--- title: Top Trending Baby Names in 2015 Are Instagram Filters description: Millennial parents looked to Instagram in 2015 to help name their children, new statistics from BabyCenter.com show. canonical: https://time.com/4130646/baby-names-instagram-2015/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-01T15:08:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T22:52:25.000Z og:title: Parents Are Naming Their Babies After Instagram Filters og:description: Lux was the most popular og:url: https://time.com/4130646/baby-names-instagram-2015/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadc24bbeeac2a953/69887334cd1bbac2b56fe4fd/baby-smartphone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 524811203 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Parents Are Naming Their Babies After Instagram Filters twitter:description: Lux was the most popular twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadc24bbeeac2a953/69887334cd1bbac2b56fe4fd/baby-smartphone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Parents Are Naming Their Babies After Instagram Filters ## Video: This Is What the Future of Instagram Looks Like [Watch (HLS stream): This Is What the Future of Instagram Looks Like](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tIyzRJcR.m3u8) (2:55)  _Published 2015-10-01. As Instagram turns 5, the co-founder and CEO talks about where the app is headed_  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:52 PM UTCPublished: Dec 1, 2015 3:08 PM UTC  Mother taking a smartphone picture of her baby Mother taking a smartphone picture of her babyGetty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:52 PM UTCPublished: Dec 1, 2015 3:08 PM UTC Millennial parents are looking to Instagram filters to help name their children, according to one parenting site. The most popular name derived from the photo-sharing app was Lux, which rose 75% on the list of baby boy names compared to last year, new statistics from [BabyCenter.com](http://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2015) show. Ludwig, Amaro, Reyes, Hudson and Kelvin [also increased in popularity for boy names in 2015](http://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2015), though their popularity has fluctuated in recent years. Baby girls were named Juno, Valencia and Willow. The parenting site gathered data from more than 340,000 parents in the world, it said, though the findings are unofficial, based on its own research and not government data. The U.S. Social Security Administration is set to release the official list of top baby names from this year in 2016. Noah topped the list of boys’ names and Emma dominated the list of girls’ names in 2014\. Those names were bumped this year by Jackson and Sophia, according to BabyCenter.com. The pregnancy and parenting site also said names of planets and characters on the hit TV show _Empire_ were trending this year. The name Royalty also jumped 88% in popularity for girls. Here’s BabyCenter’s compilation of the top 10 names for both genders: **10 most popular girl names of 2015** 1\. Sophia 2\. Emma 3\. Olivia 4\. Ava 5\. Mia 6\. Isabella 7\. Zoe 8\. Lily 9\. Emily 10\. Madison **10 most popular boy names of 2015** 1\. Jackson 2\. Aiden 3\. Liam 4\. Lucas 5\. Noah 6\. Mason 7\. Ethan 8\. Caden 9\. Logan 10\. 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