Have you ever noticed that each generation has a different set of super-common names? Your name may be completely different to those that your parents have or even your grandparents have.

Older generations like the baby boomers and Gen X have simpler names, whereas millenials and Gen Z are branching out.

“There are so many celebrities and movies out there that have such beautiful names that everyone wants to copy,” junior Isabelle Rombough said. This trend is leading people to change the names of their own kids. Everyone wants to be original like they are in Hollywood.

Millenials especially are the ones giving their kids more unique names. They embrace change and because of that they are shifting away from the more basic names used in the past.

Some people like their name because it is common and not too out there. Two popular names, Sarah and Michael, are prominent in West Essex.

“I like it because it’s not weird,” senior Michael Richardella said. “It is a pretty generic and common name.”

“I do like my name because I feel like I wouldn’t be who I am without the name Sarah,” junior Sarah Malone said.

Celebrity names such as North West, Blue Ivy and even Apple cause people to question what is trendy and what goes too far.

Every generation is unique in their own way, and therefore every generation has their own popular baby names. Whether the parents choose to go simple or decide on something uncommon, a name completes a person and makes them who they are.