'Classic, vintage' baby names are trending in 2026. See list

Henry, Charlotte, Charlie and Leo are among some of the trendiest baby names for 2026, new research by smart baby monitor manufacturer Nanit has found. The company, which describes itself as one of the leading baby monitors in the U.S., said it has "a unique window into what families are actually na

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Henry, Charlotte, Charlie and Leo are among some of the trendiest baby names for 2026, new research by smart baby monitor manufacturer Nanit has found.

The company, which describes itself as one of the leading baby monitors in the U.S., said it has "a unique window into what families are actually naming their babies right now," based on the profiles parents create for their babies on its devices.

"We have over 1M parents who love and trust Nanit and hundreds of thousands of babies are added to the Nanit platform each year," Nanit said in a Monday, Sept. 7 news release. "Because families often set up their Nanit around the time their baby is born, we’re able to see what parents are naming their babies in real time."

The company said it undertook

the initiative because "baby names are such a fun reflection of what parents are loving at a particular moment" and that it would be "fun to take a look at the trends within our own community and share what we’re seeing, especially where those choices differ from the broader national baby name lists."

Nanit's top baby names of 2026

Based on that data, here are which names took the lead in 2026:

Jack
Henry
Charlotte
Charlie
Leo
Olivia
Noah
Luca
James
Cooper
Emma
Oliver
Lucy
Liam
Theo
Brooks
Bennett
Lily
Amelia
Ella

The chart below shows the number of babies with the name, according the Nanit data.

"Classic, vintage names" like Jack, Henry, Leo, Graham, Beau and Miles, and "names that traditionally started as nicknames," like Charlie, Teddy, Ellie and Sophie were popular choices for Nanit parents.

"It feels like parents are gravitating toward names that are familiar and timeless, but still have a little personality," Nanit said.

Social Security Administration's top baby names for 2025

Earlier this year, on Mother's Day, the Social Security Administration released its list of top baby names from 2025.

"The baby names are drawn from Social Security card applications submitted at birth," according to the SSA, which has been compiling the list of popular names since 1997, with its full database allowing parents and users to search name popularity by year going back to 1880 as well as by state.