tawnee.
- Mariela
Origin:
Spanish diminutive of MariaMeaning:
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"Description:
Variant of Mariella
- Coty
Origin:
French surnameDescription:
Cosmetic reinvention of Cody.
- Malcom
Origin:
Variation of Malcolm, ScottishMeaning:
"devotee of St. Columba"Description:
This may be a phonetic variation of Malcolm, but it just looks...wrong. Be prepared for spelling corrections.
- Ivonne
Origin:
French variation of YvonneDescription:
The I freshens up this name.
- Shanelle
Origin:
Spelling variation of ChanelDescription:
French designer name Chanel spelt phonetically in English.
- Tevin
Origin:
Modern invented nameDescription:
This contemporary combo name burst onto the scene in tandem with the megasuccess of then-child singer Tevin Campbell in 1989, but has been losing its footing since the start of the millennium.
- Devonte
- Karly
Origin:
Spelling variation of CarlyDescription:
Whether it be due to the Kardashian's or another manifestation of the creative spelling trend, we're seeing K spelling variations as some of the fastest-rising names of the past few years -- and Karly is no exception.
- Edgardo
- Chelsey
Origin:
Variation of Chelsea, New York and London place-nameDescription:
Chelsea was last fashionable around the time First Daughter Chelsea Clinton was born, ranking in the Top 25 in the early 1990s.
- Devontae