If You Have One of these 50 Names, Congrats, You’re Probably Having a Baby in 2022!

Call your bestie Bec, your brother Chris and your co-worker Brooke and send them a big CONGRATS. Why? Because the odds are with them to have a baby in 2022.

And it’s not just Bec, Chris and Brooke either. We’ve got the names of 25 men and 25 women most likely to become parents next year. Sarah, Emma, Rachel, Michael and Daniel – we’re looking at you!

How do we know who is having a 2022 baby? 

Are we wizards in disguise as mums? Not quite. We actually don’t know but we do have a pretty cool way of guessing. Here’s how it works:

In Australia, the average age of a mum is 30.7 years.

This means that women who are at this age right now are at the greatest chance of falling pregnant. Of course, this isn’t the ONLY age of women having babies, but, hey, it’s what the research says so we’re sticking to it.

Anyhoo, if you’re 30 right now, you were born in 1991, correct?

So, to uncover the names of the women who are 30 this year (and thus most likely to conceive), all we had to do was track down the list of the most popular Australian baby names of 1991.

See. Science. Maths. No wizardry.

So, who will be welcoming a 2022 baby?

Here are the names of the women most likely to have a baby in 2022

Now, what about dads? Research also confirms that the average age for a dad in Australia is 33.1 years or those born in 1988. So, let’s see what names were most popular 33 years ago, shall we?

NOTE: We could only track down data from NSW, but, meh, good enough. 

Expecting fathers of 2022

1. Matthew
2. Daniel
3. Christopher
4. Michael
5. Benjamin
6. James
7. Andrew
8. Joshua
9. David
10. Luke
11. Thomas
12. Adam
13. Nathan
14. Mitchell
15. Nicolas
16. Timothy
17. Scott
18. Jason
19. Alexander
20. Ryan
21. Peter
22. John
23. Robert
24. Samuel
25. Aaron

Is your name on the list? What about your partner’s name?

Want some ideas on what to name your 2022 baby? We’ve tracked down some of the baby name trends and names most likely to skyrocket in popularity next year. Check them out below:

Baby name trends to watch for

1. Calendar names such as August, Tuesday and May.

2. Mythological and magical names such as Persephone, Odin and Sage.

3. Woodsy names such as Faye, River and Clover.

4. Ever names such as Everett, Everly and Everlynn.

5. Boyish nicknames for girls such as Billie, Teddy and Frankie.

6. Colour names including Maeve and Hazel.

7. Three letter baby names such as Kai, Leo and Ivy.

Names expected to skyrocket in popularity

Boys

1. Leo
2. Theodore
3. Hudson
4. Archer
5. Arlo
6. Harvey
7. Rowan
8. August
9. Finn
10. Hugo
11. Arthur
12. Ezra
13. Silas
14. Milo
15. Asher

Girls

1. Willow
2. Hazel
3. Violet
4. Florence
5. Aria
6. Ivy
7. Elsie
8. Audrey
9. Mila
10. Luna
11. Freya
12. Millie
13. Astrid
14. Sadie
15. Eloise

Most popular baby names of last year 

Girls

1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Olivia
4. Isla
5. Mia
6. Ava
7. Grace
8. Chloe
9. Willow
10. Matilda

Boys

1. Oliver
2. Noah
3. William
4. Jack
5. Leo
6. Henry
7. Charlie
8. Thomas
9. Lucas
10. Elijah

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