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Your Most Surprising Future Top Baby Names?

　　We recently shared our predictions for the Top 10 baby names of 2028, based on statistical analysis of the annual Social Security data. 　　According to our projections, three new girl names and a whopping seven new boy names will be among those occupying the top spots in a decade’s time:...

Apr 17, 2025

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The Long and Short of Baby Name News This Week

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes super short baby names, football and hockey namesakes, Indigenous Canadian names, and British trends over the last 180 years. 　　Juicy name stories: Tobermory and PerstephanieWho loves an unusual naming story? We do. These parents’ stories in HuffPost are particularly juicy: you’ll find out...

Celebrity Names: April Starbaby Predictions

Apr 17, 2025

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　I’ve been the Name Guru to the Stars for a while now—long enough that I’m predicting the celebrity names for siblings of the babies I once made predictions for. 　　In the past, I forecasted the names of Michael Phelps, Alanis Morissette, Lauren Conrad, Miranda Kerr, and Daphne...

Celebrity Baby Names: Looking Ahead!

Apr 17, 2025

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　As 2018 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year in celebrity baby names…and look ahead to baby names 2019. It was an exciting time—three (yes, three!) Kardashians babies were born this year, Chicago, Stormi, and True. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend named their...

Baby Name Trends 2019

Apr 17, 2025

　　Baby names 2019 will include lots of names from new sources around the world and in nature, trends reflecting spirituality and nonbinary ideals, an F and a U and a goodbye to a longtime favorite group. Here, Nameberry’s 12 leading baby name trends for 2019. 　　Biggest Big Picture Trend: International names...

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Bold Names for Girls

Apr 17, 2025

　　The news this week includes one notably conservative name for a royal baby boy, and several bold names for girls. 　　His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge is just a week old. We’ve discussed his name – and the names the royals didn’t choose, or might be holding in reserve...

Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Apr 17, 2025

　　My friend Kim loved the name Cordelia. This was in my pre-Nameberry days, and Cordelia‘s been off the Top 1000 since 1950: It certainly wasn’t a name that it occurred to me to love. 　　Still…..Cordelia. The more I thought about it, the more I loved Cordelia. Thanks, Kim, for the...

Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva

Apr 17, 2025

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　Are we becoming more tolerant of creative names? 　　My kids’ friends and classmates are a diverse lot, and their names reflect it. There’s Seamus and Shivarama, a boy named Delaney and a girl called Jordan. Yes, we have Matthew and Sam...

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Exotic Lite: Boys’ Edition

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Classic baby names: Peter, Paul or Mary?

Apr 17, 2025

　　Of course they’re still around, with a few like William and Daniel still in the Top Ten, but most of the standard classics are far from being the power names they once were–Peter, Paul and George, for example, have hit all-time lows. 　　And yes, Edward has that Twilight touch, and Jack is back with...

John Today, Gianni Tomorrow

Apr 17, 2025

　　Guest blogger SONIA TSURUOKA, who’s been interning at nameberry this month, examines the long rise and recent fall of the name John and the advent of its upstart cousins. 　　Pretty much everybody knows someone named John. 　　Backed by its rich history and plenty of timeless appeal, this all-time favorite enjoyed...

Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Boys’ Names

Apr 17, 2025

　　Last week we unearthed twenty long lost literary girls’ names–some of which have rarely been used outside of books, plays and poetry– and now we turn to the boys’ equivalents. The diverse sources of these creative baby names range from Shakespeare to Stoppard– and be aware that, as before, the...

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The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Apr 17, 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...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Apr 17, 2025

　　Want to know the most gender-neutral nonbinary baby names? Depending where you live, they could be anything from Amani to Zen. 　　The most nonbinary names in the US are different from the most popular unisex names (which usually lean male or female). Here we’re talking about names that strike a...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Apr 17, 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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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

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New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Apr 17, 2025

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Apr 17, 2025

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

Apr 17, 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...

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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Apr 17, 2025

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

Apr 17, 2025

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

The Top Baby Names A-Z

Apr 17, 2025

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

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What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

Apr 17, 2025

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Apr 17, 2025

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...

How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

Apr 17, 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...