Oct 22, 2013
Same Name Syndrome–Jillions of Jens
Jennifer/Jen Kim has encountered dozens of other Jennifer/Jen Kims. So how does that make her feel? Do you have a super-popular name combo?
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Oct 16, 2013
Unisex Names 2013: The top 20 (so far)
There’s a new Number 1 on our list of names that can be used for both girls and boys, and it’s one of the most appealing of the bunch. (And no, it’s not North, but we have news on that too.)
Oct 15, 2013
Top 100 Boys’ Names of 2013…so far
There’s a new star name on the boys’ most popular list for the first nine months of the year, thanks to Britain’s young prince. All about George’s turn in the spotlight along with the other hottest boys’ names.
Oct 14, 2013
Most Popular Girls’ Names of 2013….so far
With three-quarters of 2013 behind us — can you believe it? — we see Imogen widening her lead over Charlotte as the Number 1 girls’ name on Nameberry. Here’s what’s hottest among our 100 most -searched girls’ names. Guess Number 101 and win a fabulous prize!
Oct 8, 2013
Newest Boy Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Alaric to Zion
Today we have the boys’ half of the Quarterly Report–again a feast of fabulous names–unusual choices as well as most popular Liam, Milo, Oliver and Walter.
Oct 3, 2013
The Blooming of Lily
Nook of Names’ K. M. Sheard traces the ups and downs of the name Lily, and its surprising origins– which have nothing to do with the flower.
Sep 30, 2013
Best Boys’ Names: 10 stylish selections
From our new book “The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys” comes this group of top stylish names. These boys’ names combine freshness, quality, and broad appeal.
Sep 29, 2013
The Shirley Temple Syndrome: On loving a popular, trendy name
All those Shirleys named for Shirley Temple are here to tell you it can be great to have a popular name, reports Brooke Cussans of Baby Name Pondering. How do you feel about people who share your popular name?
Aug 29, 2013
Underused Classic Baby Names: Calvin, Martin and Miriam
There are classic baby names beyond Thomas, Richard and Henry–aka Tom, Dick and Harry– and here Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names parses the varieties.
Aug 27, 2013
Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie
Aimee Reneau Tafreshi put a lot of thought into choosing her daughter’s distinctive name–but not as much about how commonplace her nickname might be.
Aug 27, 2013
Your Favorite Names from the Top 100
Let’s set name snobbery aside and celebrate the wonderfulness of the most popular baby names. Share your favorites from among America’s favorites.
Aug 19, 2013
Popular Boys’ Names: Top 100 Makeover
One of our most popular blogs of all time, a makeover of the top 100 boys’ names, was mysteriously zapped, stolen, disappeared from our archives. Here, our reinvention of that list and of the 100 most popular boys’ names.
Aug 15, 2013
Owen? Max? Lucy? Will They Ever Make the Top 10?
Some names just have a Top 10 feel about them, says Upswing Baby Name’s Angela Mastrodonato, and yet they’ve never made it. Do they still have a chance or has their moment passed?
Aug 14, 2013
Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names
Have you loved an unusual name forever only to find, now that you’re finally in a position to use it, that it’s become the trendy favorite of the moment? Here are some fresher choices that might take its place.
Aug 12, 2013
New British Popularity List: Harry and Amelia still reign
The much anticipated 2012 England-Wales popularity list is here, topped by Amelia and Harry–and here’s our trusty UK correspondent, British Baby Names’ Eleanor Nickerson’s instant analysis.
Aug 7, 2013
1913 Baby Names: Does the hundred-year rule still rule?
Lovie and Dovie, Loyal and Royal were all on the popularity list of 1913. Those might not be so revivable, but there are many from a century ago that are.
Aug 5, 2013
Trendy Baby Names: The trendiest of all time
Trendy baby names have been around as long as America, and the trendiest provide a look into our history: What and who fascinated us for a moment, only to be dropped for the next hot topic or attractive figure.
Aug 4, 2013
Artemis, Italy and Eve: Vowel Names
A is the most popular first initial for baby names, closely followed by E, with I and O up-and-coming. Abby Sandel surveys the most stylish vowel names in the news.
Jul 23, 2013
Names on the Cusp
Kelli Brady of thenamefreak! takes a long hard look at the names she predicted would crack the Top 1000 in 2012, and shares how right or wrong she was. What names do you see making it onto the 2013 list?
Jul 15, 2013
V Baby Names: Varied and vivid, from Velvet to Viggo
They may be small in number, but as Kelli Brady of NameFreak! shows, V-starting names are wildly varied. Here she breaks them down in groups from the well-known (Victoria) to the vintage (Virgil) to the geographic (Vienna). What’s your favorite V name?
Jul 9, 2013
Unisex Names: Our Top 20 for 2013 (so far)
The unisex names most popular with people searching our site this year include choices once traditionally male, names heavily identified with celebrities of both genders, and several fresh new choices that work for both boys and girls.
Jul 8, 2013
Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far)
There’s a new old name at the top of Nameberry’s 2013 popularity chart for boy names, and some hot choices moving quickly up the ladder. What’s Number 1? And can you guess Number 101?
Jul 7, 2013
Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far)
Our most popular girl names of 2013 are in, and we have a new Number 1. What’s up, what’s fresh, and what’s at the top of our 100 most popular girl names so far this year.
Jun 26, 2013
Unusual Baby Names: Hidden in plain sight
If you’re looking for an unusual name for your baby, you might have missed some that seem familiar, yet were given to fewer to a very small number of kids across the country, says Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names. Flora, anyone? Remy or Ramona?
Jun 26, 2013
The Most Influential Starbaby Names (and namers)
Which of the celebrity baby names have had the strongest and most lasting influence? Violet? Mason? Maddox? Has this connection made you like the name more–or less?