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Top Baby Names 2020

　　The top baby names 2020 feature a host of names that went virtually unused a generation ago. These include newly-minted names, rediscovered antiques, plus names imported from around the world. 　　We predict 2020’s top baby names by calculating which names saw the biggest increases in interest from Nameberry readers so...

Gem Names: The hot new name category

These 100+ Names Defined the Decade

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Nameberry’s Popular Baby Names 2019

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Why Are Parents Choosing “Evil” Names?

　　Names with negative meanings are not top of every parent’s list, but does that mean they’re evil names? Each year, hundreds of new babies get names that some would consider controversial at best, downright devilish at worst. 　　The latest attempt? In the most recent sitting of the Icelandic Naming Committee,...

These Cool Winter Baby Names Are Hot, Hot, Hot!

　　Seasonal baby names: would you consider using one?Each year, the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales releases a month-by-month breakdown of the Top 10 baby names for boys and girls. The boys’ side is more or less constant, and so is the girls’… for eleven months of the...

Starbaby Predictions: First and middles

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　My latest starbaby predictions include some thoughts on middle names. 　　Celebrity baby middle names don’t get as much attention as first names, but they can be equally as exciting. Take Anne Hathaway’s son’s middle name, Rosebanks. It’s a portmanteau of two family names—a creative solution to honor...

Baby Yoda, meet Baby Yara

　　Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past month, you’ve probably noticed the internet phenomenon that is Baby Yoda. Cute, cuddly, kooky, and an ideal subject for meme-lovers and crochet enthusiasts alike (seriously: can we please get one of these?), this little green alien from TV’s The Mandalorian...

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Nature Names: Will trees be the new flower names?

Nature Names: Will trees be the new flower names?

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The Lost Names of 1880

　　I was combing through the Top 1000 Names of 1880 the other day for another project (ah, the glamorous life of the baby name expert) and I was blown away by how many names on the list had been totally forgotten. I don’t mean just marginalized, like Ethel or Beulah,...

Boys’ Names for Girls: A Key To Success?

　　Will giving your daughter a masculine name — as Heidi Klum and Seal did with their newborn daughter Lou — increase her odds for career success? 　　It might if she goes into the legal profession, according to a new study. Women with masculine names make more money as lawyers than...

Exotic Lite: Girls’ Edition

　　There are some names that are not quite English, or American, but not quite not English either. These include international variations of classic English names – such as Katarina for Katherine – and names that are widely heard around the world but remain unusual in English-speaking countries. 　　The list below...

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Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom

Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom

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Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review

　　_Covering the week of January 25 to 31st, Abby Sandel– creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– unearths some treasures in the male Oscar nominee names announced this week._ 　　The list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards came out last week. Even though the only category in which I’ve actually seen all the...

Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

　　I have a friend, a pretty quirky guy, who has one of those generic boys’ names: Bill. I was thinking recently what an advantage it is for Bill to be named Bill rather than something like Jasper or Jarvis, one of those boys’ names that’s his equal in quirkiness. Bill...

Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

　　There’s a whole posse of cowboy baby names in Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s roundup of this week’s newsiest names. 　　Some weeks, it feels like all of the birth announcements are from one big extended family. 　　Nameberry dubbed this style trend Iconoclastic Cowboy, and indeed, it does seem to be popular...

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Unisex Names: Which names work best for both genders?

Unisex Names: Which names work best for both genders?

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What are your favorite gender-neutral names?

　　There’s no two ways about it: unisex baby names are red hot right now! 　　The latest Top 100 lists for both boys and girls are peppered with gender neutral names, from once-unisex options now all but abandoned for one gender, like Evelyn and Madison, to names that are increasingly leaning...

Newsy Names this Week: Aberdeen, Hercules and Via

　　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...

Baby Names: The gender reshuffle

　　By Eve Newman 　　What actually makes a name female or male? Most names seem to have been assigned a strict gender based on previous usage, but recently more and more we are seeing boy names used for girls and girl names used for boys. You could say this is the...

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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

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New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

　　The biggest critic of parents’ baby name choice? Yup, that would be Grandma! 　　According to a 2016 survey, almost half of new parents who received negative comments about their newborn’s name said that they came from their own mom. 　　Whether you’re surprised or totally unsurprised by that statistic – no...

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Question of the Week: How do you feel about sharing your name(s)?

Question of the Week: How do you feel about sharing your name(s)?

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Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel looks beyond the Top 1000 most popular baby names list to find some still undiscovered goodies. 　　Wasn’t yesterday a little bit like a birthday/Fourth of July/belated Mother’s Day celebration all rolled into one? I’ll admit it: I hung up on my own mother to...

Favorite Baby Names: Your Personal Top 10?

　　Popular baby names are the Number 1 topic of the week, but today we thought we’d turn the tables and ask instead about favorite baby names. What are your personal Top 10 names for each gender? 　　The criteria: Those you love best, period. Put them in order, with Number 1...

Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list

　　At long last, the official list of the most popular names for baby girls and boys born in England and Wales in 2009 has been released. And, to cut to the chase, here are the Top 10 for each gender–all of which were there last year, with several remaining in the same spot:...

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Updating Popular 1950s Names

Updating Popular 1950s Names

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

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