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Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back

　　I don’t you know if you’ve noticed a growing trendlet—at least among celebrities—for what we might call generic-boy-nickname-names. In other words, these aren’t specific short forms like Charlie or Archie, but ol- timey macho boy tags like Buddy and Buster. 　　In the recent past, we’ve seen Noel Gallagher’s Sonny, a...

Jan 13, 2025

A Boy Named Chelsea

Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review

Irish Baby Names: Last Names First

Boys’ Names: Naming a son the Pinkett-Smith family way

Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name How About Harvey? What About Walter? William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks Top Boys Name For Each Letter: a 130-year survey Boys’ Names Ins and Outs Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names

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Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV

Jan 13, 2025

　　While the country’s attention will be focused on football this Super Bowl Sunday, some of us may be more interested in another aspect of the action: The crazy names of the players, of course! Nameberry’s new intern Robert Harclerode breaks down the most interesting names on both teams: 　　The Super...

Presidents Day Names: The Veeps’ Turn

Jan 13, 2025

　　When Presidents Day rolls around, on our site and others, a lot of attention is paid to the influential names of our past presidents—Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Tyler, Taylor, Truman, Lincoln, Kennedy et al—and sometimes the names of their wives and children as well. And so I thought that this year it...

Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　Until recently, Italian names–particularly for boys– have rarely ventured outside their own neighborhoods, but lately we’ve seen several popping up in the celebrisphere—though usually, if not always, used by celebs with Italian roots. There have been at least four Mateo/Matteos, two Roccos, two Romeos, Annabeth Gish’s Enzo, Ricky Martin’s Valentino, and...

Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

Jan 13, 2025

　　As promised, here is our first Week in Review by Abby Sandel–creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– bringing you a roundup of the latest baby name news of the week every Monday from hereon in. 　　Early January brought round-ups of The Most Popular Names of 2010, at least according to a...

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Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Girls’ Names

Boys’ Names for Girls: A Key To Success? Exotic Lite: Girls’ Edition Unique Baby Names: Is there such a thing?? BALLERINA NAMES: Names for the Nutcracker Season Nature Names: Will trees be the new flower names? A Baby Named ….Seabiscuit? Baby Name Fever: Is There A Cure? Will This Baby Ever Get A Name?

Goodbye Girls’ (Names)

Jan 13, 2025

　　Guest blogger Deb Levy, who writes with her husband about life in these recessionary times at And For Poorer, had three wonderful girls’ names all picked out. The only thing she was missing was the daughters to give them to. 　　“It’s a girl!” the doctor cried after the gazillionth push....

The Lost Names of 1880

Jan 13, 2025

　　I was combing through the Top 1000 Names of 1880 the other day for another project (ah, the glamorous life of the baby name expert) and I was blown away by how many names on the list had been totally forgotten. I don’t mean just marginalized, like Ethel or Beulah,...

Family Names: Naming from the Heart

Jan 13, 2025

　　Today’s guest blogger, Ilya Welfeld, describes her journey towards the perfect–and inevitable –name for her daughter. 　　Is it wrong to admit that I sometimes want another child just to name it? That at times, that desire is so powerful as to supersede memories of chafed breasts, sleepless nausea and the...

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A Boy Named Chelsea

Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom Occupation names: A Labor Day celebration Boys’ Names: Nameberry’s newsiest boys’ names this week Classic Boys’ Names: Let’s hear it for Henry! William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks BOYS’ NAMES 2011: The Underground Popularity List Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

Jan 13, 2025

　　There’s a whole posse of cowboy baby names in Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s roundup of this week’s newsiest names. 　　Some weeks, it feels like all of the birth announcements are from one big extended family. 　　Nameberry dubbed this style trend Iconoclastic Cowboy, and indeed, it does seem to be popular...

