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Best Names Given to Only 5 Babies in 2013

　　These name choices are entirely my opinion, and you might not agree with them. But after reading through the Below The Top 1000 list from the SSA, I picked out the best names I could find that were spelled properly or at least very close to the original. What do...

Celebs Embrace Popular Names: Jaxon, Maxim, and Evelyn

Popularity Prediction Contest: Guess the new Top 10! And now see the winners!

2013 Baby Names: The state of the States’ popularity

101 Not-Too-Hot, Not-Too-Cold Baby Names

Place Names for Babies: Malaysia’s Hot, Argentina Only Warmish Australian Baby Names: Fastest Rising Top 100 Names–Aria, Penelope and Lincoln Think naming one baby is tough? Try naming six…. International Baby Names: Top 100 Names from Outside the English-Speaking World 2013 Playground Analysis: How combined spellings change the rankings Pairing Up the Most Unpopular Names of the Past: Orange & Leafy Names That Age Well In Favor of Fitting In: Harper, Haven and Hudson

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One Hit Wonders: Beatrix, Baker & Boone

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Over the years, there have been hundreds of names that have rocketed onto the Top 1000 for one year, then just as suddenly disappeared, fading like shooting stars. We’ve made a thorough search through these names, seeing what gems we might find hidden among the oddball Metros,...

Pick a Boy-Girl Pair from the Top 1000

　　One thing we’re finding really mesmerizing about our gorgeous new Top 1000 U.S. names page is how easy it is to read across each line and compare the names of each gender that have the same rank. Some of the pairs seems perfectly matched — Sarah and Henry at Number 43,...

What name do you hear waaaaaay too often?

　　I love the name Henry. 　　If our first child had been a boy, she would have been named Henry. 　　Then, by the time we did have a boy, I decided I really wanted to use a family name — Joseph, if you’re curious — instead. 　　And when we had our...

Names Hot in Hollywood…but nowhere else!

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　There are some names that we’ve become so accustomed to seeing on the covers of People et al, attached to the babes of Tinseltown, that we assume that their popularity has instantly spread beyond the confines of Malibu and Calabasas. But it ain’t necessarily so. There are...

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See The Most Popular Baby Names by State!

See The Most Popular Baby Names by State!

Classic Girl Names with Neat Nicknames Boys’ Names for Girls Reinventing Grandma Names MayBerry Arrivals: Cecilia Lilac and Godric Nickleby CONTEST: Guess the New Top 10s and Win! Playground Analysis 2017: The REAL Top 50 List! Warrior Girl Names: Finding the Right Fit for a Fighter Girl Names in Limbo: Can they escape?

Poetic Baby Names: Madrigal, Calliope and Ode

　　March has World Poetry Day and April is Poetry Month, so this seems like a perfect time to turn to the topic of poetic baby names. 　　Of course one obvious source would be the many wonderful surnames of noted poets, such as Auden, Frost, Lorca, Emerson, Tennyson and Poe. 　　Another...

Marian Names Way Beyond Mary, Marie and Maria!

　　By Katherine Morna Towne 　　The name Mary and its variants Marie and Maria have been given to girls from humble families, royal families and every family in between for centuries (it was even suggested that the new Prince Louis might have been named Mary if he’d been a girl). In...

Celebs are Crazy for Nickname Names!

　　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...

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Sibling Names: Unusual Baby Names with Great Meanings

Sibling Names: Unusual Baby Names with Great Meanings

Top One Syllable Boy Names: Short but strong Baby Name Theft: Are We the Bad Guys? Baby Name Challenge: Naming a 7th boy! Boy Name: How to honor Grandma Jacqueline? Baby Name Doubt: Is This Name Too Different? Boy Baby Names: Let’s talk about Liam Classic Boy Names: John’s Extended Family Baby Name News: Hemingway, Gatsby, Ultra-Violet & Boston-Blu

Celebrity Baby Names: Hanson Baby #6

　　By Natalie Hanson 　　Claude Indiana Emmanuel Hanson is here! He joined us on a rainy December evening and we all fell instantly in love. Now that he has arrived I’m thrilled to share the story of his baby name with you all! 　　First, Claude. Claude is a name I’ve loved...

Nicknamed Starbabies: Boys edition

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We recently looked at the nickname names celebs have been giving their daughters and of course there was an equal number of casual, colloquial names bestowed on their brothers. In the case of the boys, we see more mid-20th century monikers, including some that are pretty tough...

25 Perennially Popular Bible Names for Boys

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Of the profusion of male names in the Old Testament, only 25 of them seem to have been consistently in the US Top 1000, year after year after year. And even those have fluctuated in popularity: a prime example being today’s Number one boy name Noah, which...

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names Unisex Names Across the Atlantic 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

　　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...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

　　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...

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Contagious: What makes a name catch on?

Contagious: What makes a name catch on?

Baby Names 2014: Which names do you think we’ll be hearing more of? 1913 Baby Names: Does the hundred-year rule still rule? Predicting 2014 Starbaby Names, Part 2 British Name Trends 2013:The Bees, the Evs and the Teds Artemis, Italy and Eve: Vowel Names Unpopular Names: Which ugly ducklings grow up to be swans? Unusual Baby Names: Top choices under the radar Are these the next ‘Twilight’ names?

Trendy Names in the News: Maceo, Azura, and Knox:

　　By Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　Styles change. 　　In hemlines and hairdos, in music and cuisine and baby names, too. 　　Once upon a time, Mildred was a Top Ten name in the US. Clarence, Connie, Randy, Dawn, Eugene, Norman, Norma, Crystal, Dustin, Myrtle, and Elmer have all ranked in the...

Combo Names: When 1 plus 1 equals 1

　　By Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　Reminiscent of fifties doo-wop songs and southern cotillions, combo names are finding their way back to baby name lists after a decades-long absence. 　　Combo names are two existing names combined to create one. They can also be called “smoosh names” or “mash-up names”...

French Baby Names: Trends and Predictions 2014

　　To check out the latest trends in French baby names, we turn once again to our go-to expert,_ _Stéphanie Rapoport, creator of the popular site [_meilleursprénoms.com](http://meilleursprenoms.com/) and author of L’Officiel des Prénoms 2014 . For anyone conversant in French, the site is filled with interesting lists, charts and analysis on French baby names...

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100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

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5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

　　Do you know a lot of kids named Maeve and Rowan, Connor and Max? You might just live in the North East of the USA. 　　Behind the national data on the most popular baby names, each region has its own favorites, and the North East — here, the six states...

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

　　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...

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Updating Popular 1950s Names

Updating Popular 1950s Names

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

　　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...

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

　　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...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

　　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...

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