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　　By Kelli Brady, NameFreak! 　　Ever wonder which name has been given the most overall? Of course I have! To satisfy my curiosity on the matter, I totaled the raw numbers of all names ever recorded by the SSA since the data has been collected (1880). I must say the results...

Apr 17, 2025

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Most Popular Baby Names of 2014….so far

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　The midyear tally of the most popular baby names of 2014 is in, with Imogen and Asher holding onto the Number 1 spots they claimed for 2013. 　　Silas, Jasper, and Milo have all risen into the Top 10 for boys, while the sedate Claire is the only new...

The #1 Baby Names: How popular are they?

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady, NameFreak! 　　Most of us know that the top names on the Social Security list aren’t given to as many babies as they once were. Here, data whiz Kelli shows how the Number 1 names have become less and less popular through the years, tracing the percentages of babies...

Starbaby News: The Jagger Dynasty, gender-bending and more

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Mick Jagger is a great-grandfather. 　　The frontman of the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band welcomed a new grandson and his first great-granddaughter a few months ago. Their names were just revealed last week. If you’re counting, that brings the Jagger progeny to seven children, five grandchildren,...

Sasha, Mars, and Wilburn: Strange names, or tomorrow’s Top 100?

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　The other night a friend asked me what happens to kids with really strange names. Not made up names, or names with crazy spellings, he clarified. Names like Apple. Or Bartholomew. Names that make you do a double take when you spot them on the...

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Girls’ Names: 8 great ones under the radar

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

Apr 17, 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,...

Gender Shock! What to do when nature foils your naming plans?

Apr 17, 2025

　　Remember Kristen, the mom who was suffering from Baby Name Desensitization Disorder and just couldn’t settle on a name for the little brother she was expecting for Colette and Weston? Well, her problem turned out not to be BNDD or even Boy Name Ambivalence but something much more dramatic. We’ll...

Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices

Apr 17, 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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Modern Traditional Boy Names

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70s Daddy Names Around the World

Apr 17, 2025

　　Daddy Names, like Dad Clothes and Dad Jokes, are total classics. We’re all familiar with them—sometimes to the point of exhaustion. They’re common among middle-aged men—those who are experienced fathers, but not yet old enough to be grandfathers. Most importantly, they’re not trendy among babies born today. The names on...

Baby Naming Battles: They Don’t Agree on Anything

Apr 17, 2025

　　They’re the baby battlers – the couple thrilled to be expecting, but struggling to find any one single name that they can agree on. Let’s help them find a great name for their son that they can both like. 　　Annie writes: 　　We are expecting a son in November, and my...

Traditional Male Names with a Wow Factor

Apr 17, 2025

　　Their firstborn’s name mixes the old-fashioned and the familiar, with plenty of meaning, too. Let’s help them find a brother name that’s every bit as great! 　　Kirstyn writes: 　　We absolutely love our son’s name: Augusten Emery Axel. His first name has family ties on both sides. I lean towards German...

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Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

Apr 17, 2025

　　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...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Apr 17, 2025

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Apr 17, 2025

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

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Ancient Names for Babies

Apr 17, 2025

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Apr 17, 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...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Apr 17, 2025

　　Cottagecore baby names are part of a recent aesthetic trend defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, according to The New York Times. Hobbies such as bread baking, embroidery, and mushroom foraging are among the wholesome, nostalgic elements of the cottagecore lifestyle. 　　Cottagecore names, too, evoke this bucolic way...

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

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Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

Apr 17, 2025

　　Have you ever known the excitement of meeting a Ben who is not Just Another Benjamin but is, in fact, Benedict? Or Nicki whose “secret” full name is Danika? If so, this list is for you. 　　Rare full names with familiar nicknames can be the best of both worlds, for...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Apr 17, 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 Names in Each State Revealed!

Apr 17, 2025

　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

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Name Change Resources

Apr 17, 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...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Apr 17, 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...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Apr 17, 2025

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...