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The Most Popular Baby Names of 2016

　　There’s a new girls’ name heading the list of popular baby names 2016, with Olivia claiming Nameberry’s official Number 1 spot. 　　Ezra holds his place at the top of the popular boy names list, a position the Biblical name claimed in 2015. 　　Olivia replaces Charlotte, the girls’ top name for...

Dec 12, 2024

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Top Baby Names: What’s Popular Where?

Future Starbaby Names: Predictions for the New Hammer and Grammer Babes

If This Is Your Name, You’re Probably in Kindergarten

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What Names are in the Stars for These Starbabies?

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Sophie Kihm 　　This month’s set of celebrity naming styles is very eclectic. There’s Katherine Heigl and her husband Josh, who loves honor names; Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, who famously made Wyatt a unisex name; and Mira Pak and Terrence Howard, who create their own names. We’ll have to...

Invent-a-Baby-Name Challenge Champs!

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Whew! 　　If we’ve ever had the slightest doubts about the creativity of the Nameberry community, they are hereby gone forever. 　　When we announced our latest Invent-a-Baby-Name challenge two weeks ago, we expected something like the healthy response we got last time—which was 222 entries. 　　This...

Celebrity Baby Names: Newest Predictions

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Sophie Kihm 　　The cycle of celebrity pregnancies never slows down. 2016 has been an especially fruitful year so far, with superstars like John Legend, Chelsea Clinton, Adam Levine, Blake Lively, and Ryan Gosling all growing their families. And we can’t forget the celebrities who might not be as well-known...

New Baby Names on the Rise

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Ready for a little bit of crystal ball-gazing about all things baby names? With the new US popularity data due out around Mother’s Day, it’s time for some predictions. 　　The new Top Ten gets an awful lot of attention, of course. Remember last year, when Charlotte entered...

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The Lost Names of 1880

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Top English Girls’ Names: Who Are The Most Popular?

Dec 12, 2024

　　The top English girls’ names for the current year are listed on Nameberry here. You can also see popularity statistics for English names on the individual name pages. 　　English name standings have not been published consistently every year. At the beginning of 2009, the UK ‘s Office for National Statistics...

Will This Baby Ever Get A Name?

Dec 12, 2024

　　Guest blogger Elizabeth Lindsay, aka nameberry’s very own Olivekit, was wracked with indecision over what to name her third baby girl — a dilemma followed closely by all her friends on nameberry’s message boards. The final name choice surprised everyone, even Olivekit herself. 　　Baby Ooh La La (what my two-and-a-half-year-old...

Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part I-Trailblazers

Dec 12, 2024

　　What could be a greater gift to bestow on your daughter than a name with a heroic namesake, someone with an inspiring story to add a layer of pride to your little girl’s feelings about her name–and give her great material for a school report? 　　The following is a list of...

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Can I Name My Child After Myself?

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15 Cool Country Boy Names For Your Little Cowboy

Dec 12, 2024

　　Country boy names capture the spirit of the American West: places and landscapes, cowboys and pioneers, and country music – including the names singers give their own children. 　　The country style embraces names from a wide range of origins, from nature to cities to the bible. They’re not traditional classics,...

How I Named My Baby: Cyrus Canyon

Dec 12, 2024

　　Lauren and Amir Bavani live in Queen Creek, Arizona with their two children: Jasper Julietta and Cyrus Canyon. 　　Their son Cyrus was born on November 22, 2021. Below, we chat with Lauren about how she and Amir named their baby boy. 　　Tell me how you named Cyrus!With both of our...

How to Name Your Baby After Your Grandpa

Dec 12, 2024

　　You want to name your son after your beloved grandpa… but Richard just isn’t your style. What to do? 　　The good news is there are lots of other options. You could stick Richard in the middle name slot, or try an alternative honor name that connects to him in a...

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Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Dec 12, 2024

　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

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These Names Are At Their Peak

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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Dec 12, 2024

　　Cottagecore baby names are part of a recent aesthetic trend defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, according to The New York Times. Hobbies such as bread baking, embroidery, and mushroom foraging are among the wholesome, nostalgic elements of the cottagecore lifestyle. 　　Cottagecore names, too, evoke this bucolic way...

What's a Classic Name?

Dec 12, 2024

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

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,...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

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Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

Dec 12, 2024

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

Dec 12, 2024

　　Have you ever known the excitement of meeting a Ben who is not Just Another Benjamin but is, in fact, Benedict? Or Nicki whose “secret” full name is Danika? If so, this list is for you. 　　Rare full names with familiar nicknames can be the best of both worlds, for...

New Popular Irish Names Revealed

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

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The Best Baby Name Advice

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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...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Dec 12, 2024

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

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

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...