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Australian Baby Names: Digging Up Names From Down Under

　　Even though Australian baby names are a lot like British names, they do also have their own distinctive flavor. The blend of cultures Down Under and the strong presence of several enduring indigenous languages and groups have a powerful influence on Australian baby names (the complex Aboriginal naming traditions definitely...

Apr 10, 2025

Great Names from the New Testament

Beyond Mowgli and Minnie–Animated Disney Baby Names

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

IN HONOR OF ST. PADDY’S DAY: THE HOT IRISH NAME FINN

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Celebrity Baby Names: 2008′s best & worst

Apr 10, 2025

　　First for the good news. Here are the starbaby names which we consider to have found the right combination of originality, charm and substance this year: 　　CLEMENTINE —Ethan Hawke & Ryan Shawhughes 　　Full name Clementine Jane Hawke projects the image of a sweet but strong, prim but pretty heroine of a...

Nameberry Heresies: Some nameberry faves are not loved by all

Apr 10, 2025

　　Yesterday, as I was writing about the favorite names on nameberry, it seemed as if all was in perfect harmony and solidarity, complete sweetness and sunshine on the site, and that nameberry.com was as tranquil a place as Mayberry R.F.D. 　　Not totally true. 　　Turns out that some visitors are as passionately opposed to some...

Join The Cradle and Win Baby Goodies

Apr 10, 2025

　　Our friends over at The Cradle, a fresh, stylish resource for expectant and new moms, are running a 26-day giveaway. Through May 15th, every new Cradle member is entered to win the grand prize package of a Micralite Toro Stroller and a lillebaby EveryWear Carrier. Plus, each day, The Cradle...

Popular Names: Hidden Gems on the List

Apr 10, 2025

　　When we parse the annual Social Security list, we usually focus on the top names–what’s the new Number One, which names have made it into the Top 25, even the Top 100. But there are many names on the Popularity List that actually aren’t all that popular– certainly not commonly enough...

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Valentine Names: Romancing the Name

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Girls’ Names 2010: Most Popular So Far

Apr 10, 2025

　　Three-quarters of the way through the year, we check in again with the most popular girls’ names 2010, nameberry style. 　　Once again, Charlotte heads the list of most-searched girls’ names on nameberry. In the number two spot is Violet, and former number two Seraphina has dropped to third place. 　　A...

Most Popular Girls’ Names: 130-Year Overview

Apr 10, 2025

　　We often look at the name stats of the most popular girls’ names for a year, or even a decade, but sometimes it’s enlightening to take a longer view. Our ever resourceful and creative contributor Nephele has taken on the task of tabulating what the highest numbers of names were given...

Unisex Baby Names: How To Achieve Baby Name Equality

Apr 10, 2025

　　Unisex baby names, meaning those that are used for both boys and girls, are not always that equal. Some of the most popular are heavily weighted toward one gender or the other: Emerson is 61 percent girls and 39 percent boys, for instance, while Rowan is the other way around....

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Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Boys’ Names

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Baby Jock Names: 25 surprising sports star choices

Apr 10, 2025

　　If there’s one arena that may have been kind of neglected in the nameberry search for cool namesakes, it would probably be the wide, wide world of sports. 　　There are a couple of explanations for this. Number One is the fact that so many star athletes were known by nicknames—Mickey...

Baby Boy Names: Tough, Tender, Traditional, Trendy?

Apr 10, 2025

　　Boy names have undergone a radical shift over the past few decades, with the old stalwart names like James and Robert making room for a whole army of new choices that break the traditional masculine mold. 　　The trendiest boy names are not exactly feminine, or even androgynous, but are decidedly...

Antiquarian Names: Colonial craftsmen names

Apr 10, 2025

　　For a number of years, when I wasn’t writing about names, I was writing about antiques and collectibles for a syndicated newspaper column. But of course when I was thinking about antiques, I was still also thinking about names. 　　Looking at the field of antique furniture, for example, I found that...

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

Apr 10, 2025

　　The most popular unisex names in the USA in 2022 were Logan, Avery, and Riley. But does that hold true across every state? 　　Well, sometimes. But as you might guess, each state has its own favorite unisex names. For some, it’s an occupational name like Parker or Sawyer. Other states...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Apr 10, 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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Ancient Names for Babies

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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

These Names Are At Their Peak

Apr 10, 2025

　　Looking for a name everyone will love just as much as you do? You can’t go wrong with names at the top of their game. 　　Names that peaked in 2022, calculated in exclusive research and analysis by Nameberry, are baby names that rank higher in the USA than they have...

America's Next Top Baby Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

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The Top Baby Names A-Z

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Apr 10, 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...

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

Popular Twin Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　Popular twin names used to appear on the Social Security top baby names site, but alas, no more. 　　But while there hasn’t been hard data on the top twin names in the US in over a decade, we can extrapolate from the 2010 twin names data to make some educated...

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Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Apr 10, 2025

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Apr 10, 2025

　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Apr 10, 2025

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...