Paisley

The Scottish mill town that gave the teardrop-and-curl textile pattern its English name, Paisley lent its look to Victorian shawls, 1960s silk scarves, and Prince's unmistakable flared ensembles. As a given name it is pure American, emerging from country music orbit — Brad Paisley helped — and climbing fast through the 2010s. It now ranks 61 and is given to about one in 455 girls. The sound has the soft-hard flip parents love: airy at the start, clipped at the end. It pairs easily with the rodeo and the art gallery, and it is, essentially, a textile pattern that became a toddler. Unapologetic.