Baby Name News

Each generation reinvents baby names, which might mean you and your mom have very different ideas and tastes.

From two British TV period dramas, Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey, character names that are jumping onto American birth certificates–Cora, Edith and Ruby and more.

What will Kim and Kanye name their baby? Plus other pressing baby name questions and predictions for 2013 in this week’s Nameberry 9.

Sophia and Jacob may be the Number 1 names in the U.S., but the top names chosen by our Berries buck the national trends. Here’s what’s hot and what’s hottest for Nameberry babies.

After all the discussion and debate, what names did Berries actually choose for their babies? Here’s our final Quarterly Report of 2012.

Here are our most-read blogs, most-viewed lists, and most active forums of the year. How many have you seen, and which are your personal favorites?

There have been 459 Nameberry 9 names this year; which ones does Abby Sandel consider the best of the best?

Looking ahead to the name trends and choices of 2013–oldies like Emma and Chloe and fresh-to-us names like Mael and Louna.

Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy named their son Cyrus — but that’s not the only cool baby name this week. A pre-holiday roundup of magical names.

There’s a new Number 1 boys’ name this year on Nameberry. Here, our Top 100 for 2012, plus insights into what’s moving up and moving down, what’s hot and what’s hottest.

The most popular girls’ names on Nameberry this year have been counted, and we’ve got a new Number 1. Here’s what’s up, what’s down, what’s new, and what’s tops for 2012.

This week’s Nameberry 9 includes both celebrity and civilian picks–current ones and future possibilities–from Eloise to Dex to Dinah.

What were the dozen most notable names of the year? They range from a Civil War president to a heroic Pakistani girl to a Korean pop sensation to the latest Bond girl.

Here are our picks of some of the best names that are familiar but not overly popular, distinctive but not outré. What other names are in your sweet spot?

Do you believe names convey class? And which names have the most of it?

British name expert Eleanor Nickerson looks into her crystal ball to predict the next big things on UK birth certificates. Will Eliza be the next Olivia?

Yes, there is other baby name news this week aside from the royal bump–and here it is.

What seems like the perfect baby name may not turn into a teen’s dream–as this guest blogger would discover.

Some daring girl choices in today’s Nameberry 9– but do they go too far?

Rylee may get better grades, but Ruth sounds smarter, doesn’t she? Here, some names with intellectual power.

What names have you heard or seen that will be new to us? Bring on your strangest, most obscure baby names to stump the masters.

This week’s Nameberry 9 includes some sweet girl revivals like Pearl and Miranda, and some bold boy choices like Rocky and Phaedra (!?).

Crazy love? Bring us your ugly, your awkward, your unpopular, or maybe your way too popular….

Anything goes when it comes to middle names today. Here, 100 unusual choices with modern meaning.

Most of this week’s newsiest names confirm Nameberry’s trend predictions…but how about Hephzibah??