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The #1 Baby Names: How popular are they?

　　By Kelli Brady, NameFreak! 　　Most of us know that the top names on the Social Security list aren’t given to as many babies as they once were. Here, data whiz Kelli shows how the Number 1 names have become less and less popular through the years, tracing the percentages of babies...

Jan 12, 2025

Choosing Baby Names: Sense vs sensibility

Taking Stock of Baby Names: A novel approach

Welsh Nickname Names: Iolo, Betsan and Llio

Most Popular Baby Names of 2014….so far

Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names Modern Classic Baby Names: Cecilia, Calvin and Colin The Most Popular Names Over Time Baby Names that Bridge Generations: Allison and Kyle Twin name trends in this week’s baby names news Top Baby Names 2013: Noah the New Number 1! Unusual Vintage Names: Which might come back? Name-alytics

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Occupational Surnames: Far from a fad

Jan 12, 2025

　　By Nick Turner 　　Back in 2012, I heard about parents naming their babies Draper in honor of Mad Men. I remember thinking the idea was daring but a little silly. These people were taking the last-name-as-first-name trend to an absurd conclusion, I griped. 　　It had been a few years since...

Mythological Baby Names: They’re on the rise

Jan 12, 2025

　　By David Taylor, prooffreader.com 　　There is no doubt that mythological names from a variety of ancient cultures have become increasingly popular with baby namers. The graphics below will make this visually—and eminently—clear. 　　As you can see, mythological boys’ names were pretty negligible until the mid-1990s, after which they’ve had quite...

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

Jan 12, 2025

　　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...

Starbaby News: The Jagger Dynasty, gender-bending and more

Jan 12, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Mick Jagger is a great-grandfather. 　　The frontman of the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band welcomed a new grandson and his first great-granddaughter a few months ago. Their names were just revealed last week. If you’re counting, that brings the Jagger progeny to seven children, five grandchildren,...

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Looking Beyond Emma and Ella: Who’s next?

Unusual Girls’ Names: Lotus, Arrow, Pehr, and the rest of the Nameberry 9 Top Girls’ Names of 2012 Girl Baby Names: The newsiest names, from Talulah to Lula to Rue Baby Names Trend: I-Ending Girl Names To Keep An Eye On Baby Names Trend: The Jennifer Juggernaut Stylish Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–from Winter Victoria to Vivian Vespa Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100 A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice

Kimye Kname Kraziness

Jan 12, 2025

　　It’s close to midnight after noon, the end middle of Day 2 3 or maybe we can call this Day 3 4 of the Kim and Kanye Baby Name Watch. You know they’re not going to announce the name tonight right this minute, because most sane journalists are already asleep out to lunch. 　　We’ll find...

Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

Jan 12, 2025

　　Some pretty girl names–and a couple of attractive boys’ too–are highlighted by Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel for this week’s The Nameberry 9. 　　It was a good week for gorgeous girl names. From current favorites to up and coming possibilities, pop culture gave us a quartet of new daughters with noteworthy...

Girls’ Names 2013: Our 10 newest choices

Jan 12, 2025

　　We’re always adding new names to Nameberry, and the ten newest on the site all just happen to be for girls. 　　Half of these names existed on Nameberry before as variations of other names, but without commentary of their own, and the other half are new entries. All have ancient...

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1950s Boys’ Names: Where are they now?

Classic Boys’ Names: What’s your favorite? Upscale Baby Names: The s-ending boys The Super Bowl of Football Names Vintage Boys’ Names: 9 choices ready for a comeback The Brave New World of Boys’ Names: Zion, Dashiell, and Ocean Two Chummy Names: Buddy and Sonny 12 Unusual Literary Lads: Jabez, Japhy & Jolyon Rare Boys’ Names of the 1940s

Ask the Name Sage: Is Peter a Problem?

Jan 12, 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...

Scottish Boys’ Names: Fresh choices beyond Keith and Kyle

Jan 12, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　There are many Scottish names for boys that have become so familiar that we don’t even recognize their roots—names like Malcolm and Cameron and Gavin and Gordon and Keith and Kyle. But there are others that have never reached our shores and that might be worth considering,...

Top 100 Boy Names of 2014

Jan 12, 2025

　　Asher and Declan retained their Number 1 and 2 spots at the top of Nameberry’s most popular list of boys’ names for 2014. 　　The big news with boys’ names focuses on the new names moving up the ladder. Four names are new to the Top 10 this year: Silas, Jasper,...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Gender-Bending Baby Names

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Jan 12, 2025

　　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...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...

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What's a Classic Name?

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These Names Are At Their Peak

Jan 12, 2025

　　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...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Jan 12, 2025

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

America's Next Top Baby Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

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Most Popular Scottish Baby Names Here and There

Popular Baby Names 2016 Baby Name News of the Week Irish Baby Names: Top Choices Here and There Poshest Names in Britain: Crunching the Numbers Popular Baby Names: From Nameberry, Italy and Celebrityville Unusual Baby Names: Eclipse, Pancake and Pip Popular Baby Names Around the World Top Baby Names: England and Wales, 2016

Popular Baby Names: Inside the Top 100 of 2016

Jan 12, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady 　　Now that the dust has settled on the new Social Security list, we’ve had time to dig deeper into the data, so let’s analyze the 2016 Top 100! Here are the most interesting finds, looking at some of the individual names! 　　NEW GIRLS: Adeline, Elena, Eliana, Kinsley,...

Ella, Alexander, and Other Baby Names in the News

Jan 12, 2025

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s baby name news includes celebrity twins, the most popular names in Ireland and Latvia, and girls’ names with an “et” sound. 　　The Clooney twins are here!Amal and George Clooney have ticked all the stylish boxes with their twins’ names. Ella and Alexander are classic but...

Baby Name News of the Week

Jan 12, 2025

　　celebrity baby namesThe big name news story of the week was, of course, the release of the popular baby names 2016, much rejoicing and analysis. 　　The top 10 names only changed a little from 2015, with some names switching places and one new entry for boys, Elijah. The most bizarre...

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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Jan 12, 2025

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Jan 12, 2025

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Jan 12, 2025

　　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,...