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Invent-a-Baby-Name Challenge Champs!

　　By Abby Sandel and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Whew! 　　If we’ve ever had the slightest doubts about the creativity of the Nameberry community, they are hereby gone forever. 　　When we announced our latest Invent-a-Baby-Name challenge two weeks ago, we expected something like the healthy response we got last time—which was 222 entries. 　　This...

Jan 9, 2025

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Nickname Names: Johnny be gone

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Nick Turner 　　There’s no record of a single newborn named Dick in the United States last year. 　　In fact, there hasn’t been a baby Dick recorded in the U.S. during the past decade. (It last popped up in the Social Security Administration databanks in 2005.) 　　This is no shock....

44 Names from 1917 You Should Use Now!

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　In the baby-name world there’s something called the 100-Year-Rule, the theory that it takes a century for names to be ready to make a comeback. That timeframe has shrunk considerably, with the resurgence of names from the fifties, sixties and even later, that is happening right now....

Nameberry’s Names of the Year 2016

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz and Abby Sandel 　　The Defining Event of 2016 may have been the presidential election, but the political names that hit the headlines –Donald? Hillary? Bernard?– are unlikely to find themselves on many new baby birth certificates. And so for Nameberry’s Names of the Year we’ve looked beyond...

If This Is Your Name, You’re Probably in Kindergarten

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Kindergarten teachers across the US are learning the names of all their new students, which might present an especially big challenge this year. 　　Children entering school this fall were most likely born in 2010 or 2011, when the Number 1 names both years were Jacob for boys and...

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Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Does one name have it all?

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Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence

Jan 9, 2025

　　Hear the words ‘detective’ or ‘private eye,’ and you probably picture a tough guy like Mickey Spillane or a cooler customer like Sam Spade. But it turns out that mystery fiction also features a lot more female sleuths than you might think, dating back to Loveday Brooke in the 1890s...

Vanishing Names: So long, Susan; Bye bye, Barbara

Jan 9, 2025

　　One of my favorite poems, for reasons that will soon be obvious, is called “Mourning the Dying American Female Names,” by Hunt Hawkins. You can read the whole poem here, but I’ll give you a few choice lines: 　　Many names are almost gone: Gertrude, Myrtle, 　　Agnes, Bernice, Hortense, Edna, Doris,...

Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices

Jan 9, 2025

　　Maybe because Nameberry attracts such serious name lovers, many visitors to the site can’t settle for choosing just one name for their babies. 　　I’m not talking about the trend toward picking two middle names but about the taste for baby girl names that have two very different versions: a classic,...

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45+ Simple Yet Strong One-Syllable Boy Names

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How I Named My Baby: Osric Theo Peregine

Jan 9, 2025

　　Anna, a writer, and Ian, who works in metal recycling, live in Virginia with their four children: Adelaide Iria, Evelina Story, Seraphine Clementine, and Osric Theo Peregrine. 　　Their fourth and final child, Osric Theo, was born on July 5, 2021. Here, we talk to Anna about how she and Ian...

How I Named My Baby: Xander Steele

Jan 9, 2025

　　Kristen, a stay-at-home mom, and Alex, a mechanic, live in Elmont, Michigan with their six-month-old son. Their baby boy Xander Steele was born on April 6, 2021. 　　Below, we speak with Kristen about how she and Alex chose the name Xander Steele for their little boy. 　　Tell me about how...

How I Named My Baby: John Aidan

Jan 9, 2025

　　Beau and John Smart live in Fresno, California with their six sons: Justin Ira, Griffin Michael, Bennett Aaron, Travis Dean, Wesley Miles, and John Aidan. 　　Over twenty years after the birth of their first child, Beau and John welcomed their sixth, and last, John Aidan. Aidan, as he’s called, is...

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 9, 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...

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...

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These Names Are At Their Peak

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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Jan 9, 2025

　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Jan 9, 2025

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Jan 9, 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...

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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Jan 9, 2025

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

Jan 9, 2025

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

Popular Twin Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Jan 9, 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...

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Jan 9, 2025

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Jan 9, 2025

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...