Every year around this time, BabyCenter drops a year-in-review report, and we all lose our minds about the people out there naming their children after unicorns or fast food Twitter wars or whatever. With that in mind, I am so pleased to inform you there was a spike in babies with fruits and vegetable names this year.
Yes, my leafy loves, BabyCenter says 2018 was a, shall I say, healthy year for baby naming."For girls, Kale , Kiwi , Maple , and Clementine are on the rise," the report explains. Spicy names soared as well:"Saffron , Rosemary , and Sage " were a lot more popular in 2018 than in years past. Keep in mind these names are jumping from the tens-of-thousands-least popular to slightly more popular than that, so there very well could be just a small handful of people who named their babies Lime or Celery or something this year, and that's what put these names on BabyCenter's radar. That said, even two or three Arugulas is a lot more than none.
The site attributes these rises to us millennials and Gen Z-ers and our keto and paleo and clean-eating obsessions. That may all be well and true, but a quick poll of the Delish office shows our future children will be named Cranberry Brie , Pickle Pizza , and Sausage Balls .