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Top 100 Boys’ Names of 2013…so far

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　George vaulted halfway up our boys’ popularity list for 2013, thanks to the naming of the little British Prince George Alexander Louis. George went from Number 92 for the first half of the year all the way up to Number 56 at the year’s three-quarter mark. 　　At the...

Jan 11, 2025

Boys’ Names: Which do you think is the very best?

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The Story of O Names: Then and Now

Boys Baby Names: The viable and the verboten

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The Fitzes: Beyond Mr. Darcy, F. Scott and JFK

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady of NameFreak! 　　I am currently catching up on the show Scandal, which takes place in the US Capital and involves the highest political figures of the land. The fictitious president has one of the best character names I’ve ever heard: Fitzgerald Thomas Grant. He is called Fitz...

Newest Boy Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Alaric to Zion

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We had that great bonanza of great girls’ names in Part One of this Quarterly Report yesterday, now here are the boys. This should once and for all put the kibosh on the idea that they aren’t as varied, interesting, copious and creative as their sisters’. Two...

Quirky Vintage Nicknames for Boys: Huey, Louie and Howie

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　The Victorian nickname trend that’s hot in the U.K. is getting attention in the U.S.—for girls. 　　The Brits have embraced this genre on both sexes. Alfie and Charlie are in the U.K. top 10. Archie, Freddie, and Harvey round out their top 50....

40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Boys’ edition

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Last week we looked at some neglected girls’ namesake names, now it’s the boys’ turn as we seek some equally distinctive names from American history and culture, names that could provide unique-ish options with interesting back-stories. What’s especially evident here is how many of the unusual boys’...

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The Spellings of Classic Name Katherine

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Name Sage: A Long, Romantic Name for a Girl?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Alison writes: 　　We need the perfect name for our fourth daughter! Our daughters are Ellyanna Jane, Vivienne Renee, and Hannalise Olive. 　　We’re looking for a long name – three or more syllables, with a similar style to her sisters’ names. But it needs to have a different sound and dominant...

Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana!

Jan 11, 2025

　　Charlotte Elizabeth Diana is the official name of the newborn Princess of Cambridge. 　　Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have named their new daughter Charlotte, the recent favorite with the betting public. The baby’s middle names are Elizabeth, after the queen, the baby’s great-grandmother, and Diana, after William‘s late mother...

Great Alternatives to the Top Girl Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　The US Social Security Administration tallies up the names of all the babies born within a year and reveals which names were most popular. While there are clearly thousands of parents who are happy using popular names, there are also parents who would rather avoid them. 　　For those parents who...

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The New Everyboy Names: Emmett, River, and Axel

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The Fitzes: Beyond Mr. Darcy, F. Scott and JFK

Jan 11, 2025

The Origins of Owen

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Leslie McLean 　　I conceived Owen through donor insemination on a gorgeous early February night of great tenderness. His birthday would have been in October. 　　We can see him, a bit like Gilbert on Leave it to Beaver, a child version of Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC. White blonde, serious, outdoorsy. A...

Winter Olympic Baby Names: Part 2–The Boys

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Tara Ryazansky 　　The men hoping to compete for the US Olympic Team have names that are just as winning as the women.’s I put together a list of some boy names that might win over new parents in 2014. 　　Leif– As in Biathlon team member, Leif Nordgren. This name...

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Jan 11, 2025

　　Happy Pride 2023! 　　Pride icon names celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the inspiring history behind the fight for equal rights. 　　It's more than half a century since the first Pride parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, commemorating the Stonewall Riots of the previous summer....

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 11, 2025

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

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Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

These Names Are At Their Peak

Jan 11, 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...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Jan 11, 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...

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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Jan 11, 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...

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

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

Jan 11, 2025

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...

What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　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....