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In 2018, it's out with the old and in with the new.
2018年，旧的过时了，新的流行了。
There's a lot of things to consider when naming your baby, and one is that baby names cycle in and out of popularity.
给宝宝取名时要考虑很多事情，其中之一就是宝宝名字的流行度。
The last thing you want is your child to be stuck with a name that is going to sound hopelessly outdated and old fashioned!
你最不希望的就是自己的孩子有一个听起来过时到爆的名字，
So, let's take a look at just some of the baby names that no one is going to care about beyond 2018.
所以，让我们来看看2018年之后没人会在意的一些宝宝的名字吧。
Ashley
阿什利
The name Ashley dominated baby name lists from the mid 1980s well into the 2000s, but its heyday is finally over.
从20世纪80年代中期到21世纪头十年，“阿什利”这个名字一直占据婴儿名字排行榜的主导地位，但它的全盛时期已经结束了。
There are a ton of famous women named Ashley, like Ashley Olsen, Ashley Tisdale, and Ashley Benson, even though the once male-only name wasn't popularly used for girls until the 1960s.
尽管阿什利这个曾经只用于男性的名字直到20世纪60年代才普遍用于女性，但有很多著名女性都叫阿什利，比如阿什利·奥尔森，阿什利·提斯代尔和阿什利·本森。
While there are plenty of people with this name today, fewer and fewer babies are being given the name.
虽然现在有很多人叫这个名字，但用这个名字的婴儿越来越少。
That decline in popularity means that by the time your baby goes off to college, people will associate the name with middle-aged women.
受欢迎程度的下降意味着当你的孩子上大学时，人们会将这个名字与中年女性联系起来。
Nathaniel
纳撒尼尔
The name Nathaniel has been around for a long time, and has roots that go all the way back to the Biblical era.
纳撒尼尔这个名字已经有很长一段时间了，其根源可以追溯到圣经时代。
It's retained it's somewhat old-time feel, and it's still mentioned in everyone's American literature courses thanks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.
它被传了下来，有点怀旧的感觉，多亏了纳撒尼尔·霍桑的《红字》，这个名字仍会出现在每个美国文学的课程中。
The name saw a brief resurgence in popularity in the 1990s, but it's been declining ever since.
这个名字在上世纪90年代曾一度很火，但之后开始走下坡路，
The name officially fell from the top 100 names for baby boys in 2016, making Nathaniel a name that will be off everyone's radar in 2018 and beyond.
并在2016年正式从最受欢迎的100个男孩名字中跌出，之后纳撒尼尔这个名字在2018年以及之后的时间里便不再被人们关注。
Isabelle
伊莎贝尔
For a few years in the mid-2000s, the name Isabelle looked like it was going to rise in popularity along with the similar-sounding Isabella, but its ascent to glory was brief.
伊莎贝拉这个名字似乎在2000年代中期的那几年和发音相似的伊莎贝拉一起崛起，但它的崛起之路并不长。
Isabelle is slowly fading into obscurity, exactly as it did once before, in the middle of the 20th century.
伊莎贝尔正慢慢淡出人们的视线，就像它在20世纪中叶时的那样。
Even if you do end up using this name for your baby, chances are good that people will end up getting confused and calling her Isabella anyway,
即便你最后给宝宝起了这个名字，人们还很有可能将它和伊莎贝拉搞混，
and since there are other, more familiar versions of this name — like Elizabeth — you can compromise.
因为这个名字还有其他更熟悉的版本——比如伊丽莎白——你可以妥协一下。
Get the type of name you're going for without the inevitable difficulty, and everyone wins.
找到你想要的名字，避免不可避免的麻烦，这样大家都开心。
Taylor and Tyler
泰勒和太勒
Taylor was at the height of its popularity in the late 1990s, when this originally masculine name became popular for girls.
20世纪90年代末，这个原本属于男性的名字开始在女孩中流行起来。
In spite of the continued popularity of Taylor Swift, the name itself has begun to drop off in terms of how many parents are giving their babies this particular moniker.
泰勒·斯威夫特这个名字虽然一直很受欢迎，但由于给孩子起这个特别的名字的家长太多了，所以这个名字开始走下坡路。
Perhaps parents are hesitating to give their children the name of a singer who, while beloved, has become more known for her edgy music rather than the sweet country style of her early years.
家长们或许还在犹豫要不要给孩子取一个歌手的名字，这一歌手虽然深受大家喜爱，但比起早年甜美的乡村风格，令她成名的是她那前卫的音乐。
The old Taylor is gone, and so is her name.
以前的泰勒已经不在了，她的名字也不在了。
Just like the similar-sounding Taylor is out for girls, the name Tyler is out for boys.
