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The Long and Short of Baby Name News This Week

　　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...

Apr 16, 2025

Celebrity Baby Names: Looking Ahead!

The Top Baby Names of 2019….so far

Starbabies: Predicting the next celebkid names

Celebrity Baby Names: Coming Attractions!

The New Top 10 Contest Winner What Uncommon Names Do You Hear a Lot? British Baby Name Trends of 2019 2019 Celebrity Baby Name Predictions Classic Baby Names: Current comebacks Baby Names 2019 Popular names: Nameberry vs US Celebrity Names: April Starbaby Predictions

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Your Most Surprising Future Top Baby Names?

Apr 16, 2025

　　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:...

Baby Name Trends 2019

Apr 16, 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...

Celebrity Babies: Latest starbaby name predictions

Apr 16, 2025

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　Creating a coordinated sibset for celebrity babies and everyone else can be hard enough, but when the siblings in question are half-siblings, it’s even harder. A new partner means a new set of opinions and ideas to account for, so frequently sibset cohesion is a preference that...

International Baby Names: Hottest in the UK, Poland and Japan

Apr 16, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s international baby names news includes the boldest and Britishest celebrity boy names, and what’s hot in Poland, Hungary and Japan, plus the benefits of multi-nickname names. 　　Baby boy names: vintage and vivaciousInternational baby names news this week has seen boy name announcements from both sides...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Beverly

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The Long and (mostly) Short of Baby Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Looking at this week’s baby names in the news, you might think that parents are all about short names. We’ve heard high profile birth announcements for Edie and Della, Iyla and Poppy – no formal names required. 　　But it’s not that simple. Sure, Ava and Mia are...

Name Sage: Girl Name Honoring Jacob

Apr 16, 2025

　　Jennifer writes: 　　I am due soon with our third child and my husband and I are having some problems finalizing a name. We have a common Jewish last name (also popular as a first name). 　　We have two children, Milo Efrem and Reva Whitney. While their names did take us...

Quirky UK TV Actress Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Ever since I spotted the name Honeysuckle on the credits of the ITV series Foyle’s War, I have been riveted by the cast rolls at the end of other British shows. For if the characters on these comedies and dramas have good names, some of the actors—particularly...

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Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus

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Trending Boy Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　New parents — those who haven't spent much time around today's babies — may not be up on today's trending boy names. Does this sound like you? You might be shocked to learn the hottest boy names right now. 　　What are trendy boy names? Trendy boy names are more popular than...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Apr 16, 2025

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Apr 16, 2025

　　Traditional boy names remain perennially popular with parents today, in spite of the broader trend towards ever more unique baby names for both sexes. 　　But that doesn’t necessarily mean that all traditional names for boys are popular. As well as the core classic boy names – like John, James and...

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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

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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...

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...

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Apr 16, 2025

　　Happy Pride 2023! 　　Pride icon names celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the inspiring history behind the fight for equal rights. 　　It's more than half a century since the first Pride parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, commemorating the Stonewall Riots of the previous summer....

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COWBOY (& COWGIRL) NAMES

Is V the New Z? NAMES OF THE NEW WEST Calendar Baby Names CAREFUL, KAL-EL; WATCH OUT WHIZDOM! ANNE HECHE’S ATLAS JOINS THE PANTHEON OF STARBABY GODS & GODDESSES DE-HIPSTERIZE THAT BABY NAME M.I.A. Baby: How To Rock That Name Aiden or Aidan? When a Variation Becomes the Main Theme

Top Names of 2008: Early Results

Apr 16, 2025

　　One of the downsides–admittedly a fairly minor one–to living in such a heavily populated country as the U.S. is that it takes the Social Security Administration five months to tally up the year’s baby name stats, while some states and other countries put out their results even before the New...

Sam and Sadie: Geezer Names for Babies

Apr 16, 2025

　　Sam, Max and Jake were once seen as cigar-chomping movie moguls who had retired to Miami Beach to become pinochle-playing Grandpas. But they’ve all gone on to be popular baby names, both in their nickname and long forms, with Jacob topping the list since 1999. 　　Samuel, Jacob and cousin Benjamin are...

Ryan Wong: Can You Mix Ethnicities?

Apr 16, 2025

　　Ryan is the Number One name in New York City — for Asian baby boys. Kevin is a top choice among Asian parents too. 　　Ethnic names are getting more and more popular, and not only among people from “matching” ethnic backgrounds. Irish choices like Ryan and Kevin — and Aidan/Aiden,...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

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Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Apr 16, 2025

　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....

Popular Twin Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　Popular twin names used to appear on the Social Security top baby names site, but alas, no more. 　　But while there hasn’t been hard data on the top twin names in the US in over a decade, we can extrapolate from the 2010 twin names data to make some educated...

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...

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

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Name Change Resources

Apr 16, 2025

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...

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...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Apr 16, 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...