according to forbes.com , the university of michigan researchers predicted that births will begin surging this summer to a rate higher than before the pandemic: “it’s obvious the surge is here. during the time the birth volume decreased, those conceptions dated back to right around the march 2020 shutdown,” said molly stout, the study’s lead author and director of maternal fetal medicine at university of michigan health hospital.
and while news of a summer baby boom was considered speculative at best, stout points out solid research data can project “birth rate increases and decreases associated with major societal shifts,” she notes in a michigan medicine news release, citing such world events as the 1918 flu pandemic, the 1929 great depression and even the recession of 2008, as prime examples.
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“usually, we see the effects by modeling birth and death rates, only as the changes are occurring,” says stout on the university of michigan’s health lab blog . “with this methodology, we can accurately project anticipated birth rates ahead of the actual changes.”
that said, canadian birth rates have been on the decline since the great baby boom of the late 1940s, which, according to stats canada, lasted over 20 years and resulted in more than 8.2 million babies born, an average of close to 412,000 a year. in comparison, the number of births in 2008, when the population was twice as large as during the baby boom, was only 377,886, as reported on www12.statcan.gc.ca , noting that by, 2031 the proportion of canadian seniors could reach 23%, pointing to a massive senior boom instead.
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the experts at money.co.uk were curious about the most popular baby names coming this season, and it appears that daisy is the most popular for girls while kai is the most popular for boys.
the company based its methodology on multiple online lists to collate baby names related to the summer season. they input the findings into the genealogy portal of forebears.io
meanwhile, this year’s canadian baby names are full of insight and character, but haven’t really changed that much from the previous year. according to familyeducation.com , canadian baby names are similar to their u.s. counterparts but do reflect their strong roots. mind you, noah became one of the most popular names on both sides of the border, based on the 2019 netflix original series to all the boys i’ve loved before that starred noah centineo and gave inspiration to millions of parents to name their baby boy after him. it still ranks in the top 10 of canadian boy names today!
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according to www.familyeducation.com , the top baby girl names are olivia, emma, mia, sophia and zoey for girls, followed by liam, jackson, noah, lucas and oliver for boys.
according to flo.health , some uncommon genderfluid names include harley, presley, rowan and ashton.
weirdest baby names? according to emmasdiary.co.uk :