Baby-naming has become almost a competitive sport, with parents vying to find a name that no one else has discovered, that also carries deep personal meaning.
Luna has gone from almost nonexistent 20 years ago to number 14 on the Social Security Administration list of popular names.
There are definitely boy equivalents — Lucas, Luca, Leo, Levi.
On the other hand, there’s a whole new class of evangelical names: Amen, Savior, Canaan, Creed and Saint — the name of Kanye and Kim Kardashian’s older son.
It gives people a way to narrow down the vast universe of names, and also an authentic way to impart real meaning in your child’s name.
Parents with an Indian background who have Anglicized names themselves might give a child born in America a traditional name like Arjun, a fashionable Hindi name that means bright and shining.
And the names of their parents are even worse — the baby boomer names like Susan, Debbie, Bobby or Karen, which of course has its own issues.
There seems to be a pattern called the 100-year rule: After 100 years, names are ready to become not merely used, but truly fashionable.
Nature names is one of those categories that just keeps growing.