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9 Stylish Classic Boy Names You Should Consider

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Looking for the middle ground between cool, edgy boy names like Axl, Legend, and Bodhi, and quiet traditionals like Michael, Joseph, and David? You’re in luck! There’s a crop of boy names that are bona fide classics, with history galore. And yet, they still feel stylish, even...

Cool Boy Names: They’re ending in R!

Boy Baby Names: The 12 Jazziest

Vintage Baby Names: Lost Boys of 1916

Baby Names: Solving the Popularity Puzzle

Boys’ Baby Names: Little Middles Family Name Drain: They’ve Used Them All! Newest Word Names for Boys Baby Names Dilemma: Everyone Hates It! New Baby Names: Great berrybaby choices of September! Boy Baby Names: A time for compromise Trendy Boy names ending in i Wild Baby Names: Names with secret animal meanings

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100 Brilliant Boy Names in Translation

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Now it’s the boy’s turn to romance their names. 　　We recently posted a list of 100 girls’ names in translation, where we took some rather prosaic appellations like Helen, Henrietta and Hedwig, and gave them some international flair via their translations into other languages. Well, several of...

Nickname-Proof Boy Names

　　Their lists are so close – but agreeing on the right name for their son has proven impossible! Can they find a nickname-proof name with a possible built-in nickname? It sounds crazy, but the answer might be yes … 　　Angela writes: 　　When we decided we were ready for kids, we...

Nine Boy Baby Names to Watch…

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Robin Tunney chose Oscar. Cait Jenner’s new grandson is Bodhi. And last month, Natalia Vodianova named her youngest Roman. 　　What do the names have in common? They all appear on the new Nameberry Top 100. 　　Based on nearly 40 million page views from the first half of...

I Named My Kid After A Star Wars Character

　　by Kurt Larson 　　Technically, the title of this blog is false. I didn’t name my newborn son after a Star Wars character, at least not his first name. I did however, slap a Star Wars moniker on him as a middle name. In that sense, I didn’t lie to you,...

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Strong, Feminine, Uncommon Girl Names

Strong, Feminine, Uncommon Girl Names

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Modern Romance Girl Names: Sienna and Vienna

　　When we talk modern girl names, we’re often thinking about picks like Harper and Sloane, or Willow and Sage. They’re surname names and word names, choices that trend girl, but could just as easily be given to boys. Tailored and trim, these unique baby names feel right at home in...

Best Unusual Girl Names: Twyla, Thora, and Lake

　　By Abby Sandel 　　If you’re expecting a daughter soon, the new most popular baby names stats for the US might be getting a lot of your attention lately. 　　Every year, it seems like more rarities are discovered. Calliope, Mavis, and Poppy joined the US Top 1,000. Once uncommon choices like Ophelia,...

Disney Girl Names: The Next Generation

　　Disney names are the news of the day as the live action remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast continues to dominate at the box office. The 1991 animated version is a classic; it looks like the update is every bit as loved. 　　There’s one question on our minds, of...

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Cool Boy Names Stand Out

Cool Boy Names Stand Out

Rare Classic Boy Names Name Sage: Debating a Name Theft Dilemma Name Sage: Vintage Boy Names to Match Esme The Name Joe Finally Gets Presidential Princess Eugenie’s Baby Name Is Here 100 Best Cool Unusual Boy Names Now How I Named My Baby: Magnus Gabriel Nicholas Unique Unisex Names for Boys

How I Named My Baby: Kobe Ali

　　Tiffany Moore, a hairstylist, and Patrick Moore, a store manager, live in Louisville, Kentucky with their two children. 　　Their youngest child, a son named Kobe Ali, was born on August 11, 2020, joining big sister Jordan Mia. Here, we talk to Tiffany about the basketball-themed sibset and how she and...

Baseball Names Hit It Out of the Park

　　Play ball! 　　Baseball season is underway, and baseball names capture the spirit of the National Pastime. There’s nostalgia in those that remind us of illustrious baseball players, hometown pride in the baseball names connected to our local ballparks. 　　Devoted fans can look towards names of players and teams, even dugout...

How I Named My Baby: Cosmo Nuri

　　Allison Young, a stay at home mom, and Russell Richardson, a software engineer, live in Princeville, Hawaii. They adopted their son, named Cosmo Nuri Young Richardson, on September 28, 2020. 　　Here, we talk to Allison about how she and Russell chose the name Cosmo for their little boy. 　　When did...

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Gender-Bending Baby Names Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names Unisex Names Across the Atlantic Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

　　Gender neutral names are susceptible to the same shifts in popularity as traditionally gendered names, but these shifts can differ between the sexes. This makes it more interesting to examine the directions of unisex names, which fluctuate in girl-boy ratio from year to year. 　　Nameberry defines gender neutral names as...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

　　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...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

　　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...

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Old School Nicknames

Old School Nicknames

British Baby Names 2013: The next big things Oh Noooooo! Which names do you hate to see getting popular? The Nameberry 9: Names with potential, from Adeline to Castle to Winslet The Nameberry 9: Newer oldies and bolder boys Names with Oomph: That trendy oo sound British Baby Names: New sibsets British Baby Names Trends: 5 categories on the rise French Baby Names: What’s next in Nice

Welcome Back!: Names back on the Top 1000

　　Just like Oz, Nameberry has a Wizard: Our engineer and partner Hugh Hunter. One of the wonderful things Hugh can do, besides creating the digital structure of the site and keeping it running, is to produce lists of names that meet certain statistical criteria: Names whose popularity peaked in 1937,...

Why is Alexandra up but Alexis down?

　　Linda and I have spent a lot of time over the years tracking the ups and downs of baby names and making sense of the movements. Often, it’s possible to divine trends in the popularity lists: Girls’ names that end in a are marching up the ladder in seeming unison,...

New Baby Names: Debuts on the pop list, from Aleph to Zephyrus

　　Over 1500 new baby names joined the Social Security extended list this year, 641 boys’ names and 896 names for girls. Nephele, one of the original Berries, tallied all the new baby names for us from the complete list of names given to five or more children in the U.S....

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Popular Twin Names

Popular Twin Names

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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

　　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,...

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

　　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,...

Name Change Resources

　　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...

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