dailybeastThe Daily Beast just announced what they believe will be the most popular baby names in 2019. So why should you care? While there are many reasons, here are two from a domain name perspective that might make sense for your domain name portfolio.

1. First, I always recommend you buy the .com version of your own name. In other words, if your name was Rick Fulton, you should buy RickFulton.com. If your name was Bill Smith, you should buy BillSmith.com. You should buy your spouse’s name. You should buy your kid’s names (future kid’s names?). Brothers and sisters too. Throw in mom and dad as well. Maybe even the dog. If the .com version is available, buy it!

2. The second reason is people sometimes pay lots of money to buy their own domain name from someone who has already registered it. You’re not going to get a $1,000,000, but $1,000 is certainly within reason for some popular names that someone else registered for less than $10. One of my friends just paid $600 for his name.

The problem is just about every name is already taken. Even obscure names.

But… looking at the list from Daily Beast, I would bet some of these names might be still available. First, let’s take a look at what they predict will be the most popular baby names in 10 years…

MOST POPULAR GIRLS NAME PREDICTIONS:

1. Ava

2. Amelia

3. Ella

4. Violet

5. Lila

6. Grace

7. Ruby

8. Matilda

9. Harper

10. Evelyn


MOST POPULAR BOYS NAME PREDICTIONS:

1. Ethan

2. Aiden

3. Milo

4. Charlie

5. Oscar

6. Ryder

7. Cash

8. River

9. Kai

10. Maximus

I just did a quick check and even some extremely common surnames are available when combined with these future popular name predictions.

For example, as I write this (and using one of the top 10 surnames in America), MaximusJones.com is available. So is RyderMoore.com. VioletJohnson.com is available. And so is MatildaWilson.com.

The opportunity to make money with domain names is all around us… you just have to look!