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　　The US Social Security Administration tallies up the names of all the babies born within a year and reveals which names were most popular. While there are clearly thousands of parents who are happy using popular names, there are also parents who would rather avoid them. 　　For those parents who...

Dec 12, 2024

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The ABCs of Girls’ Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Everything you need to know about girls’ baby names, from A to Z. Looking for the boys’ version? It’s right here. 　　AA is the most popular letter for girls’ names, including Top Tens Ava and Abigail, plus Avery, Amelia, Aubrey, Addison, and fast-climbing newcomer, Aria. 　　BLongtime Nameberry...

Top Royal Baby Girl Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　What are the top 　　royal names for girls in contention for the new princess born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? Will the royal baby girl be named Alice, the favorite with bookmakers? Diana, the crowd-pleasing choice? Or Elizabeth, one of the most royal names of all — or maybe something completely...

Zodiac Baby Names for Girls

Dec 12, 2024

　　We’ve looked at Zodiac baby names for boys, now here are the traits associated with each sign and related names, this time aimed at girls. 　　Aries: 　　Aries is the sign associated with fire, Mars, and the ram. People born under this sign are courageous, energetic, willful, commanding, leading, competitive, and...

Taylor Swift-Inspired Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Taylor Swift’s latest video is a who’s who of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming singers, and supermodels galore. 　　(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo YouTube Bad Blood Taylor Swift) stars Taylor as a sort of James Bond/Wonder Woman/Katniss Everdeen warrior extraordinaire. After her fellow BFF-spy betrays her, she enrolls in assassin school and assembles...

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Mom Names: the New Generation

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Cool Girl Names: Charmed Circles

Dec 12, 2024

　　Cool girl names, much like cool girls themselves, often travel in packs. Once one cool girl name gets popular, similar ones tend to follow. 　　These names often share sounds, but they can also be connected by a theme such as color names, bird names, or virtue names. 　　Certain name groups...

Transforming Top to Uncommon Girl Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　When it comes to baby names — particularly girl names — popularity can get a bad rap. Uncommon girl names are often seen as more desirable — it’s cool to be different! 　　But the popular girl names are at the top for a reason: they’re fashionable, lovable, and appeal to a...

Muslim Baby Names Are Full of Meaning

Dec 12, 2024

　　Eid Mubarak! 　　This evening marks the start of the important Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr, celebrated by approximately two billion Muslims around the world and a perfect occasion for a closer look at Muslim names. 　　In the US, Islam is the third largest religion, and in the UK, it’s the second...

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Boy Baby Names: More hidden gems

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Unusual Boy Baby Names: A brother for Sage and Rocco

Dec 12, 2024

　　Her husband is wild about Harry in the middle spot, but they’re struggling to agree on a first name if baby number three is a boy. 　　Emma writes: 　　We are expecting baby number three and are stuck for a name if the baby is a boy. 　　Our first child is...

25 Awesome Boy Names Starting with A

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond 　　A is the most popular first initial for all baby names, but somehow the girls’ names that start with A get more attention. Maybe that’s because there are six girls’ names in the US Top 25 — Ava, Abigail, Amelia, Avery, Aria, and Aubrey — but only...

Rule-Breaking Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　They have a well-established formula for naming a son, but this time nothing feels quite right. Is there something they’ve overlooked? Or is it time to break the rules? 　　Rachel writes: 　　We are expecting our third child and I am stumped on a name if it’s a boy. Our two...

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The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Dec 12, 2024

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Dec 12, 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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Babyberries: Class of 2023!

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The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

Dec 12, 2024

　　And that’s a wrap on the celebrity names of 2023. This year saw a number of notable celebrity baby names, including Techno Mechanicus, Rocky Thirteen, and Louetta Isley. 　　In addition, many A-list celebrity babies were born in 2023, such as the unnamed babies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

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Early American Names Beyond George & Martha: What names were popular then and why?

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Brian Tomlin 　　Looking at names that were popular in the early days of the U.S. gives us a chance to reflect on how much we have changed and evolved over the last two centuries. We are clearly more multicultural as a society in terms of how many different countries,...

Seasonal Baby Names: How do they rank?

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Kelli Brady, Name Freak! 　　I love the autumn season. I MISS the autumn season. Living in Thailand for the past couple of years, I have not experienced fall in all its glory and I miss it. This time of year brings thoughts of the colorful season, and those thoughts...

TV Names That Never Took Off: Felicity & Frasier

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　Fifty years ago, a prime-time comedy launched on ABC. That show was Bewitched, and it put the name Samantha on the map. Here’s how the numbers pan out: 　　The year before the show, 1963, there were fewer than 100 born in the U.S....

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Dec 12, 2024

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Dec 12, 2024

　　Baby name regret — also known as baby name remorse — is a common source of shame among new parents. It allegedly affects between 10-20% of new parents, yet the perceived stigma deters many from sharing their feelings or stories. 　　Lately, celebrities have been opening up about their own experiences with baby...