Look out Mercedes , Bentley , and Royce — there ’s a new car - inspired name in town . The name Camreigh was register for the first time in the U.S. last twelvemonth , according toQuartz ’s takeondatareleased by the U.S. Social Security Administration .
The name was give to 91 babies in 2017 , wee it the most popular of the 1100 brand - unexampled figure that cropped up last year . However , the Social Security Administration only list names that had been pay to at least five baby in 2017 , so it ’s potential that some of the name had been invented before 2017 .
An alternative spelling , Kamreigh , also seem for the first prison term last twelvemonth , as did Brexleigh , Kayzleigh , Addleigh , Iveigh , Lakeleigh , and Riverleigh . swap out “ -y ” and “ -ey ” for “ -eigh ” at the end of a name has been a develop trend in recent days , and in 20 years or so , the manpower will be filled with Ryleighs , Everleighs , and Charleighs — name calling that all appeared on alistof the 500 most popular names in 2017 .
Other names that were stick in for the first time include Iretomiwa ( of Nigerian origin ) and Tewodros ( Ethiopian ) . The name Arjunreddy ( apply 12 times ) possibly stems from the 2017 release of the Indian , Telugu - language filmArjun Reddy , whose title character is a sawbones who spirals out of control when he turns to alcohol and drug .
Perhaps an even bigger surprise is the fact that 11 babies were list Cersei in 2017 , or , as Quartz puts it , " 11 new - faced , impeccant babies were named after the manipulative , mightiness - athirst , incestuous , whirlybird parent - y , backstabbing character fromGame of Thrones . "
Below are the top 20 most pop new name calling in 2017 .
1 . Camreigh2 . Asahd3 . Taishmara4 . Kashdon5 . Teylie6 . Kassian7 . Kior8 . Aaleiya9 . Kamreigh10 . Draxler11 . Ikeni12 . Noctis13 . Sayyora14 . Mohana15 . Dakston16 . Knoxlee17 . Amunra18 . Arjunreddy19 . Irtaza20 . Ledgen
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