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W-Names: Where’s Waldo?
Dec 12, 2025
  Once upon a time, in the now distant past, popularity lists–particularly for boys–were teeming with names starting with the letter ‘W’.   In 1920, for example, there were twenty-seven of them in the boys’ Top 500, including every conceivable appendage to the first syllable Wil. Aside from the eternal William, there were Willie,...
Guess Beyonce’s Baby Name!
Dec 12, 2025
  NEWS FLASH! Beyoncé gave birth last night to a baby girl with husband Jay-Z and the name is reportedly Blue Ivy….or maybe Ivy Blue.  Stay tuned for breaking baby name news….   The Beyoncé Baby Name Watch is in full swing, with rumors (false) flying that the singer’s baby girl with producer...
Hottest Baby Name Trends: a century ago
Dec 12, 2025
  If you were naming a baby in 1911, you certainly wouldn’t be thinking about the hottest baby name trends or what was cool or hip.  Ah, those were the days!   But it is interesting to look back and see what patterns were in evidence then, which names—some of them really surprising—have obeyed the...
Baby Name News: This week’s most notable names, from Ami to Zia
Dec 12, 2025
  We’re so pleased to announce that starting today, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel will be presenting a regular baby name news recap and analysis every Monday.   If you’re a Nameberry aficionado, you might recall that this column started out as a week in review, then morphed into a more conventional list of names based...
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