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1950s Boys’ Names: Where are they now?

　　By Kara Cavazos, The Art of Naming 　　Let’s take another look at the past! The year 1950 was smack dab in the middle of the century. Babies born that year will celebrate their 65th birthday this year. Many of them are grandparents now and may even be lending their own...

Jan 10, 2025

Christmas Baby Names: Elf on the Shelf names

Top 100 Boy Names of 2014

Movie Mogul Baby Names

The PERfect Boy Name: PERcival and jasPer

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Ask the Name Sage: Is Peter a Problem?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Welcome to Nameberry’s newest column, The Name Sage. Every week, I’ll answer one reader’s questions about naming a baby-on-the-way, or general baby name angst. And here’s the best part: we’d love it if you would add your thoughtful suggestions and comments to help expectant parents decide. The world needs more...

Kelly, Mackenzie, and Clare: Great reclaimed names for boys

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Girls have been borrowing from boys’ names for generations. Shirley and Ashley were once more common for men. Ditto Madison, Avery, and Harper. 　　It’s easy to fume about name theft. After all, conventional wisdom is that once a name is widely used for our daughters,...

The Brave New World of Boys’ Names: Zion, Dashiell, and Ocean

Jan 10, 2025

　　The way we name boys is changing, and that’s a good thing. 　　For years, parents played it safe when naming their sons. We were more likely to pass down family names, and less likely to choose something really different or novel. 　　Why? Maybe we worried that boys were more likely...

Seeking a Science-Inspired Name

Jan 10, 2025

　　Liz writes: 　　I’m a math teacher and science lover, my husband is a history teacher and literary enthusiast. We are expecting our second son, and looking for something that can go with our first son’s name: Truman King, Tru for short. 　　We’re hoping for a name with ties to science,...

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Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice

A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice Girl Baby Names: The newsiest names, from Talulah to Lula to Rue Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9 Unusual Girls’ Names: Lotus, Arrow, Pehr, and the rest of the Nameberry 9 Over-the-Luna About Baby Names Top Girls’ Names of 2012 Greek Names for Girls: 21 unexplored ancient treasures Let’s hear it for Auntie Name!

Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices

Jan 10, 2025

　　Maybe because Nameberry attracts such serious name lovers, many visitors to the site can’t settle for choosing just one name for their babies. 　　I’m not talking about the trend toward picking two middle names but about the taste for baby girl names that have two very different versions: a classic,...

Baby Names Trend: The Jennifer Juggernaut

Jan 10, 2025

　　Yes, there are baby names that have had longer runs at the top of the popularity list. Mary and John, certainly, and, more recently, Michael, who ruled for 44 years, yet none of them came to be seen as an epidemic or to signify a whole generation in the way...

Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence

Jan 10, 2025

　　Hear the words ‘detective’ or ‘private eye,’ and you probably picture a tough guy like Mickey Spillane or a cooler customer like Sam Spade. But it turns out that mystery fiction also features a lot more female sleuths than you might think, dating back to Loveday Brooke in the 1890s...

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Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names

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Classic baby names: Peter, Paul or Mary?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Of course they’re still around, with a few like William and Daniel still in the Top Ten, but most of the standard classics are far from being the power names they once were–Peter, Paul and George, for example, have hit all-time lows. 　　And yes, Edward has that Twilight touch, and Jack is back with...

Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

Jan 10, 2025

　　As promised, here is our first Week in Review by Abby Sandel–creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– bringing you a roundup of the latest baby name news of the week every Monday from hereon in. 　　Early January brought round-ups of The Most Popular Names of 2010, at least according to a...

John Today, Gianni Tomorrow

Jan 10, 2025

　　Guest blogger SONIA TSURUOKA, who’s been interning at nameberry this month, examines the long rise and recent fall of the name John and the advent of its upstart cousins. 　　Pretty much everybody knows someone named John. 　　Backed by its rich history and plenty of timeless appeal, this all-time favorite enjoyed...

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Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Surprisingly International Baby Names

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

Jan 10, 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...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Jan 10, 2025

　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 10, 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...

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M Baby Names: Initial of the future?

Starbabies 2014: The luscious and the ludicrous British Name Trends 2014 Portuguese Baby Names: The aristo trend The Newest, Hottest, Oldest Baby Names A peek inside the Nameberry bubble Celebrity Baby Names: The V, X, and Z epidemic Sibling Names: The latest from London On-Trend Celebrity Babies: Nova, Cy, and Etta

Baby Name Image: Seeking a glamorous Gertrude

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Mikita Brottman 　　“If you will call a dog Hervey,” said the English author Dr. Johnson, “I shall love him.” This quirky adage was meant to praise the unconventional Hervey family, whom Dr. Johnson found excellent company, but he also put his finger on an important truth, which is that...

Billy and Bob are Back in the Playground

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The nickname-name trend is nothing new. Who among us hasn’t known a baby Max or Maggie or Sam or Ellie? Or even one of those with a whiff of vintage nostalgia, like Millie or Josie? 　　But lately there’s been a new twist on this phenomenon, especially seen...

Future Top Ten Names: Avery, Jaxon, and Hadley

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　We’re just days away from the new year! As 2014 draws to a close, plenty of websites and hospital systems have released their top baby names for the past twelve months. 　　At Nameberry, Asher, Declan, and Atticus topped the boys’ list, while Imogen, Khaleesi, and...

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Unisex Names of the 2014 Top 1000

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The Best New Baby Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　One of the most exciting parts of the new US Top 1000 has to be the debuts and returns list, prime sources for the best new baby names. 　　In 2014, a name had to be given to 205 newborn boys to make the Top 1000. On the girls’ side, it...