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R Names Then and Now: Ralph vs. Ryder

　　By Kelli Brady of NameFreak!__ 　　A couple of months ago, I attended a Sock Hop with my daughter. It was loads of fun and inspired me to delve into the 1950s and, of course, its most popular names. 　　As I looked at the Top 100 names of the decade, the thing...

Jan 11, 2025

Your Favorite Names from the Top 100

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New Baby Names: First babyberry Quarterly Report of 2013

Jan 11, 2025

　　New baby names are those that have never (or rarely) been used until recent years, but are red-hot for children now. 　　Each generation wants to do things differently from the last. For some parents that means looking wider for baby name inspiration, and choosing a name that they’ve never heard...

Underused Classic Baby Names: Calvin, Martin and Miriam

Jan 11, 2025

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　Legions of expectant parents search for that “underused classic” name each year. 　　But what exactly is an “underused classic” name? Do underused classic names even exist? Are they some impossible standard like names that are universally appealing and forever-guaranteed-to-stay-unique? 　　“Classic” can be interpreted...

They Wrecked My Baby Name!

Jan 11, 2025

　　It was a headline we couldn’t resist: Names You Like That Have Been “Ruined” for You. 　　Visitors to the forum have as many ways their favorites have been ruined — by movies, celebrities, and insensitive friends — as they have lamented name loves. 　　The topic is so provocative we thought...

New British Popularity List: Harry and Amelia still reign

Jan 11, 2025

　　Our top UK correspondent, Eleanor Nickerson, has the following lead story on today’s release of the new popularity data from the UK Office for National Statistics on her blog British Baby Names. Check there for a lot more fascinating statistics on top names by region and month and those most popular...

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To C or Not to C?

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Girl Baby Names: Tabitha, Tanith and Thessaly

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Kara Blakley 　　As I wrote about in the recent boys’ article, TH is a trending sound in names. At the end of 2015, Nameberry predicted that TH would be the digraph of 2016, and indeed the past year saw a lot more of names like Theo and Thea. Nameberry...

Rule-Breaking Baby Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　They’ve found the perfect name, but it breaks all the rules. How can they reconcile using the name they love with their long-held preferences? 　　Julia writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our first baby, a daughter, in May. We have finally found “the” name, but I feel like a...

Great Christmas Names Beyond Noel and Natalie

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　When you’re looking for names for a Christmastime baby, you can go the obvious route with Noel and Noelle, Mary or Merry, or you could consider a more subtle reference. Here are Nameberry’s 2016 picks of 12 great Christmas baby names. 　　Christmas Baby NamesBalthazar 　　Balthazar, also spelled...

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Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name

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Exploring the Meaning of Julian

Jan 11, 2025

　　Julian is a quiet classic, which has been in steady use throughout history but never wildly popular. It currently ranks at #35 in the US, appreciated for his jolly but understated charm. 　　Up to a point, the origins of the name are clear and undisputed: it comes from the Roman...

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...

Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

Jan 11, 2025

　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...

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Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

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50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Jan 11, 2025

　　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

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

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Baby Names Yearbook 2021

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Best New Baby Names in the Top 1000

Jan 11, 2025

　　America’s top baby names of 2020 have been announced! We’ve seen the most popular names at the top of the list, so now let’s look further down, at the new names in the Top 1000. 　　To make it into the Top 1000, a name had to be given to at...

Name Experts Talk Trends

Jan 11, 2025

　　What do baby name experts chat about in their spare time? Baby names, of course. Read on for a conversation between me and my lovely colleague Sophie Kihm, Nameberry’s Name Guru to the Stars. 　　Sophie is a pregnancy and postpartum therapist based in Chicago, while I’m a languages teacher-in-training living...

Nameberry Babies: Class of 2020

Jan 11, 2025

　　As the end of 2020 looms (finally), let’s lift our spirits by looking back over a year of brilliant Babyberry names! 　　It may seem like the year when the world ground to a halt, but for many of our members 2020 has brought the arrival of a new family member....

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

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Popular Twin Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Popular twin names used to appear on the Social Security top baby names site, but alas, no more. 　　But while there hasn’t been hard data on the top twin names in the US in over a decade, we can extrapolate from the 2010 twin names data to make some educated...

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Jan 11, 2025

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

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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...

What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...