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Baby Name Trends: Ha Ha names are nothing to laugh at!

　　Have you noticed the sudden pop in popularity of girls’ names starting with the happy-go-lucky syllable ‘Ha’—some on them shamelessly stolen from the boys? Caught in the spotlight by two recent high-profile starbabies, Harper Seven Beckham and Jessica Alba’s Haven Warren, this is among the baby name trends that seem...

Jan 11, 2025

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70s Names Ready for Revival? Baby Brandon, anyone?

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Popular Names 2010: Interesting or ho-hum?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Question of the Week: What were your responses to the new Social Security list of Popular Names 2010? 　　Last week we asked for your predictions of the popular names 2010, and some of you came up with very spot-on forecasts—a special shout-out to names4real for anticipating the rise of Bentley (who is shown...

Baby Name News: This week’s most notable names, from Ami to Zia

Jan 11, 2025

　　We’re so pleased to announce that starting today, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel will be presenting a regular baby name news recap and analysis every Monday. 　　If you’re a Nameberry aficionado, you might recall that this column started out as a week in review, then morphed into a more conventional list of names based...

W-Names: Where’s Waldo?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Once upon a time, in the now distant past, popularity lists–particularly for boys–were teeming with names starting with the letter ‘W’. 　　In 1920, for example, there were twenty-seven of them in the boys’ Top 500, including every conceivable appendage to the first syllable Wil. Aside from the eternal William, there were Willie,...

Bird Names: Avian options beyond Robin and Raven

Jan 11, 2025

　　Bird names are flying onto baby name lists, and guest blogger Kristen Gregg, of the popular blog marginamia, finds a flock of rare species to add to the aviary. 　　I am absolutely chirping with delight to be here today on Nameberry! I’m almost equally delighted to watch an ever growing...

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Sassy Double-Syllable Names for Girls

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Quirky UK TV Actress Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Ever since I spotted the name Honeysuckle on the credits of the ITV series Foyle’s War, I have been riveted by the cast rolls at the end of other British shows. For if the characters on these comedies and dramas have good names, some of the actors—particularly...

Name Sage: A Sister for Beatrice and Amelie

Jan 11, 2025

　　Louise writes: 　　We have twin girls called Beatrice Willow and Amelie Isobel. We also had a little boy called Finnian Robert, sadly stillborn at 36 weeks. We are now expecting another girl in November. Any suggestions for something that would go well with our older kids’ names? 　　I like French...

Hello, Baby! O-Ending Surname Names for Girls

Jan 11, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　If you’re an American Idol devotee, you might remember Season Two’s Kimberly Caldwell. Her music career hasn’t taken off, but Caldwell has remained in the public eye as a television host and sometimes actor. Now she’s added a new role to her repertoire: mom. She and soccer...

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How About Harvey? What About Walter?

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Occupation Names: A Labor Day Salute

Jan 11, 2025

　　With Labor Day upon us, it seems like the perfect moment to focus on the original pre-barbecue meaning of the holiday and celebrate hard-working occupational names. So we’re looking back to wtoe we wrote on the subject in our book Beyond Ava & Aiden, but here focusing on the less used, fresher sounding...

Top Boys Name For Each Letter: a 130-year survey

Jan 11, 2025

　　Yesterday, we looked at the girls’ names, and today, as promised, it’s the boys’ turn. Again, we present the Top 10 baby names for every letter of the alphabet—from Anthony to Zecheriah—compiled by nameberry’s own Nephele. (The U.S. Social Security Administration’s complete names lists spanning a 130-year period were used in the tabulation...

Antiquarian Names: Colonial craftsmen names

Jan 11, 2025

　　For a number of years, when I wasn’t writing about names, I was writing about antiques and collectibles for a syndicated newspaper column. But of course when I was thinking about antiques, I was still also thinking about names. 　　Looking at the field of antique furniture, for example, I found that...

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Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 11, 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...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Jan 11, 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...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

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America's Next Top Baby Names

Jan 11, 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...

New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

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Japan Announces New Top Baby Names

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Most Popular Names of 2019….so far

Jan 11, 2025

　　The Most Popular Baby Names of 2019 on Nameberry features two new names at Number 1: Archie and Isla. 　　Midway through the year, Archie attracted 50 percent more page views than any other boys’ name. Archie‘s popularity is thanks largely to Britain’s latest royal baby. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The infant...

20 Terrific Names That Made the Top 20

Jan 11, 2025

　　To celebrate the start of 2020, we take a look at baby names that have been in 20th place in the charts over the years. 　　It’s a position we don’t think about much: so often we focus on the names at number one, or in the Top Ten. But if...

Unique Baby Names in the News

Jan 11, 2025

　　This week’s news includes unique baby names, the hottest names in Switzerland, celebrity baby names that make a statement, and parents who changed their baby names to keep their families happy…would you? 　　Top Swiss baby names: Liam and LeniaSwitzerland is a small country with a diverse range of languages and...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Jan 11, 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...

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

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...