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Unique New York Baby Names!

　　We got a call yesterday from Don Kaplan, a reporter for the New York Post, who’s doing a story about unique New York (remember that tongue twister?) baby names. 　　Don spent the past week poring over a quarter million names — yes, many of them pretty crazy — given to...

Jan 11, 2025

What Are The Top Baby Names of the Future?

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Twilight Baby Names: Beyond Bella & Edward

Jan 11, 2025

　　Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight series has been one of the biggest influencers of baby name trends in recent times, propelling Bella, Edward, Cullen, Esme, and a host of other names up the charts. Here, nameberry intern DANIELLE MIKSZA, a Twilight fan, analyzes the Twilight baby names. 　　There’s been a vampire epidemic...

Midwestern Baby Names: What’s heading north in North Dakota?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Nameberry guest blogger Andrea, whom many of you may know for her intelligent and thoughtful advice on our message boards, and who most recently blogged for us on royal baby names, now focuses her attention closer to home, with this report on naming trends in the midwest. 　　On a recent...

2009 Baby Names: What Was In, Out, Hot, Not This Year

Jan 11, 2025

　　The biggest baby name news of 2009 was Emma’s rise to the number one spot for girls’ names, becoming only the ninth girls’ name in U.S. history to claim first place. 　　EMMA unseated EMILY, which slipped to number three, after a 12-year-reign. ISABELLA moved up to number two, but if...

Top Names in Scotland: Jack and Sophie rule on

Jan 11, 2025

　　The Scottish Registry General’s Office has released the country’s most popular names for 2009, showing very little change at the top. Jack and Sophie remained in first place, and the girls’ list wasn’t so dissimilar to ours, with Olivia, Ava, Emily, Chloe and Emma all in the top ten, along...

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Classic Baby Names: Finding the perfect variation

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13 Intriguing Island Baby Names for Girls

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Emily Cardoza 　　Though summer vacation has just about ended, visions of white sand beaches and gentle waves endure – even if only as screensavers. Why not continue the summer holidays through an exploration of island-inspired baby names for girls? 　　Each of these names corresponds to one of the thousands...

Unexpected Girl Names for Jonah’s Sister

Jan 11, 2025

　　They thought finding a name for their daughter would be a snap! But now they’re struggling to narrow down names that are classic, but not too common, to find the perfect unexpected – but not too out-there! – name for Jonah’s sister. 　　Brittany writes: 　　My husband and I have a son...

How to Reinvent Family Names for Baby

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　This week brought us two celebrity baby names inspired by loved ones. But they’re not just simple honor names. 　　Lacey Chabert revealed that her new daughter, Julia Mimi Bella, is named for Lacey’s mom, Julie. Julia is the first child for Lacey and husband Dave Nehdar. 　　Actor...

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New Geek Chic Names For Boys

Jan 11, 2025

　　Hipster, nerdy, funky-clunky… Call them what you will, there’s no denying that geek chic names for boys and girls are cool. 　　But fashion moves fast, and some of the original names on our Geek Chic Boys master list — like Jasper, Cyrus and Augustus — now feel almost mainstream. 　　So...

12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love

Jan 11, 2025

　　Looking for a boy name that feels both fashionable and original, that stands out for its rarity but fits with current trends? 　　Boy names are evolving at lightning speed right now, with parents more willing than ever to branch out from traditional choices and embrace individuality in their sons’ names...

Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 11, 2025

　　Traditional boy names remain perennially popular with parents today, in spite of the broader trend towards ever more unique baby names for both sexes. 　　But that doesn’t necessarily mean that all traditional names for boys are popular. As well as the core classic boy names – like John, James and...

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Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 11, 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...

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...

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

Jan 11, 2025

　　The most popular unisex names in the USA in 2022 were Logan, Avery, and Riley. But does that hold true across every state? 　　Well, sometimes. But as you might guess, each state has its own favorite unisex names. For some, it’s an occupational name like Parker or Sawyer. Other states...

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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

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Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

Jan 11, 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...

60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

Jan 11, 2025

　　Know a lot of babies named Vivian and Lincoln? You might just live in the Midwest. 　　We analyzed the most popular names by state to find which names are used more in the twelve core Midwestern states — that's Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,...

What's a Classic Name?

Jan 11, 2025

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

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How Gen Z Is Your Name?

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Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

Jan 11, 2025

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

Jan 11, 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 Czech Names Follow International Trends

Jan 11, 2025

　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

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...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Jan 11, 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...