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Rising Boy Names: 9 Ready to Roar

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Last week we looked at nine girl names likely to soar. Head to a kindergarten class in five years or so, and chances are you’ll hear more of names like Luna, Liv, and Sloane. They’re stylish, on-trend, and attracting more attention from expectant parents. 　　This week, it’s...

Jan 1, 2025

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Country Boy Names: The best of the west

Jan 1, 2025

　　Country boy baby names are favorites with American parents. Proof is in the current US Top 100: Wyatt and Ryder, Jackson and Hunter, Colton and Easton. 　　Some boys’ names feel country because of their associations, like Wyatt Earp or Johnny and June Carter Cash singing “Jackson.” Others bring to mind rodeo...

Family Names: Yes, No, or It Depends?

Jan 1, 2025

　　He’s all about family names, but she’s not convinced. How do they move forward when he thinks their son is already named? 　　Amanda writes: 　　My husband’s father’s name is John. To incorporate the name he wants to name our son Jonathan Wallace, after grandpa and great-grandpa. 　　The dilemma? I don’t...

New Baby Names: Great berrybaby choices of September!

Jan 1, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The September baby names in this month’s Babyberry report includes one of the most original middle names we’ve seen: Violet WHIMSEY. The girls’ names are running long, in the sense that there is a preponderance of three and four-syllable choices. Again, lots of floral appellations and an...

Middle Name Danger

Jan 1, 2025

　　Middle names are entering a new era for 2023 and beyond. It’s almost imperative today that middle names be meaningful — whether they honor a relative, relate to a parent’s passion, or reflect an important family value. 　　But middle names today should also be fun. Parents are taking advantage of...

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Unexpected Girl Names for Jonah’s Sister

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Baby Names: Spelling Counts

Jan 1, 2025

　　She’s found the perfect name for her Fall 2016 baby. But how to spell it? The Name Sage wades into the data to find the best answer – but wants to hear your opinion, too! 　　Lindsey writes: 　　I’m trying to decide on a name for my little girl and I’m...

Vintage Girl Names: 9 Fresh Ideas

Jan 1, 2025

　　Vintage girl names can make great choices for a daughter born today. They’re tied to the past, have plenty of great namesakes, and yet feel fresh and unexpected, too. 　　The only problem? Many of them are far more popular than you might expect. 　　Anna Chlumsky, the My Girl child star...

Popular Baby Names: 50 shooting stars

Jan 1, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　What are the most promising of the names rising in popularity? 　　This year 164 names—more girls’ than boys’ –made up the elite group of popular baby names that rose more than 100 places. (fyi: At the top for each gender were Riaan, with an increase of 1360...

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80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son

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100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Jan 1, 2025

　　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...

12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love

Jan 1, 2025

　　Looking for a boy name that feels both fashionable and original, that stands out for its rarity but fits with current trends? 　　Boy names are evolving at lightning speed right now, with parents more willing than ever to branch out from traditional choices and embrace individuality in their sons’ names...

Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 1, 2025

　　Traditional boy names remain perennially popular with parents today, in spite of the broader trend towards ever more unique baby names for both sexes. 　　But that doesn’t necessarily mean that all traditional names for boys are popular. As well as the core classic boy names – like John, James and...

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Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Jan 1, 2025

　　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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 1, 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...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 1, 2025

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

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New Baby Names: Our ten freshest

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Baby Names Trends: Cassia, Caspian and Cash

Jan 1, 2025

　　Here in our baby name bubble, in case you haven’t noticed, we tend to parse every element of every name for hints of incipient baby name trends. This would include first syllables, middle letters (like the current x), and endings like en and er for boys. 　　Just recently we’ve been...

Baby Names: A New Wave of “A” Names

Jan 1, 2025

　　Baby names that start with the letter A have been on the rise for several years now. with choices such as Ava and Aiden high on the popularity list, Asher and Adelaide rising fast, and names such as Abel and Aurora poised to take off. 　　In our last blog about names...

Middle Names 2012: The New Connectors

Jan 1, 2025

　　There are several hot trends in middle names 2012. 　　One is the Middle Name with Meaning — family surnames, place names, virtue names you might not use in first place but that make for distinctive middle names. 　　Another is using two middle names, often to honor family members. 　　And then...

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Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

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20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

Jan 1, 2025

　　You know when you see a child (or a picture of one) and think, “Dang, that kid is cooler than I’ll ever be”? That’s how we feel when we hear a lot of the most popular names in France. 　　I mean, imagine having a playdate with little Capucine or Timéo....

Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

Jan 1, 2025

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Jan 1, 2025

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

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How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Jan 1, 2025

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...

Name Change Resources

Jan 1, 2025

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 1, 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...