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Fairy Tale Names Cast Magic Spell

　　Fairy tale names are gaining interest, particularly those of fairy tale heroines such as Aurora, Anastasia, and Alice. We’re not at all surprised — who wouldn’t want their daughter to share an enchanting name with a badass princess or rabbit-hole-traveling renegade? 　　However, many of the fairy tales we’re most familiar...

Nov 23, 2024

1930s Names Making a Comeback

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Top Baby Names 2022 Announced!

Vintage 1920s Names Sound New Again

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Best New Baby Names in the Top 1000

Nov 23, 2024

　　America’s brand new top baby names are here! 　　And while there are some interesting developments at the top of the charts – like Luna ousting modern favorite Harper from the Top 10 for girls – it’s further down the hallowed Top 1000 list that you can really see the trends...

Short Names: the Ultimate Guide

Nov 23, 2024

　　Good things really do come in small packages! It's amazing how much meaning and variety there can be in just a few letters and one or two syllables. Short baby names can be anything from super-classic John to modern Jax, popular Ava or chirpy Wren. 　　You may have heard that...

What's a Classic Name?

Nov 23, 2024

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

Pop Culture Influences Rising Baby Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　Each year, a new crop of pop culture names bursts onto the scene. Some will go on to reach massive heights — former Top 10 name Madison was introduced by the movie Splash in 1984 — while others will fade (remember Sekani and Kovid?) 　　The pandemic years cemented celebrities and popular culture...

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What’s your favorite flower name?

Polly put the kettle on and we’ll all have a nursery rhyme name! Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana! Top-Ten-Then Girls: Shirley, Bertha and Bessie Top 100 Girl Names of 2014 Rare Girls’ Names of the 1940s: Avis, Marigold and Jinx Classic Girl Names: Alexandra the Great Flower Baby Names: A rose by any other name… Nicknames: Waltzing with Tilda and Tilly

Accentuating the Positive: Baby names with accents

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Adelina_sophia 　　I have always been a huge fan of names with French accents and German and French umlauts. They just look so pretty, elegant, chic and exotic. Below are some of my favourites. 　　Séverine – This beautiful and feminine name has long been popular in France, though it would...

The Spellings of Classic Name Katherine

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Kelli Brady, NameFreak! 　　As I reveal in my book, Name-alytics, there are three spellings of Katherine that have been in the Top 100… Catherine, Katherine and Kathryn (the Big 3). Catherine reached its peak in 1914, Katherine reached its peak in 1988, and Kathryn reached its peak in 1951....

A Sad Farewell to The Nook of Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　It is with great sadness that we report the death of one of our most treasured contributors, K. M. Sheard. Kay ran the delightful website, Nook of Names, and was the author of a giant, encyclopedic compendium of name information, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names, which we have found to be...

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What’s your favorite classic boys’ name…and why?

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Boys’ Names 2014: New guys on the block

Nov 23, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　There’s a new class of boys’ names trending today that has a short clipped sound, contains only one syllable, is undeniably masculine yet not traditionally so. Many of these boys’ names barely existed a generation or two ago: They’re definitely not your father’s or grandfather’s baby...

Jewish New Year Names: 15 neglected biblical boys

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The surprise top name for boys in 2013 was the Old Testament Noah, followed by the not so surprisingly high-on-the-list Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Benjamin, David, Joseph, Joshua and Samuel—in other words many of the same biblical boys’ names that have been recycled for eons. 　　I thought that...

Baby Names for Boys: Popularity of “S” and “Sh” sounds

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Kelli Brady, NameFreak! 　　I previously compared the popularity of girl names that began with the “S” and “Sh” sounds. Here are the boys! 　　As I explained last week, to do this research, I used the S and Sh names with percentage of use above 0.01% since 1938*. This cutoff was...

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Nov 23, 2024

　　Unisex names are attracting more and more attention for babies of both sexes – but “unisex” doesn’t always mean “gender-neutral”. 　　Unisex vs. Gender Neutral NamesNameberry generally defines unisex names as those given to the minority sex at least 10% of the time. But although those names may qualify as unisex...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

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...

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Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

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Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Nov 23, 2024

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

America's Next Top Baby Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

These Names Are At Their Peak

Nov 23, 2024

　　Looking for a name everyone will love just as much as you do? You can’t go wrong with names at the top of their game. 　　Names that peaked in 2022, calculated in exclusive research and analysis by Nameberry, are baby names that rank higher in the USA than they have...

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

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The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

Popular Twin Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Nov 23, 2024

　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Nov 23, 2024

　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...