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Nameberry’s Popular Baby Names 2019

　　The popular baby names 2019 on Nameberry are here, with Olivia retaining her crown as the Number 1 girls’ name and Milo taking the top spot for boys. 　　Nameberry’s annual Top 1000 Names list is based on views of our individual name pages over the full year. The complete roster...

Jan 8, 2025

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Top Baby Names 2020….so far

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Names That Will Define the Next Decade

Jan 8, 2025

　　Given that we’re looking at all things decade-related, we analyzed which baby names dominated the 2010s. Read our analysis in the New York Times and on Nameberry. 　　But if you’re expecting a baby at the end of 2019 or in 2020, you’re probably more concerned about which names are going...

Fashion Runways Set Hottest New Name Trends

Jan 8, 2025

　　High fashion baby names: they’re the naming equivalent of crochet crop tops or big, bushy brows. Exciting, edgy… and appealing enough to hit the mainstream sooner than you might think. 　　And since it’s Fashion Week season, we’re bringing you our twist on the very hottest trends to watch out for...

How to Name Your Baby in a Time of Crisis

Jan 8, 2025

　　The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way parents are naming their children. 　　The Philippines has already seen babies named Covid Bryant, Covid Rose, Covid Lorraine, and Coviduvidapap (all confirmed with birth certificate evidence). Even more recently, there were babies born in India named Corona and Lockdown. 　　Names No Longer ViableDespite...

Most Popular Baby Names 2020…so far

Jan 8, 2025

　　The most popular names of 2020 halfway through the year are in, with Luna and Milo leading the roster for girls and boys. 　　But one significant name is missing from Nameberry’s Top 10 after these challenging six months: Cora. 　　Cora stood at Number 8 on the popular baby name website’s...

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Name Sage: A Sister for Rex and Leo

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Name Sage: But I Like All 42 Names!

Jan 8, 2025

　　Amy writes: 　　We are expecting our second little girl in the next few months. 　　We found the perfect name for our first daughter, Viviana Rose. We call her Viviana, Vivi and Viv. I love the nickname options. We also love that it’s classic with a twist so that it’s out...

Freshly Picked Flowers for the Name Garden

Jan 8, 2025

　　By Nicole Aube 　　For centuries, parents have been drawn to flower names for their little girls, because they strike a perfect balance between romantic and grounded sensibilities. The most obvious examples are Rose and all her variants – Rosalind, Rosamund, Rosetta, Rosa. You’ve probably met one or two. What about...

Hello, Baby! O-Ending Surname Names for Girls

Jan 8, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　If you’re an American Idol devotee, you might remember Season Two’s Kimberly Caldwell. Her music career hasn’t taken off, but Caldwell has remained in the public eye as a television host and sometimes actor. Now she’s added a new role to her repertoire: mom. She and soccer...

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80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son

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12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love

Jan 8, 2025

　　Looking for a boy name that feels both fashionable and original, that stands out for its rarity but fits with current trends? 　　Boy names are evolving at lightning speed right now, with parents more willing than ever to branch out from traditional choices and embrace individuality in their sons’ names...

Brother Names

Jan 8, 2025

　　Choosing the right brother names involves striking the right balance. Ideally, brother names should be coordinated in a clear way — such as style or origin — but you want the names to be distinctive, so the brother set doesn’t feel too matchy. 　　Looking for brother names with similar style is...

How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian

Jan 8, 2025

　　Cinthia, a surgical technologist, and Benjamin Shaver, who works in warehouse maintenance, live in Seattle, Washington with their son, Koda Florian. 　　Koda was born on December 8, 2022. Below, we speak with Cinthia about how she and Ben named their little boy. 　　Tell me Koda’s name story!I overwhelmed myself with...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 8, 2025

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Jan 8, 2025

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Jan 8, 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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NAMES OF THE NEW WEST

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THE FOUR-GENERATION RULE

Jan 8, 2025

　　It takes at least four generations for names to sound appealing again for babies. The names of today’s moms and dads – names popular from the late sixties through the eighties – are for the most part too familiar to foist upon an innocent newborn. You’ll find a lot of...

Sam and Sadie: Geezer Names for Babies

Jan 8, 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...

Royal Baby Names: Hollywood’s Little Princes and Princesses

Jan 8, 2025

　　As reported in the not always reliable Star magazine, Nicole Richie, mother of Harlow Winter Kate, has at the top of her list of names for her baby-to-be Baron, inspired by Donald Trump’s little Barron. (Her other two published possibilities being Kypher and Martavious, about which I’ll restrain my comments). ...

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5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

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How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Jan 8, 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...

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Jan 8, 2025

　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Jan 8, 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,...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

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How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 8, 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...

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

Jan 8, 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...

Name Change Resources

Jan 8, 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...