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The Next Baby Name Style Wave

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　You have only to look at the popularity lists to know which names are used most widely now. There’s Sophia, Isabella, Emma, and Olivia for girls; Jacob, Mason, and Ethan for boys. Which reminds us: Have you seen our new, searchable U.S. Top 1000 list? It’s...

Jan 15, 2025

French Baby Names: Trends and Predictions 2014

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Do The Next Big Names Appear In Pottery Barn Catalogs?

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Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　When Americans think about chic European names, they tend to imagine the exotic, the elaborate, the intriguingly complicated and foreign. 　　Yet when Europeans think about chic names, they often these days mean the short and simple and sometimes even the Anglo-Saxon: Tom, Emma, Lou. Think of them as the baby...

Ava, Sid, and Bodhi: The New Reality of Baby Naming

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　You’ll never guess the name that repeats in my son’s third grade. 　　It isn’t Alex. Despite having a Top 20 name, he’s never had to share. His friend Matthew is also one of one, and has been since kindergarten. The same is true for Chloe...

Baby Name Trendlet: Ev-starting names from Eve to Ever to Everest

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　For some time now we’ve been seeing a profusion of soft El-starting names, from Ella to Eleanor, Eloise, Elliot, Ellery, Elodie, et al. And now we’ve begun to notice some of her stronger, sharper, Ev-starting cousins coming into the picture, ranging from the ancient Eve to the...

British Name Trends 2013:The Bees, the Evs and the Teds

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　2013 has been an interesting year for British appellations. As it comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the most prevalent trends and influences on baby names in Britain this year. 　　LITTLE BEES 　　One syllable ‘B’ names have been...

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Compound Names for Girls: The Next Generation

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How I Named My Baby: Zeraphyn Miu

Jan 15, 2025

　　Selina Hotaru Ng and Jeff Fan live in Singapore with their three children: sons Zenith Ryuu and Zephyr Haruu, and daughter Zeraphyn Miu. 　　Zeraphyn was born on December 4, 2022. Here, we speak with Selina about how she and Jeff named their little girl. 　　Tell me how you named Zeraphyn!We...

Girl Names You Never Knew Were in the Top 50

Jan 15, 2025

　　Ever feel like you’ve been through the most popular girl names so many times you know them inside out and back to front? Looking for fresh baby names that feel less worn, but still well-known and easy to love? 　　Allow us to inspire you with 50 girl names that make...

Cool Girl Names: Charmed Circles

Jan 15, 2025

　　Cool girl names, much like cool girls themselves, often travel in packs. Once one cool girl name gets popular, similar ones tend to follow. 　　These names often share sounds, but they can also be connected by a theme such as color names, bird names, or virtue names. 　　Certain name groups...

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Rule-Breaking Baby Names

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French Boys’ Names: From the Top 100 in France

Jan 15, 2025

　　French names are perennially popular in the US, but there is still a host of undiscovered gems on the French popularity list. So today, the boys follow the girls we looked at the other day: 10 of the best French boy names, all in France's Top 100, including some imported...

Vintage Boy Names: Grover and Friends

Jan 15, 2025

　　Spoiler alert: we’re talking about the final season of Girls below! 　　Ready for a cardinal rule of baby naming? Names go in and out of style. Every few years, something old feels new again. And a name that was once all the rage teeters on the edge of extinction. Good-bye,...

TV Baby Names: Quirky new boy characters

Jan 15, 2025

　　Last week we covered the quirky girl side of the character lists of the current TV shows and now, as promised, here come the boys. Some of these shows are just launching, joining the hundreds of shows currently found on the plethora of platforms now available. Below, some of the...

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 15, 2025

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 15, 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...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 15, 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...

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16 Wild Baby Names You're About to Hear a Lot More Of

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Baby Name Trends - The Hottest Name Trends of 2022

Jan 15, 2025

　　Baby name trends for 2022 blend fun and fantasy with more serious themes of hope, strength, and spirituality. 　　The pandemic has highlighted our need for escapism and adventure, but also for stability and connection. The new parents of this year are seeking names with style and substance that mark a...

Will it be a Boy or a Girl?: Gender-predicting Old Wives Tales

Jan 15, 2025

　　Old wives’ tales are little more than super-circulated rumors. Never proven to be true, they’re sayings and adages that generations of women have passed down to one another regarding family health (“Eating carrots improves your vision”), safe parenting (“Wait an hour after eating before swimming”), and — most popularly —...

Top Dog Names 2022 Announced!

Jan 15, 2025

　　The most popular dog names 2022 are in! Rover released their annual data of the top dog names, and there's a new Number 1 female dog name leading the pack. 　　Longtime frontrunner Bella has finally been bumped down to #2, with Luna now taking the lead. New to the Top...

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The Top Baby Names A-Z

Jan 15, 2025

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

Jan 15, 2025

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Jan 15, 2025

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

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Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Jan 15, 2025

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Jan 15, 2025

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 15, 2025

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...