泰勒和太勒发音相似，泰勒适合女孩，而太勒适合男孩。
Tyler has also been used as a gender-neutral name, but 2018 trends suggest it's a name that's not likely to be given to anyone.
太勒同时也被用作中性名，但2018年的趋势表明这个名字不太可能用于任何人。
Caleb Cale is often used as a nickname for Caleb, and that makes it a weird coincidence that the decline in popularity of the name comes at the same time that the once-trendy food kale is also falling out of favor.
凯勒·凯尔经常被用作凯莱布的昵称，与此同时，曾经流行的食物“羽衣甘蓝”也开始失宠，这真是个奇怪的巧合。
While there is no evidence to indicate that the two things are related, the timing is almost eerie.
虽然没有证据表明这两件事情有什么关系，但真的是个可怕的巧合。
Whatever the reasons behind the downfall, you can expect that no one post-2018 is going to care about the name Caleb, or eating kale.
不管凯莱布衰败背后的原因是什么，你可以想象，2018年后没人会关心这个名字，或者吃甘蓝。
Alexa Once a mega-popular name, Alexa has seen a huge drop in popularity in the last couple of years.
亚莉克莎曾经是一个超级受欢迎的名字，但过去几年她的受欢迎度大幅下降。
It's possible that it has fallen out of favor because of Amazon Echo, a personal assistant device that answers to the name Alexa.
它之所以失宠，可能是因为亚马逊埃稠——一款和亚莉克莎这个名字对应的个人助理设备。
Parents who don't want their Echo triggered every time they say their child's name would be wise to shy away from the name Alexa, and it looks like many parents are already doing just that.
如果家长不想每次说到自己孩子的名字时都触发埃稠，明智的做法就是避开亚莉克莎这个名字，而且看似很多家长已经在这么做了。
The only Alexa people will care about after 2018 is the one that can automatically tell you the temperature or the scores from last night's basketball game.
2018年之后人们唯一关心的亚莉克莎是能够自动告诉你温度或者昨晚篮球比赛比分的那个。
How times have changed.
时代已经变了。
Kaylee and Kylie
凯莉和凯利
The name Kaylee is fairly new, appearing only in the mid-1980s.
凯莉这个名字很新，只出现在20世纪80年代中期。
Its popularity was short lived, however, and the name has been on its way out for the last couple of years.
然而它的流行只是昙花一现，过去的几年里一直走下坡路。
It's happened so fast that it looks like 2018 may be the year that sees Kaylee fading into obscurity.
这一切发生得如此之快，看来2018年凯莉可能会是悄无声息的一年。
The similar-sounding Kylie has a similar-sounding story.
发音相似的凯利也有一个相似的故事。
It wasn't really on anyone's radar until singer Kylie Minogue arrived in the late 20th century,
20世纪末歌手凯利·米洛红起来之前这个名字并没有引起任何人的注意，
and the name remained fashionable through the 2000s, but it hit a downward spiral in 2016 when its ranking dropped drastically.
之后在21世纪的头十年一直很流行。但到了2016年这个名字的排名急剧下降，开始走下坡路。
You'll still be hearing it thanks to bearers like Kylie Jenner, but for babies? Not so much.
多亏了凯利·詹娜所以你还能听到这个词，但用来给婴儿起名儿呢？情况并非如此。
Kaylee and Kylie aren't the only baby girl names beginning with the letter "K" falling out of favor, either.
凯莉和凯利也不是唯一以字母“K”开头的女宝宝的名字。
Other once-popular names that have recently dropped in the ranks include Katherine and Khloe.
其他曾经很受欢迎但最近排名下滑的名字包括凯瑟琳和克洛伊。
It's food for thought, especially if you're feeling tempted to pick a name that's uber trendy.
这是一个值得思考的问题，尤其是当你想选择一个非常流行的名字时。
Parker
帕克
The name Parker isn't going to be totally forgotten in 2018, but if you're looking for a name for your new, bouncing baby boy, you might want to give this one a miss.
2018年，帕克这个名字不会被人们完全忘记，但是如果你正在为你活泼的新宝贝寻找名字，你可能不会想要这个。
It's largely lost its following as a top-ranked name for boys, but it is becoming more and more popular as a name for girls, like Parker Posey.
这个名字已经不再是最受欢迎的男孩名儿了，但作为女孩名字却越来越受欢迎，比如帕克·波西。
In another couple years, we could see Parker become a popular name for baby girls, at the same time mostly forgetting that it had once been primarily given to baby boys…
再过几年帕克可能会成为流行的女孩的名字，但同时大多数人都忘记了这个名字曾经是男孩的专属……
so you might want to think twice before labeling your boy with what might become a very, very inconvenient moniker.
所以，在给你的儿子起一个可能会非常非常不方便的名字之前，最好三思而后行。
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