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Girl Baby Names: The newsiest names, from Talulah to Lula to Rue

　　It’s an all girl baby names issue of Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week. 　　Did you hear? Barack Obama declined to offer baby name advice. 　　The president hosted a fireside chat on Google+ last week. He tackled complex, divisive topics like the environment and the economy....

Dec 13, 2025

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Stylish Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–from Winter Victoria to Vivian Vespa

Dec 13, 2025

　　Some stylish baby names in Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9. 　　When I heard that Lily Allen was expecting a second child, my heart skipped a beat. 　　I don’t know Lily Allen. When her first baby arrived, I had to Google search to find out that she was a singer, and...

A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice

Dec 13, 2025

　　In her second blog for Nameberry, celebrity mom and name lover Natalie Hanson, who has five children with musician husband Taylor, reveals how and why they chose the adventurous Wilhelmina for their second daughter’s name. 　　Hello Berries! Last time I wrote to you, I shared that I was expecting a...

Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice

Dec 13, 2025

　　With a number of classic names taking a downward turn these days, it’s nice to see that a few are going in the other direction—William, James, Charlotte –and one that we’re especially happy to see making a return: our featured name of the day, Alice. 　　Alice is unique among the...

Baby Girl Names: A name lover goes wild

Dec 13, 2025

　　Name lover Kristin Alexander, creator of the blog What She Said, went crazy over baby girl names. Her story: 　　“BRAHNwyn!” he said incredulously. “BRAHNwyn?” 　　“Well, when you say it like that, it doesn’t sound very pretty,” I pouted. 　　Granted, Bronwyn was a guilty pleasure. I didn’t really expect my husband...

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Girl Baby Names: Harlow, Cleo, or Willow?

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Celebs are Crazy for Nickname Names!

Dec 13, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Nickname names are hot! Who by now hasn’t met, for instance, a girl named Sam or Charlie? And nobody loves a nickname name more than celebrities, and many of them have displayed a lot of originality, discovering and reviving long forgotten relics. Here are some of the...

The Most Popular Baby Names of the Future

Dec 13, 2025

　　What will be the most popular baby names of the future? 　　To find out, we took statistics from the past ten years to calculate the most popular baby names of 2028? Which names will rise the fastest and which will fall? What unexpected names do we see gaining popularity? And...

Tailored but Feminine Girl Names

Dec 13, 2025

　　Tailored girl names that are also feminine are the order of the day. He says Mary. She says Halston. Where’s the middle ground between those two extremes? The Name Sage sets out to find a compromise for their daughter. 　　Taylor writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting a baby girl...

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Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming

Dec 13, 2025

　　Flower names for boys are a rare but beautiful bunch – a subset of the fashionable group of floral baby names which have proved particularly popular for girls in recent years. 　　Cool nature names for boys include tree names like Rowan and Oakley, wild animal names like Fox and Bear,...

Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Dec 13, 2025

　　When a name gets popular, it’s rarely in isolation. 　　Both boy names and girl names tend to rise and fall in groups based on sound, image, association, or some combination thereof. Sometimes just a pair of names will attract attention, but often entire gangs of names will become fashionable at...

How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique

Dec 13, 2025

　　Classic boy names are wonderful except for the fact that they’re so common. Yes, there have been many august Williams; sure, it’s a name resonant on your family tree; except, there are thousands (11,282, to be exact) of baby Williams out there. 　　But among the wonderful qualities of classic boy...

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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

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50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Dec 13, 2025

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Dec 13, 2025

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Dec 13, 2025

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

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Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Dec 13, 2025

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Dec 13, 2025

　　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...

These Names Are At Their Peak

Dec 13, 2025

　　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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20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

Dec 13, 2025

　　You know when you see a child (or a picture of one) and think, “Dang, that kid is cooler than I’ll ever be”? That’s how we feel when we hear a lot of the most popular names in France. 　　I mean, imagine having a playdate with little Capucine or Timéo....

Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Dec 13, 2025

　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Dec 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...

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Dec 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...

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Dec 13, 2025

　　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...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Dec 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...