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Future Top Ten Names: Avery, Jaxon, and Hadley

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　We’re just days away from the new year! As 2014 draws to a close, plenty of websites and hospital systems have released their top baby names for the past twelve months. 　　At Nameberry, Asher, Declan, and Atticus topped the boys’ list, while Imogen, Khaleesi, and...

Jan 15, 2025

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The Newest, Hottest, Oldest Baby Names

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Billy and Bob are Back in the Playground

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British Name Trends 2014

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　Now that 2014 is coming to an end, here is a look at the main trends and influences that have proven popular in Britain in this eventful year. 　　ALL ABOUT THE AR 　　The hottest sound this year is the undoubtedly ‘Ar’. Archie, Arthur, Martha...

Starbabies 2014: The luscious and the ludicrous

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　2014 was another amazing year for starbaby names, with some of the most varied, at times contradictory trends, ranging from classics like Rosemary, Frances, Evelyn and Eric to gender-benders, oddball spellings, and words refigured as names. 　　Among the strongest trends of the year: more boys’ names borrowed...

From Mary to Isabella: Baby names get longer and longer

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Nick Turner 　　Baby-name fads have come and gone over the decades, but one trend has held true: Names are getting longer. 　　A hundred years ago, boys’ names were typically less than two syllables. John, James, George and Frank were all popular picks, and there were no three-syllable names anywhere...

Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends

Jan 15, 2025

　　Italian baby names often have layered meanings and a lot of romance, which makes them a great choice no matter what your nationality. At the same time – and for much the same reasons – searching for good Italian names can be tricky. 　　Names that sound perfectly fine to American...

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Strong Girl Names: Matilda, Fiona, Adair

Presidential Girl Names: Kennedy, Madison, Monroe Don’t pick these baby names if you want to be unique! Sweet Girl Names With New Style Power Most Popular Baby Names 2017 Girl Baby Name Search: A Sister for Lyla Baby Naming Patterns: Can they be broken? Kim and Kanye’s Baby Name Anglo-Spanish Sister Names

Fresh, Modern Girl Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　Their firstborn’s name came to them without any difficulty. But if this new baby is a girl, she’s nameless! Can we help Everly’s mama find some fresh inspiration? 　　Laura writes: 　　We will be welcoming our second child this summer. Our sweet Everly Reed will be a great big sister …...

A Middle Name to Grow Into

Jan 15, 2025

　　by Eva Sojourner Dunsky 　　On the playground, I remember my friends and I trying to guess each other’s middle names. It didn’t take long to arrive at the Elizabeths and Maries, the Annes and the Lynns. But no one ever guessed mine. 　　“It starts with an ‘S’,” I conceded. My...

Girl Baby Names: A Compromise Needed

Jan 15, 2025

　　He’s all about Lorelei. She’s convinced there’s another name out there. But what goes well with Jackson, Scarlett, and Logan? 　　Becky writes: 　　My husband is stuck on a name I don’t love. 　　We have three kids: Jackson Owen, Scarlett Olivia, and Logan Orion. 　　Now we are expecting our 4th (and...

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Baby Men Names

Addison, Juno and Jayne: Possible names for boys? Boys’ Names 2013: Soft new choices Your Favorite Literary Names for Boys Goldilocks Classics for Boys: Holden, Noah, Wyatt and Beau Honoring a beloved grandfather by taking his name Jack, Jackson & Theodore: Who says it’s tough to name a boy? Preppy boys’ names ending with S: Ames, Keats, and Yates Newest Boy Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Alaric to Zion

Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far)

Jan 15, 2025

　　Which boy names have been most popular on Nameberry so far this year? 　　The big news in baby boy names: Asher is back on top, a spot he held in our 2011 popularity list but lost to Finn in 2012. Finn is still enormously popular with Nameberry’s parents, holding onto...

Baby Boy Names: The long and short of it

Jan 15, 2025

　　A friend is searching for baby boy names that start out long – three or more syllables long – and can be reduced to one-syllable nicknames. 　　If you’ve got a two-syllable last name, this is a good strategy. You end up with not one but two euphonic pairings. And your child...

The Best Boys’ Names: 10 great biblical choices

Jan 15, 2025

　　Our new book, The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys, selects the 600 very best choices from the 20,000 boys’ names on Nameberry. 　　We wanted to pick the top choices from a wide range of different types of names – classics and new inventions, adventurous and conservative...

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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Gender-Bending Baby Names How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Jan 15, 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...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 15, 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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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

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New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

Jan 15, 2025

　　Which baby names will be on top in 2024? 　　If we're speaking literally, you can expect to see the same few names on the tippy-top of the charts — Olivia and Emma, Liam and Noah. But it's a lot more fun to look at the fastest-rising names — the choices rapidly...

Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 15, 2025

　　Astrology names are inspired by the stars and planets, the four elements, and the symbols and characteristics connected to the zodiac signs. 　　Coinciding with the recent cultural obsession with astrology, we’ve observed a rise in names relating to the zodiac and all things celestial. 　　Millennials and Gen Z have taken...

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Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

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20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

Jan 15, 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 Names in Each State Revealed!

Jan 15, 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...

Popular Twin Names

Jan 15, 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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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Jan 15, 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...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...

What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

Jan 15, 2025

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...