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Contagious: What makes a name catch on?

　　By Jonah Berger, author of Contagious 　　In this year’s third-grade classes, teachers might have noticed an unusual number of Kaylas, Katies and Kyles. This follows an earlier bump for Alexes and Amandas, and other names that start with A. Why? One factor might be…the weather. 　　As part of our research...

Jan 8, 2025

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The Next Baby Name Style Wave

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Trendy Names in the News: Maceo, Azura, and Knox:

Jan 8, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　Styles change. 　　In hemlines and hairdos, in music and cuisine and baby names, too. 　　Once upon a time, Mildred was a Top Ten name in the US. Clarence, Connie, Randy, Dawn, Eugene, Norman, Norma, Crystal, Dustin, Myrtle, and Elmer have all ranked in the...

Baby Names 2014: Which names do you think we’ll be hearing more of?

Jan 8, 2025

　　Happy New Year! 　　It’s time to usher in the new and look ahead to baby names 2014. 　　Which names do you think we’ll be hearing more of this year? 　　We’d love to hear your predictions for: 　　— Trendy names you think will zoom to the top of the popularity lists....

British Name Trends 2013:The Bees, the Evs and the Teds

Jan 8, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　2013 has been an interesting year for British appellations. As it comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the most prevalent trends and influences on baby names in Britain this year. 　　LITTLE BEES 　　One syllable ‘B’ names have been...

1913 Baby Names: Does the hundred-year rule still rule?

Jan 8, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Once a year, we like to stop and turn the calendar back a hundred years to see what parents were naming their babes a century ago and whether we might find some undiscovered treasures that, following the hundred-year rule, might be ready to be revived. 　　What was...

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How I Named My Baby: Georgie Rose

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How I Named My Baby: Colibrí Meraki

Jan 8, 2025

　　Lyjah Simms, a retired Master Dog Groomer turned Stay-at-Home-Mom, and Davante Simms, who works for ComEd, live in New York City with their three children: Tristan Isaiah, Nairobi Dream, and Colibrí Meraki. 　　Their daughter Colibrí was born on December 21, 2021. Below, we chat with Lyjah about how she and...

Unraveling the Origins of Evelyn

Jan 8, 2025

　　At first glance, Evelyn fits in comfortably alongside the likes of Eva and Adalynn on the US popularity charts. Marrying some of the most stylish sounds with an Edwardian poise and elegance, it’s no surprise that she is so well appreciated at the moment. 　　Despite this apparent simplicity, when you...

How I Named My Baby: Clover June Isobel

Jan 8, 2025

　　Brooke Sharkey, a content creator, and Jeshua Sharkey, a web designer, are New Zealand natives who recently moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with their daughter Clover June Isobel. 　　Clover was born in New Zealand on September 21, 2021. Below, we speak with Brooke about how she and Jeshua named their baby...

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Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend

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Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus

Jan 8, 2025

　　Love Gus as a short name for a boy, but not a fan of Augustus and related names like August and Augustine? 　　One option is to simply use Gus on its own. This vintage nickname is charming, no-nonsense, and you’ll never need to spell it out. It was popular in...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Jan 8, 2025

　　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...

150+ European Baby Boy Names

Jan 8, 2025

　　European baby names have a long and illustrious history of use in the US. After all, many of the most popular boy names today – contemporary classics like Leo and Lucas, Mason and Mateo, Oliver and Owen – have European origins. 　　But there is so much cultural and linguistic variety...

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The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Jan 8, 2025

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 8, 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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Jan 8, 2025

　　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...

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Names That Will Define the Next Decade

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Top Nameberry Names Reveal Future Trends

Jan 8, 2025

　　Have you ever taken a tour of the most popular names on Nameberry? 　　We’re not talking about the official Top 1000 — although it turns out that Berries love Oliver and Olivia, Leo and Luna just as much as the rest of us. No, the Nameberry Top 1000 reveals which...

Best Baby Names 2020

Jan 8, 2025

　　What are the best baby names for 2020? The 100 choices that deserve a place on every parent’s list? 　　The real answer is, of course, that the definition of the best baby names is all subjective. But, in the absence of the 2019 name data to pore over (yep, still...

Baby Name Trends 2020

Jan 8, 2025

　　The 2019 baby name data is the final chapter in a decade of baby naming, but also a preview of baby name trends for 2020 and the decade ahead. Certain established trends of the latter half of the 2010s will continue to gain favor in the 2020s, such as spiritual...

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

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Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Jan 8, 2025

　　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...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 8, 2025

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

Popular Twin Names

Jan 8, 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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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Jan 8, 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,...

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

Jan 8, 2025

　　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...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Jan 8, 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...