Thankfully, Laura Wattenberg and her team at Baby Name Wizard track the top names in countries around the world. “Every one of our lists is based on official statistics,” she explains. “We looked to statistics bureaus and newspapers and found the current top name trends from around the world. Just know that not every country bothers to track baby names, so we couldn’t include every country.” More from CafeMom: The Hottest Baby Boy Names Expected to Dominate the Next Decade The cool thing about baby names is that even though names can vary widely, there are certain trendy ones that are popular in different parts of the world, thanks to today’s modern forms of communication. “Parents around the world are still somewhat more conservative with boys’ names vs. girls’ names,” says Wattenberg. “But that’s starting to change.” More from CafeMom: 50 Baby Girl Names Currently Trending Around the World but Not in the US So for parents looking for boy name ideas that have history but also aren’t found in every kindergarten in America, looking to other countries’ top names might be just the thing. Want to know which boy names are topping baby name charts in Australia, Japan, South Africa, Colombia, Italy, and many other countries around the world? Look no further. SeluGallego/Shutterstock More from CafeMom: 15 Stunning Yet Undiscovered Celtic Baby Names for Boys More from CafeMom: 25 Rare Hipster Baby Names That’ll Totally Give Him Street Cred
