Baby Names 2012: Heard any new names lately?
　　For the new year, we thought it would be fun to ask you to post the new baby names 2012 you’ve heard or see lately, on babies or in movie credits or in the newspaper or even new choices you’ve encountered on Nameberry. 　　We think we’ve heard them all…..until we...
Dec 12, 2025
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Nameberry Nine: Trendy with a twist
Dec 12, 2025
　　This week, in her Nameberry Nine round-up of the latest newsy names, Abby Sandel, of Appellation Mountain, looks at recent celebrity and other interesting name sightings. Also, take advantage of our CyberMonday Nameberry ebook special! Buy our ebooks for just $3.99 today only, in our store. 　　If you’re an avid follower of all things onomastic,...
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...
Bird Names: Avian options beyond Robin and Raven
Dec 12, 2025
　　Bird names are flying onto baby name lists, and guest blogger Kristen Gregg, of the popular blog marginamia, finds a flock of rare species to add to the aviary. 　　I am absolutely chirping with delight to be here today on Nameberry! I’m almost equally delighted to watch an ever growing...
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...
Girl Names >
How I Named My Baby: Maudette Eve
How I Named My Baby: Maudette Eve
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Muslim Baby Names Are Full of Meaning
Dec 12, 2025
　　Eid Mubarak! 　　This evening marks the start of the important Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr, celebrated by approximately two billion Muslims around the world and a perfect occasion for a closer look at Muslim names. 　　In the US, Islam is the third largest religion, and in the UK, it’s the second...
Olive or Olivia, Sophie or Sophia?
Dec 12, 2025
　　Do you prefer your girl names plain or fancy? Streamlined or frilly? In other words, are you Team Olive or Team Olivia? 　　Popular tastes today run towards girl names ending in A. Seven of the Top 10 popular names for girls end in A, starting with Olivia at number one....
How I Named My Baby: Georgie Rose
Dec 12, 2025
　　Alison Piepmeyer, Chief Marketing Officer of Color Factory, and Zach Piepmeyer, cofounder of Magical, live in Brooklyn, New York with their two children: Linus Tyler and Georgie Rose. 　　Their daughter Georgie was born on January 8, 2022. Below, we talk with Alison about how she and Zach named their little...
Boy Names >
Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide
Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide
How I Named My Baby: October Teddy I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition 150+ European Baby Boy Names New Geek Chic Names For Boys How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique 100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus
80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son
Dec 12, 2025
　　What do you get if you cross cottagecore with cowboy names? Meet woodsy names for boys. Woodsy names are the best of each trend — the rugged handsomeness of cowboy names blended with the romantic pastorality and natural elements of cottagecore names. 　　These are the names of woodland heroes and forest...
Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques
Dec 12, 2025
　　When a name gets popular, it’s rarely in isolation. 　　Both boy names and girl names tend to rise and fall in groups based on sound, image, association, or some combination thereof. Sometimes just a pair of names will attract attention, but often entire gangs of names will become fashionable at...
Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend
Dec 12, 2025
　　Aiden and boy names that rhyme with it have been all the rage since around the year 2000. Have you ever wondered about the history of this name trend? Or what the most popular Aiden-names are today? 　　Join us for a dive into this wave of names that swept the...
Unisex Names >
Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around
Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around
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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names
Dec 12, 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...
Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
Dec 12, 2025
　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...
Surprisingly International Baby Names
Dec 12, 2025
　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...
Trends & Predictions >
America's Next Top Baby Names
America's Next Top Baby Names
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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style
Dec 12, 2025
　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...
Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!
Dec 12, 2025
　　Christian names combine spirituality with style, conveying a faith-based message with contemporary sensibility. 　　These modern Christian names with an evangelical feel aren’t traditional biblical names, well-worn virtues, or even the old prophet names that are so popular nowadays. No, this is a fresh, 21st-century style of Christian names that shout...
60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest
Dec 12, 2025
　　Know a lot of babies named Vivian and Lincoln? You might just live in the Midwest. 　　We analyzed the most popular names by state to find which names are used more in the twelve core Midwestern states — that's Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,...
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Top Czech Names Follow International Trends
Top Czech Names Follow International Trends
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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names
Dec 12, 2025
　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...
Forgotten Names Making a Comeback
Dec 12, 2025
　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...
Top Names in Each State Revealed!
Dec 12, 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...
Baby Naming Advice >
Test-Driving Your Baby Name
Test-Driving Your Baby Name
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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby
Dec 12, 2025
　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...
It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name
Dec 12, 2025
　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...
Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort
Dec 12, 2025
　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...
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