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Breaking News: Amelia and Harry the new top UK baby names

　　The figures for the most popular names in the UK in 2011 have just been released by the Office for National Statistics, containing plenty of surprises and interesting tidbits. For one thing, it seems that despite a lot of cross-pollination, there is still a considerable divide in name popularity across...

Apr 16, 2025

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The 50-Year Rule: 1962 names revisited

Apr 16, 2025

　　Conventional wisdom holds that baby names tend to follow the Hundred-Year-Rule, cycling back after a century has passed. But with everything speeding up exponentially in modern life, and with the great interest in all things mid-century, we’re thinking maybe we should change that to the Fifty-Year-Rule. 　　Which prompts us to...

British Baby Names: Tops of the pops

Apr 16, 2025

　　British baby names were very much on the front burner this week, following the release of the official Top 100 popular British names lists for 2010. 　　At the top of the British names rankings was a pair of what sounds for all the world like matchy-matchy twin names, Olivia and Oliver. ...

Swedish Baby Names: What’s stylish in Stockholm?

Apr 16, 2025

　　Guest blogger and Sweden native Sarah–known to us Berries as Svea– gives us some insight on the trends behind the list of most popular Swedish baby names. 　　Being a Swedish Sarah (the #1 name the year I was born), I grew up in a sea of Saras and Sarahs, with...

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...

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Biblical Girl Names for Now

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Gorgeous Greek Girl Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　It’s not that Greek girl names have been totally neglected. After all, in the US Top 300 alone, we find Sophia at #5, followed by Chloe and Zoe, Penelope, Cora, Lydia, Alexa and Alexandra, Iris, Evangeline and Thea. 　　But there is still a wealth of Greek girl names waiting to...

Tailored but Feminine Girl Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　Tailored girl names that are also feminine are the order of the day. He says Mary. She says Halston. Where’s the middle ground between those two extremes? The Name Sage sets out to find a compromise for their daughter. 　　Taylor writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting a baby girl...

23 Cool New TV Girl Names: Prairie and Peach

Apr 16, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Every TV season or so we scan the video landscape to see if any particularly interesting character names have popped up. And each time it becomes more and more daunting as the number of new and newish shows on network, cable and streaming platforms has gone through...

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New Geek Chic Names For Boys

Apr 16, 2025

　　Hipster, nerdy, funky-clunky… Call them what you will, there’s no denying that geek chic names for boys and girls are cool. 　　But fashion moves fast, and some of the original names on our Geek Chic Boys master list — like Jasper, Cyrus and Augustus — now feel almost mainstream. 　　So...

Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend

Apr 16, 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...

How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique

Apr 16, 2025

　　Classic boy names are wonderful except for the fact that they’re so common. Yes, there have been many august Williams; sure, it’s a name resonant on your family tree; except, there are thousands (11,282, to be exact) of baby Williams out there. 　　But among the wonderful qualities of classic boy...

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Apr 16, 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...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Apr 16, 2025

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

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The Au-some New Baby Name Trend

Apr 16, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Not so long ago, the only names starting with the letters Au that were getting any traction were Audrey and Austin. But lately—have you noticed?—a lot more are now attracting attention. The once male name Aubrey is now in the girls’ Top 20, and then there are...

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...

How Long Do Popular Names Stay Popular?

Apr 16, 2025

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　We are working on a major upgrade to the site and user lists are temporarily unavailable. Sorry for the inconvenience but your lists are safe and will be available again shortly. 　　A Nameberry reader recently asked: How long do baby names in the US Top 10...

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How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Apr 16, 2025

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Apr 16, 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...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Apr 16, 2025

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

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...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Apr 16, 2025

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...