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Baby Names 2014: Which names do you think we’ll be hearing more of?

　　Happy New Year! 　　It’s time to usher in the new and look ahead to baby names 2014. 　　Which names do you think we’ll be hearing more of this year? 　　We’d love to hear your predictions for: 　　— Trendy names you think will zoom to the top of the popularity lists....

Nov 27, 2024

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Modern Classic Baby Names: Cecilia, Calvin and Colin

Taking Stock of Baby Names: A novel approach

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Predicting 2014 Starbaby Names, Part 2

Nov 27, 2024

　　by Tara Ryazansky 　　It seems like I can’t check my email or stand in a grocery store line these days without being bombarded with images of pregnant celebrities. I’m not complaining though. A new pregnancy announcement means we can expect an interesting name announcement to be coming. But instead of...

Sasha, Mars, and Wilburn: Strange names, or tomorrow’s Top 100?

Nov 27, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　The other night a friend asked me what happens to kids with really strange names. Not made up names, or names with crazy spellings, he clarified. Names like Apple. Or Bartholomew. Names that make you do a double take when you spot them on the...

Baby Name Trendlet: Ev-starting names from Eve to Ever to Everest

Nov 27, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　For some time now we’ve been seeing a profusion of soft El-starting names, from Ella to Eleanor, Eloise, Elliot, Ellery, Elodie, et al. And now we’ve begun to notice some of her stronger, sharper, Ev-starting cousins coming into the picture, ranging from the ancient Eve to the...

Top Baby Names 2013: Noah the New Number 1!

Nov 27, 2024

　　Noah has unseated Jacob to become the new Number 1 name for boys – the first new top boys’ choice of the 21st century. 　　The boys’ side of the list claims all the hottest news, in a turnaround from the usual pattern in which girls’ names dominate the trend shifts. Liam...

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12 Brilliant Biblical Girl Names

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Classic but Rare Girls Names: Ada, Liza, and Lena

Nov 27, 2024

　　Baby naming tip: when others react negatively to your favorite name, don’t despair! Instead pay attention, because it might be a good sign you’ve found an undiscovered gem. 　　Kelsi writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our first daughter, and we are having a hard time pinning down a name....

Sweet Southern Girl Names

Nov 27, 2024

　　If it’s a boy, they’re all set. But if it’s a girl, Sarah and her husband need sweetly Southern names to match Titus James and Haddie Mae. 　　Sarah writes: 　　Our son’s name is Titus James and our daughter’s name is Haddie Mae. We are currently expecting our third baby and...

Wonder Women Names: Strong names for girls

Nov 27, 2024

　　By Josh Murray 　　As the newest film in the DC Comics Cinematic Universe, Wonder Woman has recently been released to mass acclaim. Critics and fans have become enthralled by the strong female lead. Here are the names of other strong and independent women, some with those qualities embedded in their...

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Boys’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100

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Papal Baby Names: Possibilities beyond Pius and Innocent

Nov 27, 2024

　　Just as the billows of white smoke emanating from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City signal the election of a new pope, so does the name he chooses for himself signal his aspirations for his papacy. Pope Francis broke precedent by picking one that had never been used before, but which...

Stylish vs Popular: The boys’ edition

Nov 27, 2024

　　Yesterday we did a rundown on the divide between the girls’ names that are stylish to the point where it feels like they must be popular and those that are actually, statistically widely used. It’s especially hard to distinguish when it comes to the names we see appearing so often in berry...

Boys’ Baby Names: They’re getting cooler all the time

Nov 27, 2024

　　This week in her Nameberry 9 blog, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel offers evidence that boys’ baby names are rapidly catching up with the girls’ in terms of creativity. 　　A few days ago, my daughter Clio announced that girls’ names are pretty, but boys’ names are awesome. 　　She also informed me...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Nov 27, 2024

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Nov 27, 2024

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Nov 27, 2024

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

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Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

Nov 27, 2024

　　The biggest critic of parents’ baby name choice? Yup, that would be Grandma! 　　According to a 2016 survey, almost half of new parents who received negative comments about their newborn’s name said that they came from their own mom. 　　Whether you’re surprised or totally unsurprised by that statistic – no...

These Names Are At Their Peak

Nov 27, 2024

　　Looking for a name everyone will love just as much as you do? You can’t go wrong with names at the top of their game. 　　Names that peaked in 2022, calculated in exclusive research and analysis by Nameberry, are baby names that rank higher in the USA than they have...

New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Nov 27, 2024

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

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Comeback Candidates: Are we ready for babies Gregory, Susan and Mark?

Nov 27, 2024

　　By Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names. 　　Every decade or two the name landscape transforms. New names are on the way in. Old names are on the way out. But as names rise and fall, the qualities parents seek in baby names remain constant. As a result, today’s top names share...

Babyberry Roundup: The fourth quarterly report of 2012

Nov 27, 2024

　　And now we come to the 2012 final quarter round-up of the names that Berries have actually chosen after all their various options were considered and discussed, on our forums and in the outside world. And once again, it’s a gorgeous group, with many great first and middle combos and...

The Shirley Temple Syndrome: On loving a popular, trendy name

Nov 27, 2024

　　By Brooke Cussans of Baby Name Pondering 　　For many name nerds there are two things that are usually pretty high on their want list when choosing names. One is that the name isn’t too “trendy” – so that it won’t seem too dated in years to come and instantly mark...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Nov 27, 2024

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

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

Nov 27, 2024

　　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

Nov 27, 2024

　　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,...