V Baby Names: Varied and vivid, from Velvet to Viggo
　　By Kelli Brady of NameFreak! 　　The letter V gives us relatively few usable names, but many of  the ones it does give us are gems. From the queenly Victoria and the steady Vincent to the wonderfully rare Verity and the popular sound of Vander, V names are where it’s at!...
Jan 11, 2025
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Comeback Candidates: Are we ready for babies Gregory, Susan and Mark?
Jan 11, 2025
　　By Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names. 　　Every decade or two the name landscape transforms. New names are on the way in. Old names are on the way out. But as names rise and fall, the qualities parents seek in baby names remain constant. As a result, today’s top names share...
Underused Classic Baby Names: Calvin, Martin and Miriam
Jan 11, 2025
　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　Legions of expectant parents search for that “underused classic” name each year. 　　But what exactly is an “underused classic” name? Do underused classic names even exist? Are they some impossible standard like names that are universally appealing and forever-guaranteed-to-stay-unique? 　　“Classic” can be interpreted...
Classic Baby Names: Where do they stand?
Jan 11, 2025
　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel looks at the “quiet” classic baby names  and measures how they stand in the new popularity ratings. 　　 There were dozens of stories in the baby name news last week, but they all shared a common theme: the Social Security Administration’s release of the 2012...
Nearly Unique Baby Names
Jan 11, 2025
　　The secret vault of truly unique baby names is real, but only the US government holds the key. 　　To protect privacy, the Social Security Administration doesn’t release names given to only one child, drawing the line at five or more. So the names given to five babies are the most...
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Top Ten Girl Names: Too Popular to use?
Jan 11, 2025
　　Their favorite name has been among the top girl names for years! Should they find something new, or embrace a very popular name? 　　Sara writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our second daughter. We thought we had arrived at the right name, but I keep having second thoughts. 　　Our...
Most Popular Baby Names 2016
Jan 11, 2025
　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Olivia has bumped Charlotte to become the Number 1 among Nameberry’s popular baby names for girls in 2016. 　　A Shakespearean name meaning “olive tree,” Olivia is Number 2 on the official lists for both the U.S. and England. While it’s unfailingly on the Nameberry Top 10,...
Carrie Fisher Character Names
Jan 11, 2025
　　By Emily Cardoza, Nothing Like a Name 　　After the tragic double loss of daughter and mother Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds within a day of each other, Emily Cardoza pays tribute by looking at the names of some of their most iconic characters. First, Carrie Frances Fisher. 　　Carrie 　　Alright, so...
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How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique
Jan 11, 2025
　　Classic boy names are wonderful except for the fact that they’re so common. Yes, there have been many august Williams; sure, it’s a name resonant on your family tree; except, there are thousands (11,282, to be exact) of baby Williams out there. 　　But among the wonderful qualities of classic boy...
How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian
Jan 11, 2025
　　Cinthia, a surgical technologist, and Benjamin Shaver, who works in warehouse maintenance, live in Seattle, Washington with their son, Koda Florian. 　　Koda was born on December 8, 2022. Below, we speak with Cinthia about how she and Ben named their little boy. 　　Tell me Koda’s name story!I overwhelmed myself with...
Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend
Jan 11, 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...
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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around
Jan 11, 2025
　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...
200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Jan 11, 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...
Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
Jan 11, 2025
　　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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What Is Your Favorite Day Name?
Jan 11, 2025
　　Day names for babies just got hotter! 　　Harry Potter star Rupert Grint joined Instagram earlier this week to announce the name of his six-month-old daughter, Wednesday. 　　It’s a cool and quirky choice that has been trending in a big way on Nameberry this week. In fact, all of the day...
The Best Baby Names of 2022
Jan 11, 2025
　　What are the biggest baby names for 2022? The top choices we’re watching for the year ahead? 　　We’ve rounded up 50 baby names that hit all the hottest trend notes for 2022. These names combine all the right ingredients for success right now – blending a fashionable sound and style...
The Baby Names We're Totally Over
Jan 11, 2025
　　Looking for a cool, fresh baby name that’s ahead of the curve? You’d better avoid these ones. 　　All names rise and fall in popularity. Sometimes it’s dramatic, like sporty Shaquille, which went from off the charts to Top 200 and back again within seven years. Others move at glacial pace,...
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New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names
Jan 11, 2025
　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...
New Popular Irish Names Revealed
Jan 11, 2025
　　Good news for lovers of Irish baby names! The latest popular Irish names data for 2022 has just been released, and it’s a treasure trove of intriguing options from the Emerald Isle. 　　Happy St Patrick’s Day! Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! 　　Top 10 Irish Girl Names 　　There has been a...
80 Great New Sweet Spot Names
Jan 11, 2025
　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...
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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...
Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names
Jan 11, 2025
　　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...
20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask
Jan 11, 2025
　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...
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