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Unique Middle Names You Didn't Even Know Were Names

　　Unique middle names today can be anything you want them to be. The last couple of years have seen celebrities use middle names that we didn’t even know could be names, such as Easy, Antarctica, Wildflower, and Zeppelin. 　　But it’s not just celebs and influencers doing it. Parents everywhere, including...

Dec 12, 2024

“Bo” Names are Booming

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Babyberry Names: Class of 2022

New Top Baby Names UK Announced!

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The Baby Names That Should Be on Everyone's List

Dec 12, 2024

　　The names that should be on everyone's list for 2023 are the most stylish up-and-coming choices for the year ahead. 　　We've identified 50 names — sourced from our Nameberry popularity charts, celebrity birth announcements, movies and television shows, and of course, our own intuition — that feel just right for 2023 babies....

Top Baby Names by Letter Through the Ages

Dec 12, 2024

　　Let's take a look at the most popular names for each letter across the past four generations: from the great-grandparents of babies born today to the names filling school and kindergarten rosters in 2023 and beyond. 　　The starred names ranked outside of the Top 200 during the given decade, and...

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

Dec 12, 2024

　　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 —...

Younger Parents Most Adventurous Baby Namers

Dec 12, 2024

　　Younger parents and older parents differ in many ways, but one of the most striking is their choice of baby names. 　　Nameberry’s exclusive analysis of our site statistics shows that young parents prefer more uncommon, less conventional names, while older parents favor more traditional choices. And that difference is borne...

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New! First-Ever Berry Question of the Week

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Vanishing Names: So long, Susan; Bye bye, Barbara

Dec 12, 2024

　　One of my favorite poems, for reasons that will soon be obvious, is called “Mourning the Dying American Female Names,” by Hunt Hawkins. You can read the whole poem here, but I’ll give you a few choice lines: 　　Many names are almost gone: Gertrude, Myrtle, 　　Agnes, Bernice, Hortense, Edna, Doris,...

Princess Names: Princesses by Marriage (Hi, Kate!)

Dec 12, 2024

　　Princess names are a subject of fascination for us, one we last covered by detailing all the royal names of the next generation of little princesses, from Aiko to Eleonore. 　　Now, in honor of the newest princess by marriage, Catherine of Wales, we look at the names of women who,...

Heroine Names: A Memorial Day salute

Dec 12, 2024

　　When Memorial Day—then called Decoration Day—was first observed on May 30, 1868 to honor and decorate the graves of the Civil War dead, much of the impetus for it came from women—particularly in the South. It was a woman poet who conceived the idea of wearing poppies on Memorial Day...

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Exploring the Meaning of Julian

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Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Dec 12, 2024

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming

Dec 12, 2024

　　Flower names for boys are a rare but beautiful bunch – a subset of the fashionable group of floral baby names which have proved particularly popular for girls in recent years. 　　Cool nature names for boys include tree names like Rowan and Oakley, wild animal names like Fox and Bear,...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Dec 12, 2024

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Dec 12, 2024

　　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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Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

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How Millennial Is Your Name?

Dec 12, 2024

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Dec 12, 2024

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Dec 12, 2024

　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...

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It’s Reigning Baby Names: Duke, Prince and Royalty

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Unusual Baby Names: Eclipse, Pancake and Pip

Dec 12, 2024

　　The names in the news this week include word names, bird names, and the top names in two European countries. 　　A girl called Eclipse 　　Did you watch the solar eclipse on Tuesday? I live on the wrong continent, but it was interesting to follow America’s reaction to it. The best...

The Newest Baby Names on the List: Contest Winners!

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Last week, we learned the new most popular baby names in the US for calendar year 2016. 　　We also learned that some of you have crystal balls! 　　Our contest to guess the newest names on the list challenged readers to identify which boy name and girl name...

Baby Name News of the Week

Dec 12, 2024

　　celebrity baby namesThe big name news story of the week was, of course, the release of the popular baby names 2016, much rejoicing and analysis. 　　The top 10 names only changed a little from 2015, with some names switching places and one new entry for boys, Elijah. The most bizarre...

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

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Name Change Resources

Dec 12, 2024

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Dec 12, 2024

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Dec 12, 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...