Monday, August 15, 2011

Popular Names in YA

A colleague of mine has been looking at baby names for her nephew, not that she hopes to have much say in the matter, but I jokingly said that the popular names at the moment are Daniel and Luke if YA fiction is anything to go by. So here is a very unscientific poll of popular names based on the books I've read and reviewed on this blog:

Cam

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Fallen series by Lauren Kate

Daniel

Dark Divine series by Bree Despain
Fallen series by Lauren Kate

Grace

Dark Divine series by Bree Despain
Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater

Luke

Here Lies Bridget by Paige Harbison
Dark Touch series by Amy Meredith
Forgotten by Cat Patrick

Sam

Gone series by Michael Grant
Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater


Are there any other names which seem to be popular at the moment?

1 comment:

  1. Grace is (obviously) the main character in Fallen Grace too! So there's another for your list!
    Ive also notices a few Gabriels around - Wither, Clockwork (something... I haven't read them but I know there's one in there!) by Cassandra Clare and Ink Exchange too... There are a few of them!

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