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Girl Names: For International Women’s Day

　　Not only is March Women’s History Month, but today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. 　　So what better time than this to salute some of the women who are making history right now in the US political sphere? 　　When the 116th Congress recently convened, women made up almost a quarter...

Jan 13, 2025

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Mom Names: Lady Gaga’s Mama and more!

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　It’s become a Nameberry tradition. In celebration of Mother’s Day, we honor a dozen moms who not only have raised highly successful offspring, but who also happen to have—yes—memorable names themselves. Here is this year’s list of the Top 12, including the mom names of Lady Gaga,...

Baby Name Compromise: When he hates her favorite

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Seeking their baby name compromise: She’s always known her future daughter’s name. But now they’re expecting a girl, and he’s not a fan of her favorite. How can they compromise on a name they’ll both love? 　　Annabel writes:My husband and I are expecting our first baby and...

Inspiring International Names from the Women’s World Cup

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Emma Waterhouse 　　The 2019 Women’s World Cup has captured the world’s imagination, with record numbers of viewers — around 1 billion (!), according to FIFA — tuning in over the course of the competition. 　　It’s been a great month for women’s sport, and a fantastic opportunity for some inspiring...

Traditional Girl Names with a Twist

Jan 13, 2025

　　Can Penelope’s sister have a name as short as Alice or Claire? More importantly, does this mom want her to? 　　Erin writes: 　　We are expecting our second girl and struggling to agree on a name! Our older daughter is Penelope Reese, and we absolutely love her name. 　　My husband is...

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Stylish vs. Popular Names: Do you know the difference?

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The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora

Jan 13, 2025

　　There’s been a lot of berry-buzz lately around the names Cora, Flora and Dora, a nostalgic bevy of beauties we might call the Floradora girls. 　　If you’re wondering about the origins of the term, it dates back to Florodora, one of the first big Broadway musical hits of the twentieth...

GIRLS’ NAMES 2011: The Secret Popularity List

Jan 13, 2025

　　You may know Nameberry’s most popular girls’ names 2011: from Top 3 Charlotte, Violet, and Amelia down to Molly, Maya, and Mary. 　　You may even know our hottest girls’ names 2011, which include such celebrity-influenced picks as Pippa and Mila. 　　But we’ve got a quieter, less obvious, but potentially more...

Berry Question of the Week: Help name baby #3!

Jan 13, 2025

　　Rachel, a mom of two from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is expecting her third child in March and is having trouble finding the right name. She writes: 　　“My four-year-old daughter is named Avery Grace. My two-year-old son is named Isaiah Joel. We are having a third and final baby, a girl,...

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Dad Names: Does Yours Make the List?

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Transforming Top to Uncommon Male Dog Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　It’s a common name-nerd conundrum — wanting a name that’s stylish and familiar yet under the radar. We hear this request all the time. 　　This extends beyond baby names. People are looking for unique dog names, too. Now that there’s data on popular names for dogs and cats, pet owners...

How Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Are Leading Baby Name Trends

Jan 13, 2025

　　Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have proven themselves celebrity baby naming champions for the fourth time by naming their newborn son Wren Alexander. 　　Wren is a bird name that’s been rising quickly for both sexes over the past few years, but particularly for girls. In 2022, Wren ranked Number 184...

Unique Boy Names A to Z

Jan 13, 2025

　　You’re looking for unique boy names… but where to start? 　　Each year, the names parents give their children get more varied, reflecting the importance of values such as diversity, creativity and individualism. Fifty years ago, nearly 40% of baby boys in the US were given a Top 20 name. Thirty...

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Baby Name Trends: Sleek, simple, cool names

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The Newest Names on Nameberry

Jan 13, 2025

　　We’re always adding new names to the Nameberry database, whether new discoveries or expansions of older listings. 　　Our latest collection includes word names and nicknames, international imports and mythological names ready for revival. We bring you these new entries not as our latest recommendations but as fresh additions to the...

Gender-Neutral Names: The line continues to blur

Jan 13, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel ventures into the blurry grey area of newly discovered gender-neutral names. 　　It’s official! America’s favorite names are Charlotte and James. The top names for 2011 in Sweden? Alice and William. They’re classic appellations, at home across the centuries and in many languages. 　　They’re also...

The Subconscious Bias of Unisex Baby Name Trends

Jan 13, 2025

　　It used to just be one of those quirks reserved for the parents of future celebrities such as Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, Taylor Swift, Hayden Panettiere and Blake Lively, but now giving baby girls a traditional boy name is on trend. 　　Evelyn, Mackenzie, Billie, Frankie, Addison, Tyler, Dylan,...

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Celebrity Baby Names: Brooklyn yes, Bronx no

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COWBOY (& COWGIRL) NAMES

Jan 13, 2025

　　Cowboy names first galloped onto the scene in the 1950s and 1960s, along with the cool Western TV shows and movies of the era. A lot of these were Old Testament names that had not been heard much since, well, since the real Old West. Some of the early choices...

GOODBYE, GLADYS?

Jan 13, 2025

　　There’s a lively discussion going on over at our message boards on what names have gone out of style and will probably never come back. On the permanent Out List, by consensus, are: 　　BERTHA 　　BEULAH 　　BRUNHILDA (was this ever in, I mean since the 11th century?) 　　CLORIS 　　DORCAS 　　DORIS 　　EUNICE...

CAREFUL, KAL-EL; WATCH OUT WHIZDOM!

Jan 13, 2025

　　We all know how the media likes to jump on every new ‘weird’ starbaby name, predicting dire consequences down the road for the likes of poor little Moxie CrimeFighter, Pilot Inspektor, Bronx Mowgli, and Apple. Well, only time will tell how these kids will actually meet that particular challenge as...

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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Jan 13, 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...

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Jan 13, 2025

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 13, 2025

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Jan 13, 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...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Jan 13, 2025

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...