Nov 3, 2010
How About Harvey? What About Walter?
Some boys’ names that were once thought of as ‘so-far-out-they’ll-always-be-out’ are suddenly up for reconsideration.
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Nov 3, 2010
Some boys’ names that were once thought of as ‘so-far-out-they’ll-always-be-out’ are suddenly up for reconsideration.
Oct 28, 2010
The list of most popular baby names in the UK for 2009 has just been released, with a new top boys’ name for the first time in 14 years.
Oct 24, 2010
What do Thomas, Tobias, and Octavius have in common? That’s right, they all end in s — which can be a winning formula for boys’ names.
Oct 21, 2010
The sudden reemergence of Buster and Buddy, Sonny and Junior.
Oct 13, 2010
Nameberry turns two today. Here are the names, the blogs, and the forums most popular with the 5 million visitors we’ve hosted — and what’s ahead next year.
Oct 12, 2010
Matt and Luciana Damon’s fourth daughter will be born any minute now. Will she have a Latinate name like her sisters Alexia, Isabella, and Gia? Or something more surprising? Guess the new baby’s name and win a full set of signed baby name books.
Oct 12, 2010
Yesterday we took a look at the girls’ names moving in and out of fashion and now we turn our attention to their brothers. And here we find a somewhat different picture. Overall, it confirms the fact that there is much greater consistency on the boys’ side of the fence, with a huge proportion of the […]
Oct 11, 2010
Zoe and Chloe were both hot in the 1880s–and other surprising facts about the history of popular girls’ names.
Oct 8, 2010
Ava and Aiden are not only more fashionable but may do better in school and might even live longer than Donald and Doris.
Oct 4, 2010
There’s a new Number One for boys, as nameberry tracks its most popular boys’ names for the first three-quarters of the year. Tristan and Atticus are moving up, Ryan and Mason heading down, and surprises abound.
Oct 1, 2010
Nameberry’s tally of our most popular names for 2010 so far reveal Charlotte still on top, Adelaide and Aurora moving up fast, and a large collection of surprising new names to watch.
Sep 29, 2010
At last! The inner workings of the Social Security baby name lists are revealed by the man largely responsible for many of its popular features.
Sep 28, 2010
Want a name for your baby boy that’s new, stylish, and unusual? No, that’s not too much to ask. Here are dozens of choices.
Sep 26, 2010
Looking for one of those secret names that’s fresh, stylish, but used for fewer than 100 babies a year? One of these great choices might be right for you.
Sep 21, 2010
How two girls’ names from a Spanish reality TV show jumped onto the US Most Popular list.
Sep 19, 2010
The new British baby names are charming, eccentric, and inspirational. Hottest trend: some R names we haven’t heard in a while.
Sep 15, 2010
…the one you’ve always loved and always will.
Sep 9, 2010
Lots of the most fashionable girls’ names today — Maisie and Mercy, Clementine and Bryn — are still flying below the Top 1000 radar. Here are our picks of names that hit all the right style buttons but are given to only a handful of baby girls.
Aug 18, 2010
Which of the faded standards is ready for a comeback?
Aug 5, 2010
Here are the best and coolest unusual girl names.
Jul 30, 2010
Guest blogger Teresa Strasser asked everyone she knew, including us, what they thought of her top boys’ names. Here are the hilarious uncut opinions.
Jul 26, 2010
A cautionary tale for those wishing they had a more popular name
Jul 23, 2010
Which baby names are British parents searching most often? From Florence to Frankie to Jenson, the list is very different from Nameberry's own.
Jul 21, 2010
Will names like Emma and Ethan still reign, or will we move all the way to Seraphina and Sam?