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Like most trends, baby names cycle in and [out](https://names.mooseroots.com/stories/13201/2015-name-declines) of fashion. Whether you’re actively seeking out a chic name for your baby or want to avoid those that have gone mainstream – think [Emma](https://names.mooseroots.com/l/82142/Emma) and [Noah](https://names.mooseroots.com/l/196030/Noah) – find out which ones are currently experiencing a surge in popularity.Using 2015 Social Security Administration data on baby name popularity, data analysts at MooseRoots, a Graphiq vertical search engine, determined which baby names have experienced the steepest trend up since 2013 by studying each name’s year-over-year popularity and calculating its ascent. The top five names for each gender are included. In the case of ties, the names were sorted alphabetically.