Jumping Word-Names

So I finished all my usual stats, and decided to look at a specific subset of baby names: word-names.
As usual, I've removed most archaic words and jargon, as well as imported names. Exceptions are imported names that are word-names in their language of origin, like Luna; or foreign words intentionally used in English as names, like Bodhi.

Here are the 10 fastest rising word-names (from the Top 1500):

Boys:

1. Wells, +499 (#913)
2. Legacy, +452 (#1442)
3. Roan, +406 (#1386)
4. Warner, +315 (#1489)
5. Nova, +313 (#916)
6. Wren, +263 (#1489)
7. Aspen, +257 (#1407)
8. Canon, +252 (#1489)
9. Bailey, +247 (#1277)
10. Palmer, +246 (#1084)

Girls:

1. Dream, +834 (#828)
2. Indigo, +375 (#1370)
3. Majesty, +327 (#1274)
4. Althea, +216 (#1456)
5. Sunny, +202 (#979)
6. Bonnie, +198 (#697)
7. Opal, +166 (#855)
8. Emerald, +161 (#979)
9. Samara, +151 (#324)
10. Queen, +151 (#1079)

If you don't like lots of numbers, you probably should just stop now. :p

Here are the word-names that gained the most usage by % of babies born:

Boys:

1. Maverick, +0.093%
2. Rowan, +0.036%
3. Kyrie, +0.028%
4. Beau, +0.022%
5. Axel, +0.02%
6. Legend, +0.018%
7. Colt, +0.017%
8. Henry, +0.016%
9. Brooks, +0.015%
10. Bodhi, +0.014%

Girls:

1. Luna, +0.094%
2. Nova, +0.043%
3. Aurora, +0.038%
4. Willow, +0.028%
5. Hazel, +0.026%
6. Aria, +0.021%
7. Samara, +0.019%
8. Emery, +0.018%
9. Iris, +0.015%
10. Stella, +0.013%

But, as I said on my full % analysis post, this still isn't a huge increase in popularity--Luna, the word-name that gained the most, went from being given to about 1 in every 500 girls in 2016 to about 1 in every 350 girls in 2017. So, you're still not that much more likely to meet one. ;)

Percentage ratios, on the other hand, favor less common names. This shows how much comparative usage each name gained from 2016 to 2017. So for clarification, you're about 2x more likely to meet a Chosen born in 2017 than you were in 2016. 

Boys:

1. Chosen (2.01x)
2. Wells (1.92x)
3. Hawk (1.71x)
4. Maverick (1.64x)
5. Tuff (1.58x)
6. Nova (1.57x)
7. Legacy (1.57x)
8. Roan (1.53x)
9. Rowen (1.5x)
10. Buck (1.47x)

Girls:

1. Dream (2.61x)
2. Samara (1.55x)
3. Luna (1.5x)
4. Indigo (1.45x)
5. Marigold (1.44x)
6. Venus (1.42x)
7. Sparrow (1.39x)
8. Majesty (1.38x)
9. Bonnie (1.37x)
10. Nova (1.36x)