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Presidential Girl Names: Kennedy, Madison, Monroe

　　Since the beginning of US history, from the time of George Washington on, aspirational parents have bestowed presidential surnames (with a few exceptions like Eisenhower and Bush) on their sons, in the old platitude that every American lad could grow up to hold the country’s highest office. 　　Even now, the...

Nov 24, 2024

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Girls Baby Names: Hidden Treasures

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　A couple of months ago, we blogged about names that were given to only ten babies in all of the US in 2016. Well now, for all you popularity-phobes and unique-freaks, we’re prepared to go even further and edge even closer to the absolutely unique –short of...

Strong Girl Names: Matilda, Fiona, Adair

Nov 24, 2024

　　Their daughter is facing surgery immediately after birth. Let’s help her mama find a strong name for this little warrior! 　　Ellen writes: 　　We recently found out that our baby girl has a rare condition that will require surgery and a NICU stay when she finally greets the world. 　　I’ve always...

Baby Girl Names: Elegant, Exotic, Unusual

Nov 24, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond 　　If you’re looking for baby girl names that are unusual but not weird, international yet familiar, we’ve pulled together this list to suit your style. 　　All these names are below the Top 1000 baby names in the US. They hail from a range of cultures, from the...

Fresh, Modern Girl Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　Their firstborn’s name came to them without any difficulty. But if this new baby is a girl, she’s nameless! Can we help Everly’s mama find some fresh inspiration? 　　Laura writes: 　　We will be welcoming our second child this summer. Our sweet Everly Reed will be a great big sister …...

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Stylish Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–from Winter Victoria to Vivian Vespa

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Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices

Nov 24, 2024

　　Maybe because Nameberry attracts such serious name lovers, many visitors to the site can’t settle for choosing just one name for their babies. 　　I’m not talking about the trend toward picking two middle names but about the taste for baby girl names that have two very different versions: a classic,...

Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence

Nov 24, 2024

　　Hear the words ‘detective’ or ‘private eye,’ and you probably picture a tough guy like Mickey Spillane or a cooler customer like Sam Spade. But it turns out that mystery fiction also features a lot more female sleuths than you might think, dating back to Loveday Brooke in the 1890s...

Greek Names for Girls: 21 unexplored ancient treasures

Nov 24, 2024

　　Greek names for girls are beginning to make more of a mark on the American baby namescape. The Greek Sophia is our Number 1 name, and Chloe and Zoe are at 10 and 31, respectively. Tina Fey looked back to her Greek roots for the names of her second daughter...

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Biblical Baby Names: Why Noah now?

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Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far)

Nov 24, 2024

　　Which boy names have been most popular on Nameberry so far this year? 　　The big news in baby boy names: Asher is back on top, a spot he held in our 2011 popularity list but lost to Finn in 2012. Finn is still enormously popular with Nameberry’s parents, holding onto...

Baby Men Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Baby Men Names are names that sound perennially middle-aged, born wearing ties and carrying leather briefcases, buttoned-up and oh-so-adult. 　　These names carry several advantages: They’re rooted in tradition, of course, and so give your child a solid base for any grownup pursuit. And since so many...

20 Best Super Sleuth Names for Boys

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　A few months ago, we blogged about lady detectives, clueing you in to some fabulous names like Trixie, Temperance and Thursday, Loveday and Precious. Now it’s time to investigate their male counterparts—and there are some real doozies—drawn from a variety of genres– from early crime novels to...

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The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Nov 24, 2024

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

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Popular Baby Names: Sophia, Jacob new Number 1s!

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Baby Names of 1912: Hester, Chester & Sylvester

Nov 24, 2024

　　Another new year, another opportunity to test out the 100-Year Rule, a chance to look at the pop lists of 1912 to see if we can find some undiscovered gems to excavate and polish up. 　　Looking first at the boys’ 1912 Top 10, we see that it consisted completely of...

Middle Names 2012: The New Connectors

Nov 24, 2024

　　There are several hot trends in middle names 2012. 　　One is the Middle Name with Meaning — family surnames, place names, virtue names you might not use in first place but that make for distinctive middle names. 　　Another is using two middle names, often to honor family members. 　　And then...

Berry Question of the Week: Are my favorite names becoming too popular?

Nov 24, 2024

　　Our second Berry Question of the Week comes from Blaire, who lives in Asheville, North Carolina. The mom of infant daughter Rowan (that’s her in the adorable picture), Blaire writes: 　　“I really would appreciate a little input on trends, since you guys are so good at predicting the next hot baby...

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New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Nov 24, 2024

　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Nov 24, 2024

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

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The Best Baby Name Advice

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...