Baby Name Trends

Another year, another batch of utterly brilliant Babyberry names! So far this year, 175 new arrivals have been announced by our international community of friends and followers: 105 girls and 70 boys. The beautiful baby names our Berries choose never fail to delight us, but this year’s picks have been especially impressive — not just […]

These are the 100 baby names for girls and boys most likely to define the next decade.

Seasonal baby names: would you consider using one? Each year, the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales releases a month-by-month breakdown of the Top 10 baby names for boys and girls. The boys’ side is more or less constant, and so is the girls’… for eleven months of the year, at least. But […]

Nameberry analyzes the names on the Top 1000 at the turn of this decade vs. ten years ago and identifies the trends of the 2010s.

From (Baby) Yoda to Yara, a look at the pop culture-inspired names that have gone from zero to hero faster than you can say Khaleesi.

The top baby names of the 2010s include several classic names that still dominate the charts: Emma, Olivia, and Sophia for girls, along with Liam, Noah, and James for boys.

Giving babies surnames that don’t belong to either parent is growinbg trend, with mashup surnames and invented names on the increase.

The top baby names 2020 feature new spins on old names, novel inventions, and names inspired by celebrities and pop culture.

This week’s name news includes baby name trends, some stunning “sweet spot” starbaby names, the thorny issue of baby name theft, and a celebration of unique baby names of all shapes, sizes and sources.

Sophie’s latest starbaby predictions include her choices for such A-listers as Anne Hathaway and Natalie Imbruglia.

Gem names are a hot category in baby names right now, with many of them shooting up the popularity charts. They’ve even been embraced for boys—Onyx was one of the fastest-rising boys’ names in 2018. Current favorites like Jade and Ruby have plateaued, while former hits Crystal, Amber, and Diamond have plummeted. The new generation […]

This week’s news includes name ideas from books and technology, babies named after hospitals, and baby name trends in Ireland and the Isle of Man.

The royal Archie leads the nickname names heading up the popularity ladder.

Some stellar starbabies are on the way–read Sophie’s predictions of their names, and add your own ideas and hunches.

Which classic baby names came back in 2018?

The Nameberry rankings of popular names is quite different from the Social Security list, and reflects baby name popularity of the future.

Congratulations to our Berry Amy, known in the comments as Orchid_Lover, who won our “Guess the New Top 10” contest! Amy’s predictions for the Top 10 baby names of 2018 were as follows: 1.     Emma Noah 2.     Olivia Liam 3.     Ava William 4.     Sophia Oliver 5.     Isabella Benjamin 6.     Charlotte Elijah 7.     Mia James 8.     […]

Parents drawn to old man names will move past Max and Jake to Ralph and Roger.

This week’s name news includes international baby names popular in Japan, Hungary, Poland and the UK.

Name predictions for the new starbabies due to Miranda Kerr, Alanis Morrissette, Lauren Conrad, Daphne Oz and more.

Nameberry’s Top 1000 baby names for 2019 include two new names at the top of the list. Posie is the most popular girl name and Milo is the top boy name.

Here are Sophie’s predictions of what names the current pregnant celebs will choose for their starbabies.

What unlikely baby name do you have a hunch will shoot up the charts?

What will Chelsea Clinton name her third child? And what will appeal to Mario Lopez and Nikki Sixx? Compare your guesses to Sophie’s.

Our Question of the Week: What supposedly common names do you never hear? And the reverse: What supposedly rare names do you hear a lot?