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　　By Brooke Cussans, Baby Name Pondering 　　Both Adelaide and Adeline are beautiful, classic sounding names that have been gaining popularity for the past decade. Although similar, they are also distinct enough that it’s very possible they would both appear on many people’s lists. So how do you choose if you are partial to both? Sometimes it helps...

Apr 10, 2025

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Buttoned-up Girls’ Names

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12 Literary Ladies: Unique names from Abra to Sapphira

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Novels and plays are filled with wonderful character names that provide great naming inspiration–recently we’ve seen that reflected in the newfound popularity of Holden from Catcher in the Rye, Atticus and Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird, Scarlett from Gone with the Wind. 　　Today we’re looking at some of the...

Top 100 Girl Names of 2014

Apr 10, 2025

　　Imogen may still not have cracked the US Top 1000, but she continues her reign as the Number 1 girls’ name on Nameberry for 2014. 　　The real news with girls’ names, though, is Khaleesi, which vaulted to Number 2 on our list thanks to Game of Thrones. Given that Nameberry’s...

What makes a name a name?

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, AppellationMountain 　　What makes a name real? 　　To think bigger, what makes a word real? That’s the question raised by English professor and language historian Anne Curzan in her TED talk. 　　They’re long-standing questions, but the speed of our modern age means that change happens fast. Imagine a...

Girl Baby Names: Something Old, Something New

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　The good news about naming a girl: the options are limitless. 　　The bad news about naming a girl: the options? Limitless! How do you choose? 　　In the US, around two-thirds of all newborn girls are given a Top 1000 name. We play it safe with...

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A Girl Named Ellis

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Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100

Apr 10, 2025

　　Around this time every year, we peek behind the Nameberry curtain to see which names are the most popular with our visitors. This Top 100 for each gender, which reflects views of the name pages on our site, indicates which names have captured the most interest since the start of...

Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence

Apr 10, 2025

　　Hear the words ‘detective’ or ‘private eye,’ and you probably picture a tough guy like Mickey Spillane or a cooler customer like Sam Spade. But it turns out that mystery fiction also features a lot more female sleuths than you might think, dating back to Loveday Brooke in the 1890s...

Can you help this teenberry love her name?

Apr 10, 2025

　　Elaine, a young berry with what she feels to be an “old-lady name,” prefers to go by the sprightlier nickname, “Laney.” But she doesn’t love Laney either and so poses her dilemma to her fellow berries. Can she learn to love her name? Or is it time to start over...

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New Baby Names Ending in X: Lennox, Fox, and more

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Name Sage: Traditionalish Baby Boy Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　It’s off to the wild blue yonder for this week’s challenge! First-time parent Allison is seeking a boy’s name that feels traditional, but still slightly offbeat, with possible ties to their loved ones’ names and the world of aviation. 　　Allison writes: 　　We are expecting our first little one at the...

Gender Neutral Boys’ Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　For years, conventional wisdom dictated that boys were named after their fathers and grandfathers. But today, boys are just as likely to be named after the important women in their lives. 　　Along with that shift comes a willingness to think differently about boys’ names. We’ve noted the rise of boy-girl...

Baseball Baby Names: Top prospects Jameson, Cornelius & Daz

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Josh Murray 　　Spring is here, and along with it comes the arrival of the Major League Baseball season. All thirty clubs have left spring training behind in Arizona and Florida, and now the regular season has begun. While the big names associated with large contracts garner the most attention,...

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Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Apr 10, 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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Apr 10, 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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The Secret Meanings of Color Names

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Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Apr 10, 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...

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Apr 10, 2025

　　Old money names conjure the aspirational lifestyle provided by generational wealth — elite country clubs, prep schools, and holidays in the countryside. The old money aesthetic is being felt beyond baby names — this prep-rebrand is suddenly everywhere. 　　Fashion runways are filled with pleated skirts, penny loafers, and pearl necklaces. Americans...

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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

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50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Apr 10, 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...

New Popular Irish Names Revealed

Apr 10, 2025

　　Good news for lovers of Irish baby names! The latest popular Irish names data for 2022 has just been released, and it’s a treasure trove of intriguing options from the Emerald Isle. 　　Happy St Patrick’s Day! Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! 　　Top 10 Irish Girl Names 　　There has been a...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Apr 10, 2025

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Apr 10, 2025

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Apr 10, 2025

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...