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　　One of our most popular blogs of the year was the one in which Elisabeth Wilborn of You Can’t Call It It transformed the Top 100 girls’ names — and the following week, the most popular boys’ names — into choices with the same feel but more distinction and style....

Jan 10, 2025

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Berry Question of the Week: Are my favorite names becoming too popular?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Our second Berry Question of the Week comes from Blaire, who lives in Asheville, North Carolina. The mom of infant daughter Rowan (that’s her in the adorable picture), Blaire writes: 　　“I really would appreciate a little input on trends, since you guys are so good at predicting the next hot baby...

W-Names: Where’s Waldo?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Once upon a time, in the now distant past, popularity lists–particularly for boys–were teeming with names starting with the letter ‘W’. 　　In 1920, for example, there were twenty-seven of them in the boys’ Top 500, including every conceivable appendage to the first syllable Wil. Aside from the eternal William, there were Willie,...

Baby Names Trends: Cassia, Caspian and Cash

Jan 10, 2025

　　Here in our baby name bubble, in case you haven’t noticed, we tend to parse every element of every name for hints of incipient baby name trends. This would include first syllables, middle letters (like the current x), and endings like en and er for boys. 　　Just recently we’ve been...

New Baby Names: Our ten freshest

Jan 10, 2025

　　New baby names are those that have never (or rarely) been used until recent years, but are red-hot for children now. 　　Each generation wants to do things differently from the last. For some parents that means looking wider for baby name inspiration, and choosing a name that they’ve never heard...

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Unexpected Names for Girls: Edelweiss, Marceline, and Cee Cee

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Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Aimee Reneau Tafreshi__ 　　I was at a 1950’s-style diner with my young daughter Addie when an older waitress asked me what the name was short for. “Adair,” I said, and was shocked when the waitress told me that her grown daughter’s name was also Adair, called “Dare.” I was impressed...

Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Jan 10, 2025

　　My friend Kim loved the name Cordelia. This was in my pre-Nameberry days, and Cordelia‘s been off the Top 1000 since 1950: It certainly wasn’t a name that it occurred to me to love. 　　Still…..Cordelia. The more I thought about it, the more I loved Cordelia. Thanks, Kim, for the...

Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far)

Jan 10, 2025

　　See all the girl names on Nameberry here. 　　There’s a new girl in town, and her name is Imogen — the breakout Number 1 among girl names on Nameberry for the first half of 2013. 　　Imogen unseated longtime favorite Charlotte as our most-viewed girl name so far this year. In...

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How I Named My Baby: John Aidan

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How I Named My Baby: Griffin Leo

Jan 10, 2025

　　Speech therapist Lainie and her husband Jack, a lawyer, live in South Bend, Indiana with their son Griffin Leo, who they welcomed on May 29th, 2021. 　　Lainie told us, “I’ve been scrolling through Nameberry since I was a child, so naming our own baby was like my Super Bowl.” We...

How I Named My Baby: Cade Bennett

Jan 10, 2025

　　Actor and producer Dara Bloomfield and cinematographer Cory Stambler live in New York City, where they welcomed their son Cade Bennett on March 31, 2021. 　　We spoke with Dara about tradition, namesakes, and the family affair of naming Cade. 　　Tell me about how you chose Cade’s name!My family follows the...

How I Named My Baby: Aden Parker

Jan 10, 2025

　　Maxi, an art teacher and artist, and Austin, an artist, live in Seattle with their son, Aden Parker. 　　Aden was born on November 19, 2021. We sat down with Maxi to discuss his name story. 　　Tell me Aden’s name story!My husband and I were going through a list of names...

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Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 10, 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...

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Jan 10, 2025

　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...

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60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Jan 10, 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...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

Jan 10, 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...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Jan 10, 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......

The Top Baby Names A-Z

Jan 10, 2025

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

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How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

Jan 10, 2025

　　Since parents today invest so much thought and effort into finding the right name for their child, we get a lot of queries asking for advice on what to name the baby, and we do try to accentuate the positive. 　　But we also find it incumbent upon us to point...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Jan 10, 2025

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 10, 2025

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...