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Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The crystalline clear classic Claire has seen an impressive rise recently—entering the Top 50 for the very first time in 2011—and bringing Cousin Clara and other relatives slip-streaming along with her. The perfect time to take a closer look at this clear-eyed family. 　　CLAIRE—Currently favored spelling Claire...

Jan 14, 2025

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Bold Names for Girls

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North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name

Jan 14, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reportedly named their newborn daughter North, and less than 24 hours after the announcement, all directional jokes have officially been cracked. 　　Although that won’t stop anyone from continuing to make them for the rest of little North...

Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe

Jan 14, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Wowza! 　　I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer quantity, gorgeousness and wild originality of the names reported in the Birth Announcement forums for this third quarter of the year, from July through the end of September. So overwhelmed, in fact, that I’m dividing the results into two...

Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva

Jan 14, 2025

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　Are we becoming more tolerant of creative names? 　　My kids’ friends and classmates are a diverse lot, and their names reflect it. There’s Seamus and Shivarama, a boy named Delaney and a girl called Jordan. Yes, we have Matthew and Sam...

Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

Jan 14, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　It’s a common baby name dilemma: You love a name like Cora or Lila forever, holding it close as your own special secret choice, and then bang! Right when you’re finally in a position to use it, you discover it’s become a trendy new favorite, vaulting...

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How I Named My Baby: Atlas Rose

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Why So Few Girl Juniors?

Jan 14, 2025

　　I read an online comment recently from a name enthusiast arguing that “lots of men” give their own names to their sons (whether as juniors – using their exact names – or using variants in the first or middle spots), while “very few women” do the same for their daughters....

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...

How I Named My Baby: Magnolia James

Jan 14, 2025

　　Jacqueline Brown lives in Southwest Ohio with her husband Dan and their son, Luca Emerson. This June they welcomed their second child, daughter Magnolia James. 　　Here, Jacqueline talks to us about how she and Dan chose the baby name Magnolia for their little girl. 　　How long did it take you...

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Would You Crowd-Source Your Baby’s Name?

Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again Boys’ Names: This week’s newsiest picks, from Barnaby to Jasper to Ned Stylish vs Popular: The boys’ edition Nameberry Challenge: Name Affleck baby #3!! Can’t Find A Name You Love? Maybe you’ve got BNDD Cool Boy Names: The Nameberry 9 Classic Boys’ Names: Let’s hear it for Henry! Boys’ Names: Nameberry’s newsiest boys’ names this week

Top Boy Names 2011

Jan 14, 2025

　　Nameberry’s top boy names 2011 includes big news: Asher has leapfrogged over Henry and Finn, last year’s number one and two, to take the top spot. 　　The Nameberry popularity lists track which names attracted the most views on our site this year. Consider them a predictor of which names parents...

Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

Jan 14, 2025

　　There’s a whole posse of cowboy baby names in Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s roundup of this week’s newsiest names. 　　Some weeks, it feels like all of the birth announcements are from one big extended family. 　　Nameberry dubbed this style trend Iconoclastic Cowboy, and indeed, it does seem to be popular...

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...

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Gender-Bending Baby Names How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around The Top Unisex Names in Every US State The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 14, 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...

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Jan 14, 2025

　　Happy Pride 2023! 　　Pride icon names celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the inspiring history behind the fight for equal rights. 　　It's more than half a century since the first Pride parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, commemorating the Stonewall Riots of the previous summer....

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Jan 14, 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...

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Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

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The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

Jan 14, 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...

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...

60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

Jan 14, 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,...

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New International Names: A World Of Possibility

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Vintage Baby Names: Testing the 100-year rule

Jan 14, 2025

　　In the world of baby names, there's something called The Hundred Year Rule, which holds that it takes a full century for a name to shake off its dusty image and sound fresh again. 　　When we look at the popularity lists for a hundred years ago -- 1923 -– we see any number...

The Names Really In Danger of Extinction

Jan 14, 2025

　　If you follow baby name news, you may have noticed a peculiar trend. Every few months or so, a headline about extinct names will pop up that reads something like this: 　　The Name Gary is Headed for Extinction 　　The Name Karen is Going Extinct 　　The Name Nigel is Now Extinct...

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....

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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...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Jan 14, 2025

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 14, 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...