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Top Baby Names in Scotland 2020

　　The top baby names in Scotland for 2020 have landed! If you love Scottish and British names, they’re not to be missed. 　　It’s extra exciting this year because the National Records of Scotland didn’t release provisional data at the end of the year, as they usually do. So, shiny brand...

Nov 23, 2024

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The Hottest Z Names of 2020

Nov 23, 2024

　　Names starting with Z could be zooming up the charts this year — they’re certainly hot with Nameberry readers! 　　Writing that makes me wonder if it’s because many of us have been saying “Zoom” a lot more than we used to, so the Z sound is on our minds. 　　Whether...

The Hottest Baby Names of 2020

Nov 23, 2024

　　These are the hottest baby names of 2020, and we’ve got the data to prove it. We looked at the viewer figures for all our name pages over the last month, compared it with the same period last year, and found which names had the biggest rise in views over...

Unique Baby Names: Fresh From the Faroes

Nov 23, 2024

　　What’s hot in the Faroe Islands?Well… not much, if you’re talking about the weather! This autonomous Danish territory, located in the North Atlantic about halfway between Norway and Iceland, reaches a mean temperature of just 50°F during the summer months. 　　But if it’s unique and unconventional baby names you’re interested...

And the Next Big Baby Names Are….

Nov 23, 2024

　　What will the next popular baby names be? Lots of parents would love to know… and name experts love to guess! 　　If you’re naming a child, you might be interested in whether your favorite names are likely to rise in the next few years. Maybe you want to avoid anything...

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Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora

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Disney Princess Names: How influential are they really?

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　As the mother of a five year-old girl, Frozen was required viewing over the recent school holidays. Somewhere between the first appearance of talking snowman Olaf and the happy ending, I found myself musing about the popularity of Disney-princess names. 　　I’ve long thought that any...

100+ Classic Girls’ Names — below the Top 1000

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Think you have to pick between names that are classics, with deep roots and centuries of use, and names that are unusual? 　　You don’t, as these classic girls’ names, all ranked below the U.S. Top 1000, attest. 　　Some were popular in recent years and are now...

Winter Olympics Baby Names–Part 1, The Girls

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Tara Ryazansky 　　The roster of US athletes hoping to compete in the Olympic games is a name list as diverse as the nation itself. Here I have curated a list of some girl names that feel like winners for a 2014 baby. 　　Petra– As in Petra Acker, college student...

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The New Boys’ Names 3: Ethnic Choices

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Bad Boy Names: Asking for Trouble?

Nov 23, 2024

　　The other day on the nameberry message boards, I heard tell of a little boy named Vandal. And then, the next day, one of the bandmembers of My Chemical Romance named his newborn daughter (yes, daughter) Bandit. 　　Are these parents masochistic? Gang members? Or do they just love the idea...

Hot Baby Names: Max in the Spotlight

Nov 23, 2024

　　Max, the name of both the child hero and the young actor who plays him in Where The Wild Things Are, is one of the hottest names for boys these days. 　　Max can stand on its own or may be a short form of the ancient Roman name Maximus, which...

A Dozen Neglected Biblical Boys’ Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　In the most recent list of Most Popular Boys ‘ Names, all five of the top five names came from the Good Book, accounting for well over 100,000 of the boy babies born in the US. Obviously, many parents–whether for religious reasons or not–continue to be attracted to names with this strong...

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

Nov 23, 2024

　　Gender neutral names are susceptible to the same shifts in popularity as traditionally gendered names, but these shifts can differ between the sexes. This makes it more interesting to examine the directions of unisex names, which fluctuate in girl-boy ratio from year to year. 　　Nameberry defines gender neutral names as...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Nov 23, 2024

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

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Baby Names of 1912: Hester, Chester & Sylvester

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W-Names: Where’s Waldo?

Nov 23, 2024

　　Once upon a time, in the now distant past, popularity lists–particularly for boys–were teeming with names starting with the letter ‘W’. 　　In 1920, for example, there were twenty-seven of them in the boys’ Top 500, including every conceivable appendage to the first syllable Wil. Aside from the eternal William, there were Willie,...

Happy 3rd Birthday to Nameberry!

Nov 23, 2024

　　You know you’ve been around a while when you forget your birthday. The third anniversary of Nameberry’s launch, earlier in October, came and went without any of us realizing it. But now that we have, we want to pause and take stock of how far we’ve come with the help...

Baby Name Spike: People vs pet names

Nov 23, 2024

　　When Mike Myers named his son Spike recently, there were several comments on our Nameberry Facebook page along the lines of: “Did his wife have a puppy?” and “Bit doggy for me.” Not very kind, perhaps, but it does raise the subject of the blurring of the line between human...

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Baby Names Before 1850

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...

The Top Baby Names A-Z

Nov 23, 2024

　　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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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Nov 23, 2024

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...