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Thanks to CaraMichelle, the full list of celebrity babes born in April, to such high-profile parents as Drew Barrymore, Kerry Washington, Olivia Wilde, and Mike Myers.

Abby Sandel’s round-up of the 9 newsiest names this week includes names as classic as Mary, as popular as Isabelle, and as unusual as Mabrey and Pearson.

A big bouquet of historic May names, courtesy of Denise K. Potter, including an astronaut, an aviator, an activist and an athlete.

This week, Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 looks at gender-bending and other expansions within the baby name universe, seen through the prism of the latest celebrity picks.

Nameberry is excited to introduce you to Samahope, an organization that lets you fund doctors who provide medical care for expecting and new mothers and children around the world Shivani Garg Patel, co-founder of Samahope, looks back on growing a social enterprise while expecting her own first child.

Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week features keeper names with history and heft, from Augustus to Winston to Willa to Pearl.

This week, Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 Newsiest Names features names that are unforgettable–in a good way: Sapphire, Sunday and Pemma.

This week, Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 Newsiest Names run the gamut from the way-off-the-grid to the classic–from Dreama Wildstar to James Hamilton.

April is a particularly rich month for finding historic namesakes: In her continuing monthly series, Denise Potter picks out some of the most significant–and inspirational. Which ones might inspire you?

This week, Abby Sandel considers the question of extreme unusual names–and how our perceptions of them might change over time. Any names that you once considered too weird to consider but seem perfectly acceptable now?

Names that strike just the right balance–what everyone would consider really ‘nice’ names–feature in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week. What do we call nice? Names like Charlotte, Miles, Simon and Nina.

It’s an almost-anything-goes week in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names–all the way from Alice to Buzz to Ferelith.

Some eye-catching baby names in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week, many of them starting with the letter B–Bridget, Booker, Bijou and Bowie.

The month of March brings with it a wide range of associations, from the birthstone Beryl to famous March-born babies Harriet, Knute and Tennessee, as described by Denise Potter.

Classic names with a twist are the subject of Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week–as in Miriana, Coralie and Adelina. Will any of them catch on?

Bodhi, Machs, Sid, Fianna–this installment of Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names of the week provides a perfect illustration of the immense variety found in today’s baby name landscape.

In this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names, Abby Sandel highlights some interesting international choices, such as Raphael and Ysabel, retro twins Ernest and Doris, and Simon Cowell’s baby name tribute to his dad, Eric.

Welcome to the world of reality star baby names–Jaxie, Alena and a girl named Beau are all in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week.

After looking at Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names, we’re wondering how far YOU would go in considering a daring middle name.

A great game, amazing ads, awesome half-time show — the Super Bowl offers something for everyone, even name nerds. Here, the best of the players’ names, via Denise Potter.

A wide variety of girls’ names in this week’s Nameberry 9, from the royal Mia Grace to the next Disney princess, Moana.

Abby Sandel takes a fresh look at the eternal fitting in/standing out divide as she analyzes this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names.

Abby Sandel explores some of the newer options in the widening world of acceptable names for boys in her Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week, options like Jasper and River and Axel.

Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week includes word names like Deacon and Zephry and Crimson and brand name Dior. How do you feel about this genre?

Sime wild and wooly celebrity names in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week, including Kate Winslet’s baby Bear.