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Baby Names 2012: Trend Predictions?

　　Question of the Week: What do you foresee as the biggest name trends of 2012? 　　Looking into your crystal ball, what genres of names do you see rising in popularity? 　　Is there a particular style that will come to the fore? 　　Will names from some period of the past start to...

Jan 11, 2025

Stylish Names: What’s Their Secret?

Baby Name Spike: People vs pet names

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Most Popular Names Predictions?

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

Jan 11, 2025

　　Have you noticed the sudden pop in popularity of girls’ names starting with the happy-go-lucky syllable ‘Ha’—some on them shamelessly stolen from the boys? Caught in the spotlight by two recent high-profile starbabies, Harper Seven Beckham and Jessica Alba’s Haven Warren, this is among the baby name trends that seem...

W-Names: Where’s Waldo?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Once upon a time, in the now distant past, popularity lists–particularly for boys–were teeming with names starting with the letter ‘W’. 　　In 1920, for example, there were twenty-seven of them in the boys’ Top 500, including every conceivable appendage to the first syllable Wil. Aside from the eternal William, there were Willie,...

Popular Names 2010: Interesting or ho-hum?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Question of the Week: What were your responses to the new Social Security list of Popular Names 2010? 　　Last week we asked for your predictions of the popular names 2010, and some of you came up with very spot-on forecasts—a special shout-out to names4real for anticipating the rise of Bentley (who is shown...

Baby Name Trends: Top Names of 2030?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Scanning the popularity charts of some of the current most popular and stylish baby names (yeah, that’s how I spend my spare time), I noticed something fascinating the other day. Many of them – Ava, Ella, Peyton, Aiden, Emmett, even number one Isabella – were at the very bottom of...

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28 Gorgeous Girls’ Names We Love

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Freshly Picked Flowers for the Name Garden

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Nicole Aube 　　For centuries, parents have been drawn to flower names for their little girls, because they strike a perfect balance between romantic and grounded sensibilities. The most obvious examples are Rose and all her variants – Rosalind, Rosamund, Rosetta, Rosa. You’ve probably met one or two. What about...

The Orphans of Annie

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Meagan at TulipByAnyName 　　A “hard knock life” is so much sweeter with a great name! 　　Annie is a beloved musical that opened on Broadway in 1977. There have been many stage, film, and TV adaptations of this heart-warming rags-to-riches story. As a child, watching the 1982 film version, I...

Long, Lovely Names for Girls

Jan 11, 2025

　　Great news! Your private lists are back! Access them through your member panel. It will be a few more days till you can modify lists or create new ones. 　　By Abby Sandel 　　Earlier this week, Mike Myers and wife Kelly Tisdale welcomed a new daughter, a sister for Spike Alan and...

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Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending Boys’ Names 2010: Most Popular So Far Boys’ Names: Unusual, Stylish Picks Irish Baby Names: Last Names First Top Boys Name For Each Letter: a 130-year survey NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name

Occupation Names: A Labor Day Salute

Jan 11, 2025

　　With Labor Day upon us, it seems like the perfect moment to focus on the original pre-barbecue meaning of the holiday and celebrate hard-working occupational names. So we’re looking back to wtoe we wrote on the subject in our book Beyond Ava & Aiden, but here focusing on the less used, fresher sounding...

Vintage Boy Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　Do you love vintage names but want to move beyond the usual classics and Biblical choices to cool names from history? We looked at the popularity lists of 1910 to uncover hundreds of vintage boy names that are no longer in use — but could be revived. 　　It’s odd that there...

Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Heroes and villains, famous and infamous, real life, big and small screen characters and the actors who played them—there’s a whole genre of cowboy names that have a certain swagger and western twang all their own. 　　Here are a dozen of the best: who they were and why we like...

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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Jan 11, 2025

　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

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Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

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Ancient Names for Babies

Jan 11, 2025

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Jan 11, 2025

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

America's Next Top Baby Names

Jan 11, 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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Top British Baby Names: Some fun facts

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Top Telegraph Names of 2019 Released

Jan 11, 2025

　　Welcome to the world, Paloma Violet Sheherazade and Hippolyte Jean Simon! 　　British broadsheet newspaper The Telegraph is famed for its wonderful, whimsical, oh-so-British baby name announcements. There’s even a long-running Nameberry Forums thread dedicated to the subject. 　　The paper has recently released its list of the most popular baby names...

Unique Baby Names in the News

Jan 11, 2025

　　This week’s news includes unique baby names, the hottest names in Switzerland, celebrity baby names that make a statement, and parents who changed their baby names to keep their families happy…would you? 　　Top Swiss baby names: Liam and LeniaSwitzerland is a small country with a diverse range of languages and...

Nameberry’s Top Names of the Decade

Jan 11, 2025

　　Nameberry’s top names of the decade are led by Charlotte at Number 1 for girls and the biblical Asher in the top spot for boys. 　　Our 2010s baby name popularity list is calculated according to which names attracted the lion’s share of the nearly 125 million views of our name...

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

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 11, 2025

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...