Millennial parents are to blame for a surprising new baby name trend

Are millennials - who are blamed for ruining lots of things - now ruining baby names too? Photo / 123rf

Welcome to 2018, when new parents are said to be choosing the name of their baby based on whether or not it is available as a domain name online.

Baby name books or online best and worst lists are no longer enough. Now you must give your child a name that can work as a domain name (guessing .com preferably, because you wouldn't want to close any doors).

According to a survey conducted by GoDaddy (take it with a generous pinch of salt, since they are a domain registrar), 20 per cent of millennials have created a website for their baby.

Out of those, 79 per cent say they would change their child's name based on what domains were free.

Additionally, another 18 per cent of millennial parents said they were considering creating a website for their young child.

The study involved 1000 millennial parents aged between 24 and 38 and was then compared with a study that involved 1000 Generation X parents, aged 39 to 53.

Nearly half of millennials surveyed admitted it was important for their child to have an online presence early in life.

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