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　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Baby girl names have been trending toward the long and elaborate for some time now, with selections like Isabella and Elizabeth, Olivia and Sophia winning out over the kind of brisk no-nonsense names — Anne, Gail, Lynn — that dominated a couple of generations ago. 　　But...

Apr 17, 2025

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Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for girls

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　　by Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than Matilda 　　1. Arrietty 　　Arrietty Clock is a teenage “borrower” from Mary Norton’s classic children’s fantasy book series, The Borrowers. The borrowers are tiny people who live by “borrowing” everyday items from the Big People they call “human beans.” Because of the spirited Arrietty’s curiosity, she and...

Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Apr 17, 2025

　　My friend Kim loved the name Cordelia. This was in my pre-Nameberry days, and Cordelia‘s been off the Top 1000 since 1950: It certainly wasn’t a name that it occurred to me to love. 　　Still…..Cordelia. The more I thought about it, the more I loved Cordelia. Thanks, Kim, for the...

Disney Princess Names: How influential are they really?

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　As the mother of a five year-old girl, Frozen was required viewing over the recent school holidays. Somewhere between the first appearance of talking snowman Olaf and the happy ending, I found myself musing about the popularity of Disney-princess names. 　　I’ve long thought that any...

40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Girls Edition

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　If you scan the annals of distinguished women in American history, culture and science, you’ll find that a surprising number of them had distinctive names as well, names that could provide unique-ish choices with interesting back-stories. Several of them have a funky, fusty period flavor that may...

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Long, Lovely Names for Girls

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Names Honoring Screen Icon Maureen O’Hara

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Meagan, A Tulip By Any Name 　　This weekend I was saddened to read that legendary actress Maureen O’Hara had passed away. Maureen O’Hara, born Maureen FitzSimons, was an iconic, fiery redhead with the face of an angel. Today I’d like to look back at the names of some memorable...

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　　By Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than Matilda 　　Some vocabulary names are popular, like Poppy and Summer, while others are familiar, like Faith and Melody. Then there are the vocabulary names that are more unexpected. These are ten names I have seen (on Australians) this year – but only once. They...

Girls’ Names with I-Endings

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Is it me, or do names ending in ‘i’ sometimes look incomplete? Ashli and Maci seem like they’re missing something. Others, like Lori and Dani are so common that they seem natural – and yet, they’re often short for longer names. 　　But there are names for girls that traditionally...

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Rare Bible Names for Boys

Apr 17, 2025

　　Once the preserve of deeply religious parents, historically unique Bible names for boys are becoming an increasingly mainstream trend. 　　Just look at Noah, Elijah, Levi, Asher, Josiah and Ezra: six contemporary Biblical favorites, all in the current US Top 50 for boys, none of which had ever ranked in the...

Best O Names for Boys

Apr 17, 2025

　　Boy names that start with O have been getting a lot of love recently, from vintage revival Oliver to modern favorite Owen. However, there are many O names that have yet to reach the US, but which have endless potential and charm. Here are 15 outstanding O names that we...

Best E Names for Boys

Apr 17, 2025

　　Thinking of using one of the many boy names that start with E? Beyond classic Edward and high-ranking Elijah and Ethan, there are endless possibilities. 　　Enjoy our pick of the very best boy names that start with the letter E. It’s an eclectic mix of styles and rankings, from up-and-coming...

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Apr 17, 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...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Apr 17, 2025

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Apr 17, 2025

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

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Playground Analysis: The REAL Top 50 Names

Apr 17, 2025

　　Kelli Brady, creator of NameFreak!, combined spelling variations to come up with the real top 50 names on the new US popularity list. Her results show some names vastly more popular than it seems and a new Number 1 _and Number 2 for boys._ 　　Some names might actually be more...

A Letter to Jacob and Sophia

Apr 17, 2025

　　Here, with the kind permission of writer Jonathan Anker, we’re reprinting his humorous take on the possible future effects of megapopular names; it appeared first on the hlntv.com site. 　　Dear Jacob and Sophia, 　　You should know that your mother and I spent the better part of both her pregnancies agonizing over...

Baby Names 2012: The Best of the New

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　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Every year, a small number of new names manages to move onto the Top 1000 list for the first time ever. Sometimes this marks the beginning of a climb up the ladder, other times it’s a name that will linger in the nether regions, and sometimes it...

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Baby Names Before 1850

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　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

Apr 17, 2025

　　Do you know a lot of kids named Maeve and Rowan, Connor and Max? You might just live in the North East of the USA. 　　Behind the national data on the most popular baby names, each region has its own favorites, and the North East — here, the six states...

Popular Twin Names

Apr 17, 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...

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How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Apr 17, 2025

　　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...

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　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...

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　　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...