Baby Names of 2011: Newest crop of babyberries
　　Since our last round-up of Nameberry’s actual baby names of 2011 in June, there’s been a bonanza of beautifully named newbies posted on our forums–and I’m sure they’re just the tip of the iceberg.  Once again Pam and I are blown away by the fantastic choices being made—from the elegant  classics to the more imaginative...
Apr 16, 2025
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British Baby Names: Tops of the pops
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Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa
Apr 16, 2025
　　The term Latin American, of course, takes in a number of countries and cultures, with both shared name histories and trends and distinctly individual ones. The names in Portuguese-speaking Brazil are, for example, quite different from those in the various Spanish-speaking cultures.  Some currently popular names prove to be international...
British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations
Apr 16, 2025
　　Yesterday, to launch British Names Week on Nameberry, Eleanor Nickerson identified the five strongest current naming trends in the UK.  　　Today we zero in on the popularity of individual names on both sides of the Atlantic, seeing which names have shared success and which haven’t. 　　We Yanks sometimes tend to...
Popular baby names: The case for the common name
Apr 16, 2025
　　Today’s guest blogger Kristen, aka Swistle, confronts the question of popular baby names–and explains why it’s okay to use them. 　　More common than the name is this naming concern heard from parents: “We don’t want her to be one of five  in every class.” 　　We know they don’t need to worry about...
The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name?
Apr 16, 2025
　　In The Nameberry 9 blog this week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel, addresseses the question of “What is a ‘normal name?” 　　The news was filled with so-called normal names this week.  But what defines a normal name?  Is it a Top Ten choice that plenty of people your age share?  Or...
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Celebrity Baby Names Q+A: Elizabeth Holmes
Celebrity Baby Names Q+A: Elizabeth Holmes
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Cool Short Middle Names for Girls
Apr 16, 2025
　　Think of cool short middle names for girls that go with everything, and May – or another spelling like Mae or Mei – is sure to spring to mind. 　　With its timeless streamlined feel, May can lighten up a long first name (like Elizabeth or Persephone), make a short sweet...
Mom Names: Lady Gaga’s Mama and more!
Apr 16, 2025
　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　It’s become a Nameberry tradition. In celebration of Mother’s Day, we honor a dozen moms who not only have raised highly successful offspring, but who also happen to have—yes—memorable names themselves. Here is this year’s list of the Top 12, including the mom names of Lady Gaga,...
Girl Names: A sister for Isla and Elodie
Apr 16, 2025
　　by Abby Sandel 　　They both have their girl name favorites, but can’t agree! Where’s the middle ground between Olive and Auden for Isla and Elodie’s new sister? 　　Cristen writes: 　　We’re expecting our third girl very soon and are stuck on a name for her. Our first two are Isla and...
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I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular
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Exploring the Meaning of Julian
Apr 16, 2025
　　Julian is a quiet classic, which has been in steady use throughout history but never wildly popular. It currently ranks at #35 in the US, appreciated for his jolly but understated charm. 　　Up to a point, the origins of the name are clear and undisputed: it comes from the Roman...
Brother Names
Apr 16, 2025
　　Choosing the right brother names involves striking the right balance. Ideally, brother names should be coordinated in a clear way — such as style or origin — but you want the names to be distinctive, so the brother set doesn’t feel too matchy. 　　Looking for brother names with similar style is...
12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love
Apr 16, 2025
　　Looking for a boy name that feels both fashionable and original, that stands out for its rarity but fits with current trends? 　　Boy names are evolving at lightning speed right now, with parents more willing than ever to branch out from traditional choices and embrace individuality in their sons’ names...
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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity
Apr 16, 2025
　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...
How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham
Apr 16, 2025
　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...
100 Unique Unisex Middle Names
Apr 16, 2025
　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...
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18 Hottest New Baby Names
18 Hottest New Baby Names
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The Top Baby Names of 2014!
Apr 16, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The new Social Security list of Most Popular Baby Names in the US is out and the top boy and girl names of 2014 were Noah and Emma. And new Princess name Charlotte cracked the Top 10! 　　The biblical Noah retains the title for the second year...
Predictions for the New Most Popular Baby Names
Apr 16, 2025
　　By Abby Sandel 　　The US Social Security Administration is expected to release their annual list of the most popular baby names at the end of the week, just in time for Mother’s Day. 　　There are unofficial lists galore, including the ever-stylish Nameberry 100. But the Social Security data is the...
Name Trends of the 1880s: Everything old is new again
Apr 16, 2025
　　By Arika Okrent, mentalfloss.com 　　The Social Security website has data on the thousand most popular baby names for boys and girls going back to 1880, when John and Mary came in first. A look at the old lists shows that the most popular names are always changing, but some of...
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Top Czech Names Follow International Trends
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Top Names in Each State Revealed!
Apr 16, 2025
　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...
100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More
Apr 16, 2025
　　We often cover rare and unique names — from creative modern inventions to unusual place and nature names. The names below are rare too, but with a difference. 　　You've almost certainly heard of them. (And so have your parents.) 　　Even if you don't know someone with them in real life,...
50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East
Apr 16, 2025
　　Do you know a lot of kids named Maeve and Rowan, Connor and Max? You might just live in the North East of the USA. 　　Behind the national data on the most popular baby names, each region has its own favorites, and the North East — here, the six states...
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What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name
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Test-Driving Your Baby Name
Apr 16, 2025
　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...
Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister
Apr 16, 2025
　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...
How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts
Apr 16, 2025
　　Since parents today invest so much thought and effort into finding the right name for their child, we get a lot of queries asking for advice on what to name the baby, and we do try to accentuate the positive. 　　But we also find it incumbent upon us to point...
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