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Baby Names 2012: The Best of the New

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Every year, a small number of new names manages to move onto the Top 1000 list for the first time ever. Sometimes this marks the beginning of a climb up the ladder, other times it’s a name that will linger in the nether regions, and sometimes it...

Jan 11, 2025

Popular Names 2012: The new top baby names!

Popular Baby Names: The next top names

Dog Names: What’s cool, what’s smart, what’s hot, what’s not

Combo Names: When 1 plus 1 equals 1

Unusual Baby Names: Top choices under the radar Baby Names: Once so hot, now so not A Letter to Jacob and Sophia Names on the Cusp Hyperlocal Baby Names: What’s hot where you live? Playground Analysis: The REAL Top 50 Names Springtime in Paris: A New Generation of French Names French Baby Names: What’s next in Nice

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Popular Names 2012: Guess the Top 10 and win!

Jan 11, 2025

　　SEE THE WINNERS BELOW!!! 　　The official list of U.S. Most Popular Names 2012 will be revealed later this week — Thursday afternoon or Friday morning, according to the Social Security press office — and so in advance of that announcement, we’re asking YOU to predict: 　　What do you think will...

2013 Baby Names: Predictions from the Nameberry 9

Jan 11, 2025

　　Today, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel, finds some 2013 baby name predictions embedded in this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names. 　　As 2012 faded into 2013, the world welcomed many a new little life. Re-reading birth announcements, I was struck by something. 　　None of them received outlandish names, but every one of...

Baby Names Trend: Camilla, Willa, Priscilla–the new killer ‘illa’ names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Guest blogger Angela Mastrodonato, of Upswing Baby Names spots an impending baby names trend: names ending in ‘illa’ replacing the ubiquitous ‘ella’s. 　　When it comes to names, a small change can make a big impact. Ella-ending names have been loved for a while for their elaborate elegance. To find fresh alternatives,...

British Baby Names: Two Middle Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　If there’s one British names trend that Berries all over the world have embraced full-heartedly, it’s the old upper class practice of giving children two middle names. 　　Rooted in royalty as a way to honor a raft of vaulted relatives, the multiple-middle-name practice was pegged by one visitor to our...

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Baby Name Patterns: To Keep Going or Break the Mold?

Pre-Hillary Women Candidates for POTUS Can These Baby Namers Escape the Top 100? Blockbuster Baby Names: The Movie Girls of Summer Short, Sophisticated Girl Names You’ll Love Movie Star Characters: When Marilyn was Elsie 30 Rare, Exotic, Gorgeous Girls’ Names Name Sage: Girlish Baby Names with Boyish Nicknames 21 Great Greek Baby Names for Girls

Name Sage: Baby Names for a Fourth Daughter

Jan 11, 2025

　　Patricia writes: 　　We are due with our fourth daughter in May and are so excited. 　　She will be welcomed by big sisters Ailey (I-Lee) Carolyn, Juliana Allison, and Brynn Margaret. 　　Our inspiration for their names came from our love of our Scottish/Irish heritage and girlie classic names. All of their...

Name Sage: Do rules make baby naming easier?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Do too many rules make naming a baby impossible, or is a solid list of must-haves the key to finding a great name for daughter number three? 　　Kate writes: 　　We are counting down the days until our fifth child and third daughter arrives at the end of June. We cannot...

Naming a Baby (or 2) When You’re Over 40

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Joslyn McIntyre 　　My stepdaughter, Emily, is 17 and already has her first daughter’s name picked out. She doesn’t even have a boyfriend, but she has confidently repeated this name to me several times. To which I usually respond, “Don’t you dare have a baby for at least ten years.”...

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Vintage Boy Names: Grover and Friends

Heroes vs Villains in Baby Name Land Boy Baby Names: Gone to the Dogs? Unique Vintage Boy Names: Roscoe, Cosmo & Clive Tricky Last Names: What Goes with Lo? Traditional Boy Names: Frank, Walter, and George Boy Names: Meaningful Minis 30 vintage boy names not to be laughed off your list 10 Great Super Bowl Names

Science-Inspired Surname Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　They chose surname names for their first two sons. Now they’re considering Edison for a third boy. Is it just the right mix of science and style? Or is there a better name out there? 　　Olivia writes: 　　I am due in May with our third boy. Our other sons are...

French Boys’ Names: From the Top 100 in France

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

Short Boy Names: Hal, Heath and Hugh

Jan 11, 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...

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Jan 11, 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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Jan 11, 2025

　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...

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Twin name trends in this week’s baby names news

Sibling Names: The latest from London Starbaby News: The Jagger Dynasty, gender-bending and more Welsh Nickname Names: Iolo, Betsan and Llio M Baby Names: Initial of the future? Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names Portuguese Baby Names: The aristo trend Unusual Baby Names: The Other A Names Mythological Baby Names: They’re on the rise

Hot Baby Names: 20 choices heading for the top

Jan 11, 2025

　　What are the hottest baby names today, those zooming toward the top of the popularity list? 　　Identifying which names are moving fastest toward the top is an art, but there can also be some science to it. We asked the Wizard of Nameberry, our engineer Hugh Hunter, to plot the...

Baby Names that Bridge Generations: Allison and Kyle

Jan 11, 2025

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　One day I had an epiphany. I consider myself part of the “Mom Generation”. When I was in high school, I knew both a Debbie (short for Deborah) and an Allison. 　　Fast forward to 2014 and I would be surprised to see Deborah...

Eclectic Naming Trends: Global, Gender-Neutral, Classic

Jan 11, 2025

　　It’s tempting to predict the future. Difficult, too. 　　Last week, I stumbled across a 1994 article in the L.A. Times. Nameberry’s chief name expert Pamela Redmond predicted the stylish names of the future would be Felix and Frances, Charlotte and Claire, Hazel and Dexter. 　　Twenty years later, it’s all come...

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

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New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 11, 2025

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

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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 11, 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...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Jan 11, 2025

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...