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French Boys’ Names: From the Top 100 in France

　　French names are perennially popular in the US, but there is still a host of undiscovered gems on the French popularity list. So today, the boys follow the girls we looked at the other day: 10 of the best French boy names, all in France's Top 100, including some imported...

Jan 14, 2025

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Short Boy Names: Hal, Heath and Hugh

Jan 14, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Do you like your boy names long or short? 　　For every Oliver and Sebastian, there’s a Leo and Kai. But lately celebrity birth announcements have trended towards the single-syllable. Benedict Cumberbatch named his son Hal, a little brother for Kit. Tori Spelling welcomed new baby Beau. We...

Unique Vintage Boy Names: Roscoe, Cosmo & Clive

Jan 14, 2025

　　Continuing our series on you-don’t-have-to-be-youneek-to-be-unique names, here are 25 unique vintage boy names that are hardly heard today. 　　Unlike vintage classics like William and James, most of these unique vintage boy names were in common use at one time but then slid into obscurity. See which ones you think are...

Heroes vs Villains in Baby Name Land

Jan 14, 2025

　　By Nick Turner 　　Are villain names becoming more popular with today’s parents? It sure seems that way. The rise of Anakin (Darth Vader) and Kylo (Darth Vader’s murderous grandson) has shown that bad guys often capture the hearts of baby-namers. 　　And here’s another sign that the dark side is winning. For the first...

Presidents Day Baby Names: The Veeps

Jan 14, 2025

　　An FBF look back at some of the often-forgotten Vice Presidents’ names. 　　By Nick Turner 　　It’s no surprise that U.S. vice presidents don’t get a lot of respect in history books. The job doesn’t confer much actual power (unless the commander-in-chief comes to an untimely end), relegating most VPs to...

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Name Guru to the Stars: Predicting the Seventh Hanson Baby Name

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How I Named My Baby: Henrietta Beatrice

Jan 14, 2025

　　Emma and John Parker live in Santa Barbara, California with their two children. They welcomed their youngest on September 20, 2020 — a daughter named Henrietta Beatrice. 　　Here, we talk to Emma about how she and John chose the baby name Henrietta for their little girl. 　　How long did it...

How I Named My Baby: Callahan Bay

Jan 14, 2025

　　Courtney Williams, a graduate student in behavioral analysis, and Steven Jackson, a locomotive engineer, live outside of Atlanta, Georgia with their daughter Callahan Bay. 　　Here, Courtney talks with us about how she and Steve chose the baby name Callahan for their little girl. 　　　　How long did it take you...

Little Women Sets New Name Trends

Jan 14, 2025

　　Greta Gerwig’s new Little Women, the latest remake of the beloved 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott, is sure to launch a range of style trends, including a fashion for its most celebrated names. 　　 Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy must be one of the...

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Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

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Boys’ Names: Nameberry’s newsiest boys’ names this week

Jan 14, 2025

　　It’s all-boy week in Abby (Appellation Mountain) Sandel’s latest round-up of the most recent interesting baby names. 　　Happy Halloween, berries! Let’s start off with a very important piece of business. The winner of the bookplate give-away from Etsy shop My Kids Eat Off the Floor is Emily (emily.m******@*****.com). You should have already...

Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

Jan 14, 2025

　　I have a friend, a pretty quirky guy, who has one of those generic boys’ names: Bill. I was thinking recently what an advantage it is for Bill to be named Bill rather than something like Jasper or Jarvis, one of those boys’ names that’s his equal in quirkiness. Bill...

Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh

Jan 14, 2025

　　What with the movie Ted, starring an outrageously potty-mouthed teddy bear, having been a box office sensation, and celebs giving their baby boys the actual first or middle name of Bear, this seems like a perfect time to think about Teddy and other fictional bear names for possible inspiration. 　　So,...

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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Jan 14, 2025

　　Want to know the most gender-neutral nonbinary baby names? Depending where you live, they could be anything from Amani to Zen. 　　The most nonbinary names in the US are different from the most popular unisex names (which usually lean male or female). Here we’re talking about names that strike a...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Jan 14, 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

Jan 14, 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...

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The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

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Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

Jan 14, 2025

　　Christian names combine spirituality with style, conveying a faith-based message with contemporary sensibility. 　　These modern Christian names with an evangelical feel aren’t traditional biblical names, well-worn virtues, or even the old prophet names that are so popular nowadays. No, this is a fresh, 21st-century style of Christian names that shout...

America's Next Top Baby Names

Jan 14, 2025

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Jan 14, 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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In Defense of Emma and Ethan: Ten Good Reasons to use a Common Name

Jan 14, 2025

　　I love unusual names. I can defend the wackiest of celebrity appellations, from North to Pilot to Blue. 　　And yet some parents feel pressure to avoid a popular name – or even a name that might become popular. 　　If you grew up answering to Jennie S. or Mike T., you...

Rare Baby Names Worth Rescuing

Jan 14, 2025

　　These rare baby names are in the charts, but only just. They were each given to only five babies, the minimum before the name disappears from the records completely. 　　If you’re looking for unusual name inspiration way down at the bottom of the US popularity charts, it can be daunting....

And the Next Big Baby Names Are….

Jan 14, 2025

　　What will the next popular baby names be? Lots of parents would love to know… and name experts love to guess! 　　If you’re naming a child, you might be interested in whether your favorite names are likely to rise in the next few years. Maybe you want to avoid anything...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Jan 14, 2025

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Jan 14, 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...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Jan 14, 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...