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Unique New York Baby Names!

　　We got a call yesterday from Don Kaplan, a reporter for the New York Post, who’s doing a story about unique New York (remember that tongue twister?) baby names. 　　Don spent the past week poring over a quarter million names — yes, many of them pretty crazy — given to...

Top Baby Names 2009

I-Initial Names: Eyes on the ‘I’s’

Twilight Baby Names: Beyond Bella & Edward

Regional Name trends: Different states of mind

Movie Character Names: They had monikers then Top Names in Scotland: Jack and Sophie rule on 2009 Baby Names: What Was In, Out, Hot, Not This Year Midwestern Baby Names: What’s heading north in North Dakota? Baby Names 2010: What Names Are Heading This Way? Not Your Mother’s Baby Names Baby Names 2010: The Hottest Trends The Lost Letter P: Whatever happened to Peter, Patti, and Paul?

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What Are The Top Baby Names of the Future?

　　Here at nameberry, we’re not so much in the business of tracking which names are popular now – the Social Security Administration does that more accurately than we ever could – but of predicting which names are going to be popular in the future. The reason for all this prognosticating:...

French Baby Names: The latest trends in French prenoms

　　Baby names in France have never been shorter: exit Sébastien, Alexandre, Frédéric, Caroline, Nathalie, Angélique—the popular names of the 1980’s. Emma, Léa, Clara now take the limelight as the most popular French girl names, while Lucas, Enzo and Nathan dominate the popularity list of French boy names. 　　As a result,...

Hottest Celebrity Baby Name Trends

　　Celebrity baby names can reflect or even launch naming trends in the general population. Here, some of the hottest celebrity baby names and trends we see heating up right now: 　　Babies Named After Heavenly Bodies, Objects, And/Or Beings – 　　SERAPHINA – Ben and Jen 　　MARS – Erykah Badu 　　LUNA –...

1980s Baby Names: Beyond Jessica & Josh

　　In the mid-1980s, when we were beginning to conceptualize our first book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason, the most popular names were, well, Jennifer (42,637 of them born in 1985 alone) and Jason, as well as Jessica, Michael (a whopping 64,852 of them—no wonder we run into so many 25-year-old Mikes)...

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New Nameberry Contest! Guess the Matt Damon Baby Name

New Nameberry Contest! Guess the Matt Damon Baby Name

Question of the Week: Are girls namenapping too many boys’ names? Mary: The mother name and her offspring June Names: June has arrived–or has it? Popular Baby Names: Be careful what you wish for Unusual Girls’ Names: A Guide to the Very Coolest Baby Names 2010: Top 100 Girls’ Names Unusual Names for Girls: Below the Top 1000 Italian Girls’ Names: Le tante sorelle di Isabella

Two Celebs Chose Cosima

　　Is it a coincidence that Sofia Coppola and Claudia Schiffer both picked the same unusual (in the U.S. anyway) name for their baby daughters almost simultaneously—or is it a signal that it’s about to enter the mainstream? 　　Cosima (accent on the first syllable) derives from the Greek Kosmos, and refers to...

Popular Girls Names: Their ups and downs

　　If I were a cookbook writer, I think my first title would be: “100 Ways to Dice and Slice the Social Security List.” There is so much information to be found embedded in it and so many ways to look at it, that there seems to be no end of...

Mother’s Day Names: Noteworthy names of notables’ moms

　　Well, the announcement of the coronation of Isabella on Friday usurped our regular Mother’s Day blog spot, but we hope you’re still feeling enough of an afterglow to enjoy revisiting this gathering of some of the more interesting names of moms of distinguished sons and daughters. Turns out that a surprising...

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Brother Names

Trending Boy Names New Geek Chic Names For Boys Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide How I Named My Baby: October Teddy 80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son 12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus

Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name

　　The good news for lovers of vintage boy names is that they’ve never been cooler. 　　The bad news? Well... they’ve never been cooler. 　　That means it can feel increasingly difficult to find the perfect “I wish I’d thought of that first!” vintage boy name. You know: the sweet but strong,...

Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

　　Boy names ending in a vowel (or a vowel sound) feel lively and distinctive, in an era where consonant names for boys – particularly those ending in N and R – have long dominated the list of popular names. 　　There are now five boy names ending in a vowel sound...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Unisex Names Across the Atlantic Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Surprisingly International Baby Names The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Gender-Bending Baby Names

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

　　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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

　　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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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

These Names Are At Their Peak Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest 60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

How Millennial Is Your Name?

　　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,...

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

　　Which baby names will be on top in 2024? 　　If we're speaking literally, you can expect to see the same few names on the tippy-top of the charts — Olivia and Emma, Liam and Noah. But it's a lot more fun to look at the fastest-rising names — the choices rapidly...

Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

　　And that’s a wrap on the celebrity names of 2023. This year saw a number of notable celebrity baby names, including Techno Mechanicus, Rocky Thirteen, and Louetta Isley. 　　In addition, many A-list celebrity babies were born in 2023, such as the unnamed babies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names 80 Great New Sweet Spot Names How Gen Z Is Your Name? New Popular Irish Names Revealed 5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name Baby Names Before 1850 50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

　　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...

Popular Twin Names

　　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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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

How to Change Your Baby’s Name How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

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