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The Hottest Z Names of 2020

　　Names starting with Z could be zooming up the charts this year — they’re certainly hot with Nameberry readers! 　　Writing that makes me wonder if it’s because many of us have been saying “Zoom” a lot more than we used to, so the Z sound is on our minds. 　　Whether...

Nov 23, 2024

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Top Baby Names of the 2010s Released

Nov 23, 2024

　　The top baby names of the 2010s in the US have been released by the Social Security Administration. Leading the list: Emma for girls and Noah for boys. 　　The new SSA tally of the top 200 names of the decade is based on the popular name counts for the years 2010...

These Unique Names Are Getting More Popular

Nov 23, 2024

　　How can a name be popular and unique at the same time? 　　It can sit at the top of second tier of 1000 most popular names, lying just out of sight beneath the much-publicized Top 1000, ranking Number 1001 to 2000 and used for an average of 100 to 200...

Unique Baby Names: Fresh From the Faroes

Nov 23, 2024

　　What’s hot in the Faroe Islands?Well… not much, if you’re talking about the weather! This autonomous Danish territory, located in the North Atlantic about halfway between Norway and Iceland, reaches a mean temperature of just 50°F during the summer months. 　　But if it’s unique and unconventional baby names you’re interested...

Grandparent Names Today May Surprise You

Nov 23, 2024

　　You might be surprised what counts as a grandparent name these days. 　　Recently we looked at how the new mom names and dad names are the popular picks of the 1980s and 90s. And that means that grandma and grandpa names are evolving too. They’re not your grandparents’ names (although...

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Movie Star Character Names: A salute to Shirley Temple and the roles she played

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Winter Olympics Baby Names–Part 1, The Girls

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Tara Ryazansky 　　The roster of US athletes hoping to compete in the Olympic games is a name list as diverse as the nation itself. Here I have curated a list of some girl names that feel like winners for a 2014 baby. 　　Petra– As in Petra Acker, college student...

Disney Princess Names: How influential are they really?

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　As the mother of a five year-old girl, Frozen was required viewing over the recent school holidays. Somewhere between the first appearance of talking snowman Olaf and the happy ending, I found myself musing about the popularity of Disney-princess names. 　　I’ve long thought that any...

SOS: Help name this Berry’s imminent girl twins asap!

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Hannah Young 　　I am name obsessed. When I am reading at bedtime to my eight-year old son, I will pause as we encounter new characters, “Hmm … Polly, that’s a good name isn’t it?” before he puts his fingers in his ears and begs for mercy, “Stop the naming madness,...

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Baby Name Thomas: A Salute to Poor Tom Turkey

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Exotic Lite: Boys’ Edition

Nov 23, 2024

　　We recently looked at girls’ names popular around the world yet exotic-sounding in the U.S. and other English-speaking countries, and today we turn to the boys’ version of this kind of name. 　　If you’re looking for a name for your son that has an international flavor yet is not too...

The New Boys’ Names 3: Ethnic Choices

Nov 23, 2024

　　Parents in search of names emblematic of a new masculine image for their sons are also looking toward ethnic choices unknown in the U.S. just a few years ago. 　　The inspiration? To some extent, it’s celebrities, from actors like Joaquin Phoenix to star dog trainer Cesar Millan to Heidi Klum’s...

Ooooops! Baby Name Mistakes

Nov 23, 2024

　　Novelist Christina Baker Kline, whose wonderful new book Bird in Hand comes out this week, writes about how even someone who names fictional people for a living can make mistakes when naming real live babies. Like when she named her three sons: Eli, his brother William, and his other brother...

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Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Nov 23, 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...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Nov 23, 2024

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

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Baby Name Trends: Ha Ha names are nothing to laugh at!

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Baby Names 2012: Heard any new names lately?

Nov 23, 2024

　　For the new year, we thought it would be fun to ask you to post the new baby names 2012 you’ve heard or see lately, on babies or in movie credits or in the newspaper or even new choices you’ve encountered on Nameberry. 　　We think we’ve heard them all…..until we...

Bird Names: Avian options beyond Robin and Raven

Nov 23, 2024

　　Bird names are flying onto baby name lists, and guest blogger Kristen Gregg, of the popular blog marginamia, finds a flock of rare species to add to the aviary. 　　I am absolutely chirping with delight to be here today on Nameberry! I’m almost equally delighted to watch an ever growing...

Too trendy? Or just right….

Nov 23, 2024

　　One of our most popular blogs of the year was the one in which Elisabeth Wilborn of You Can’t Call It It transformed the Top 100 girls’ names — and the following week, the most popular boys’ names — into choices with the same feel but more distinction and style....

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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

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The Top Baby Names A-Z

Nov 23, 2024

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

Nov 23, 2024

　　Do you know a lot of kids named Maeve and Rowan, Connor and Max? You might just live in the North East of the USA. 　　Behind the national data on the most popular baby names, each region has its own favorites, and the North East — here, the six states...

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...

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

Nov 23, 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...

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

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Nov 23, 2024

　　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....