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Active Verb Baby Names for Leap Year Babies

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Happy Leap Day! There are more than 10,000 babies born every day in the United States, and around 360,000 born worldwide. If you’re celebrating the birth of a child today, he’ll grow up with the rarest of birthdays. 　　It would be tempting to name your new leapling...

Nov 23, 2024

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Rocky, Stony Baby Names: Jasper, Piers and Cole

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Kara, The Art of Naming 　　When it comes to earthy boy names, some of the coolest ones are related to rock and stone. There are some names that mean rock such as the Scottish surname Carrick from the Gaelic Carraig. 　　The name Peter means “stone” and so do all of its variants...

Boy Baby Names: The truly timeless ones

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran with Esmeralda Rocha 　　Have you ever wondered which boys’ names might have been among the Top 1000 for all of the 130+ years the U.S. government has been tracking baby names? We’ve put together a list for you and divided it into relevant categories, from classics...

Daredevil Baby Names: Extreme athletes Laird and Wyn

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Tiana Putric 　　Some describe extreme athletes as careless, reckless, and dangerous because their passion-driven sports expose them to unimaginable risks; others characterize them as being born with a ‘daredevil gene’. Here are six extreme athletes with bold names, from Loïc Jean–Albert to Rush Sturges, whose extraordinary in-air, on-cliff, in-water, and...

Name Sage: Choosing a Family Name for Baby #3

Nov 23, 2024

　　Tania writes: 　　We are expecting our third child this June and are super excited – although I am tired of calling him my little Ninja! 　　It’s a boy. 　　My name is Titania. I was named for the character from Shakespeare, though I go by Tania. Our last name sounds like...

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What makes a name a name?

SOS: Help name this Berry’s imminent girl twins asap! Girls’ Name Hazel: Will a new movie make her the next Jennifer? The Long and the Short of Girl Names Bye-bye, Meghan. So long, Marisa. Girl names leaving the Top 1000 Let’s hear it for the Ola Names: Lola, Viola and Finola Movie Star Character Names: A salute to Shirley Temple and the roles she played Adelaide or Adeline? Anything Goes for Girls: Apple, Willow, Mia, and Cai

100+ Classic Girls’ Names — below the Top 1000

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Think you have to pick between names that are classics, with deep roots and centuries of use, and names that are unusual? 　　You don’t, as these classic girls’ names, all ranked below the U.S. Top 1000, attest. 　　Some were popular in recent years and are now...

Imaginative Names for Girls: Aurora, Angelou, and Elle

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　When it comes to naming a daughter, imagination reigns. From Hollywood birth announcements to literary powerhouses, blog babies to the most random of name spottings, a great name can come from anywhere. 　　This week’s potential seismic name influence? Disney’s big screen retelling of Sleeping Beauty....

The Top Names of 2033: Girls edition–Charlotte Number 1

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Americans are more daring when it comes to naming daughters, and the numbers bear this out. 　　In 2013, just over 67% of girls born in the US received a Top 1000 name. Boys, on the other hand, received a Top 1000 name nearly 79% of...

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Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming

Nov 23, 2024

　　Flower names for boys are a rare but beautiful bunch – a subset of the fashionable group of floral baby names which have proved particularly popular for girls in recent years. 　　Cool nature names for boys include tree names like Rowan and Oakley, wild animal names like Fox and Bear,...

Trending Boy Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　New parents — those who haven't spent much time around today's babies — may not be up on today's trending boy names. Does this sound like you? You might be shocked to learn the hottest boy names right now. 　　What are trendy boy names? Trendy boy names are more popular than...

Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

Nov 23, 2024

　　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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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Nov 23, 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...

Newsy Names this Week: Aberdeen, Hercules and Via

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes names from this year’s biggest movies, inspiration from cities, soccer players and mythical heroes, and the perennial question: when to reveal the name? 　　Names from the movies: Solo and ShuriIf you’re a movie-goer, you might have already clocked some great names in cinemas...

Who gets to judge your baby’s name?

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes boys with gemstone names, girls named after a car, sweet British nicknames, and lot of men named Paul. 　　Gendered jewel namesWhat’s your favorite gemstone name for a boy? Maybe you like traditional Jasper, or a modern unisex choice like Jet or Onyx…or Amber?...

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Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

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What's a Classic Name?

Nov 23, 2024

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Nov 23, 2024

　　Cottagecore baby names are part of a recent aesthetic trend defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, according to The New York Times. Hobbies such as bread baking, embroidery, and mushroom foraging are among the wholesome, nostalgic elements of the cottagecore lifestyle. 　　Cottagecore names, too, evoke this bucolic way...

60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

Nov 23, 2024

　　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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Ella, Alexander, and Other Baby Names in the News

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Popular Baby Names Around the World

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes statistics from England, Wales and Israel, names inspired by musicians, title names, and boats. 　　Top names in England and Wales 　　If you’d like to know what’s hot in Britain, it’s an exciting week: the baby name data for England and Wales in 2016...

The Newest Baby Names on the List: Contest Winners!

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Last week, we learned the new most popular baby names in the US for calendar year 2016. 　　We also learned that some of you have crystal balls! 　　Our contest to guess the newest names on the list challenged readers to identify which boy name and girl name...

2016 Baby Names: The Playground Analysis

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Kelli Brady 　　The 2016 SSA list of top baby names says that Noah and Emma are the number one names in the country. However, in your daily life, haven’t you heard more parents yelling out for Jackson or Sophia? To help explain this, the 2016 Playground Analysis is an...

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

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

Nov 23, 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...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Nov 23, 2024

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...