Boys’ Names: 8 greats under the radar

Jan 13, 2025

　　Many people—berries included –sometimes complain that it’s harder to find names for a boy than a girl, that we’re running low on male names that are usable but not overused (outside of or as far down the Top 1000 as possible), interesting, distinctive, appealing, and authentic—names that would fit into our old Fitting In/Standing Out...

Irish Baby Names: Last Names First

Jan 13, 2025

　　The current popularity lists are full of Irish names that are also surname names—Ryan, Riley, Brody, Brady, Brennan, Connor, Keegan, and Quinn, to name just a few—and have been for quite some time. For the most part, they have been two- and occasionally one-syllable names; we’d like to suggest that...

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Most Popular, Most Unisex Baby Names

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Unisex Names: Which names work best for both genders?

Jan 13, 2025

　　A lot of people complain about unisex names. 　　Names like Riley and Rory, they say — never mind Maxwell or James — should never be used for girls. Those are boys’ names, and should stay on the boys’ side of the fence. 　　And then there are those people who campaign...

Newsy Names this Week: Aberdeen, Hercules and Via

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes names from this year’s biggest movies, inspiration from cities, soccer players and mythical heroes, and the perennial question: when to reveal the name? 　　Names from the movies: Solo and ShuriIf you’re a movie-goer, you might have already clocked some great names in cinemas...

Modern Virtue Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Virtue names go way back. The Pilgrims brought them to Plymouth Rock. A handful of classics, like Grace and Hope, have almost always ranked in the US Top 1000. 　　But there’s a new kind of virtue name in vogue today: the modern virtue. These names are less...

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New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

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Top Names of 2008: Emma and Jacob Rule

Jan 13, 2025

　　The day every baby name addict waits for all year is finally here, as the Social Security Administration released its list of Top 1000 Boy and Girl Names this morning. To many people’s surprise–including a sizable number of our contest entrants–Emma leapfrogged over Isabella–last year’s #2– to become the most...

Enter the New Nameberry Contest!!!

Jan 13, 2025

　　Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and to baby name fanatics that means one thing beyond cards and flowers: that the release date of the latest figures from the Social Security Administration is only a few weeks away. We’ll soon know whether or not Emily and Jacob have finally been overtaken...

Favorite Name Too Popular? Here Are Some Fresh Substitutes

Jan 13, 2025

　　It’s become a truism that once a name gets too popular, no one wants to use it anymore. (Which reminds me of the famous Yogi Berra saying: Nobody goes to that place anymore. It’s too crowded.) 　　So what do they use instead? Often, a name that’s the same but different....

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British Baby Names: Tops of the pops

Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day! New Zealand Name Report Favorite Baby Names: Your Personal Top 10? British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations Irish Baby Names: What’s Hot Now Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name?

The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1

Jan 13, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain ‘s Abby Sandel travels around the country and across the pond to discover which names ranked Number 1 where. 　　Baby name news is fast and furious at year’s end. Lists of Worst and Best Celebrity Baby Names abound. (Did anyone else notice that Zuzu Audrey, daughter of Top...

Vintage Baby Names: What’s your era?

Jan 13, 2025

　　VINTAGE NAMES: What era are you? 　　Unless you’re a baby namer focused on finding a newly created or cutting-edge name, chances are you’ve considered using one from the past. But which part of the past? An ancient name or one from earlier in the 20th century? 　　So, the question of the...

Popular baby names: The case for the common name

Jan 13, 2025

　　Today’s guest blogger Kristen, aka Swistle, confronts the question of popular baby names–and explains why it’s okay to use them. 　　More common than the name is this naming concern heard from parents: “We don’t want her to be one of five in every class.” 　　We know they don’t need to worry about...

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Jan 13, 2025

　　Baby name regret — also known as baby name remorse — is a common source of shame among new parents. It allegedly affects between 10-20% of new parents, yet the perceived stigma deters many from sharing their feelings or stories. 　　Lately, celebrities have been opening up about their own experiences with baby...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Jan 13, 2025

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 13, 2025

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...