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How Popular is Too Popular?

　　Question of the Week: Would you choose a popular name? 　　When my daughter Chloe was little, her name was becoming well used in Britain and Australia, but was hardly heard in the U.S. In fact, a surprising number of people often didn’t know how to pronounce or spell it. And so, try as...

Jan 12, 2025

The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name?

Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list

Belgian Names: Beyond Flemish and French

Name Stories for Kids: For name-nerds-in-training!

Irish Baby Names: What’s Hot Now Question of the Week: How do you feel about sharing your name(s)? British Baby Names: Tops of the pops Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops International Faves: Top names across the globe Baby Names 2010: The Also-Rans Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa Vintage Baby Names: What’s your era?

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New Zealand Name Report

Jan 12, 2025

　　New Zealand native Anna Hamilton parses the recently released Kiwi name statistics and analyzes what’s up and down, in and out, including such surprise (to us) hits as Aria, Ayla, Anahera, Manaia, and Sione.. 　　BOYS 　　Looking first at the boys: The big news here is that after a five-year reign,...

The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1

Jan 12, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain ‘s Abby Sandel travels around the country and across the pond to discover which names ranked Number 1 where. 　　Baby name news is fast and furious at year’s end. Lists of Worst and Best Celebrity Baby Names abound. (Did anyone else notice that Zuzu Audrey, daughter of Top...

Baby Names of 2011: Newest crop of babyberries

Jan 12, 2025

　　Since our last round-up of Nameberry’s actual baby names of 2011 in June, there’s been a bonanza of beautifully named newbies posted on our forums–and I’m sure they’re just the tip of the iceberg. Once again Pam and I are blown away by the fantastic choices being made—from the elegant classics to the more imaginative...

Popular baby names: The case for the common name

Jan 12, 2025

　　Today’s guest blogger Kristen, aka Swistle, confronts the question of popular baby names–and explains why it’s okay to use them. 　　More common than the name is this naming concern heard from parents: “We don’t want her to be one of five in every class.” 　　We know they don’t need to worry about...

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10 Names the Boys Should Steal Back

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Strong, Feminine, Uncommon Girl Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　Katie has a few favorites, but none seem like The Name! What would you name a sister for Dash and Rory? 　　Katie writes: 　　I never anticipated I’d need your help as I was fairly confident when naming my first two boys: Dashiel “Dash” and Rory. 　　I’m expecting my third baby,...

Classic but Rare Girls Names: Ada, Liza, and Lena

Jan 12, 2025

　　Baby naming tip: when others react negatively to your favorite name, don’t despair! Instead pay attention, because it might be a good sign you’ve found an undiscovered gem. 　　Kelsi writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our first daughter, and we are having a hard time pinning down a name....

Girl Names: In Love with Olivia

Jan 12, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Not only has Olivia been a Top Ten favorite for the entire twenty-first century, it’s currently the second most popular name for girls born in the US, just a tick behind Emma. 　　If you’re in love with Olivia, but aren’t wild about your daughter sharing her name,...

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Brother Names

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Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend

Jan 12, 2025

　　Aiden and boy names that rhyme with it have been all the rage since around the year 2000. Have you ever wondered about the history of this name trend? Or what the most popular Aiden-names are today? 　　Join us for a dive into this wave of names that swept the...

Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Jan 12, 2025

　　When a name gets popular, it’s rarely in isolation. 　　Both boy names and girl names tend to rise and fall in groups based on sound, image, association, or some combination thereof. Sometimes just a pair of names will attract attention, but often entire gangs of names will become fashionable at...

How I Named My Baby: October Teddy

Jan 12, 2025

　　Michelle, a breastfeeding counselor, and Neil, a research scientist, live in Ames, Iowa with their four children: Eisley, Avonlea, Idalia Rae, and October Teddy. 　　October was born on March 4, 2023. Here, we talk to Michelle about how she and Neil named their little boy. 　　Tell me October’s name story!I...

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

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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...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 12, 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...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Jan 12, 2025

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

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British Baby Name Trends 2017

Celebrity Baby Names: Our latest predictions! The Top Welsh Names in Wales January Birth Announcements: Caius, Cormac & Clementine Celebrity Baby Names: Predicting what’s next Most Popular Names of 2018….so far Starbaby Name Predictions: Sibsets and Singletons X, Y, Z Take Middle Place 100 Top Baby Names 2018

The Fran Clan: Frances, Francesca and Frankie Return

Jan 12, 2025

　　It’s almost as though the various members of the Fran-name family got together for a big reunion celebrating at the joint revival of these names, sparked in part by the election of the newest Pope taking on the name of Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. Suddenly we...

Hottest Baby Names 2018

Jan 12, 2025

　　Our hottest baby names are those we see attracting an outsized share of attention from expectant parents, based on number of views of our name pages for the first quarter of 2018 compared with the same period last year. 　　These hot names may not show up on the popularity lists….yet....

The Decade’s Hottest Baby Name Trends

Jan 12, 2025

　　At Nameberry, we use a combination of data and cultural information to identify current baby name trends and predict future ones. So for our 10th anniversary, we undertook the massive project of comparing how many babies in the US were given which names 10 years ago compared with today. Then...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

20 Chic French Names You Should Know About New Popular Irish Names Revealed Rare Names With Popular Nicknames Forgotten Names Making a Comeback Top Czech Names Follow International Trends New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names Popular Twin Names 50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Jan 12, 2025

　　We often cover rare and unique names — from creative modern inventions to unusual place and nature names. The names below are rare too, but with a difference. 　　You've almost certainly heard of them. (And so have your parents.) 　　Even if you don't know someone with them in real life,...

The Top Baby Names A-Z

Jan 12, 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...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Jan 12, 2025

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

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

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 12, 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...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 12, 2025

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...

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

Jan 12, 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...