The Top 10 Boy and Girl Names of 2015 -- or What Millennials Are Naming Their Babies

The top 10 list of baby names in the United States for 2015 was released by BabyNames.com, and royalty and courageous namesakes abound. As co-founder of BabyNames.com, I present the trends and tribulations of names most popular this year.

I predicted in May 2015 that the top girl name this year would be Charlotte (#1), thanks to the birth of Charlotte Elizabeth Diana aka as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge on May 2nd. Indeed, Charlotte was number one this year according to the BabyNames.com user survey, a predictive tool used to determine up-trending names in the United States. Also a princess, albeit fictional, is Aurora (#10), the name of Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

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