Gwen Stefani Baby Name A Hit Among Parents

May 14, 2008

Gwen Stefani Baby Name A Hit Among Parents

Sometimes, the names that celebrities give their children become a big hit in the general population. The latest statistics from the Social Security Administration show that Gwen Stefani’s choice of Kingston for her son has started a trend.

Kingston was barely a blip in the Top 1000 most popular baby names back when 2006 statistics came out. But this year, the stats for 2007 show Kingston jumping from # 942 to # 355.

Some other celebrity baby names that seem to have sparked a trend with new parents:

Ava, as in Reese Witherspoon’s daughter, is the 4th most popular girl’s name in the U.S.

Shiloh, as in Jolie-Pitt, jumped onto the top 1000 list in 2007, at # 804. The boy’s name Maddox is moving up quickly also.

Jayden, the name of Britney Spears’s son, is a name that has been rising for a number of years. But in 2007, the year following Jayden James Federline’s birth, it hit the after-burners, moving from # 49 to # 18.

But just because it’s high profile doesn’t mean a celebrity baby name will get picked up by the masses. Suri Cruise, for example, was born before Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, but so far at least, new parents aren’t biting.