Baby Name Popularity News

The top baby names of the decade have been released by the Social Security Administration, with Emma leading the list for girls and Noah Number 1 for boys.

What’s hot in the Faroe Islands? Well… not much, if you’re talking about the weather! This autonomous Danish territory, located in the North Atlantic about halfway between Norway and Iceland, reaches a mean temperature of just 50°F during the summer months. But if it’s unique and unconventional baby names you’re interested in, the recently released […]

Nonbinary names, used nearly equally for baby boys and girls, seem especially appropriate in the Year of They.

VSCO girls dominated pop culture in 2019. They popularized natural beauty products, told us all to save the turtles, and somehow even propelled Crocs back into fashion. But unless you know Gen Z girls, you might not completely understand the concept of a VSCO girl. In fact, in Google’s report of their top searches on […]

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.

Nameberry takes a first look at these Top Unique Names rising in popularity, which occupy a sweet spot for baby namers looking for new choices..

Japan's top baby names are here.

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.

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

This week’s news includes baby name trends, the fastest-rising names of the last five years, cute and clever nicknames for girls, and names you’ve never heard before from Scandinavia and South Africa.

This week’s news includes fun facts from the new top British baby name data, name inspiration from the football pitch to the pizza parlor, and an out-of-this-world naming challenge for the Teenberries out there…

Hot news! The latest British popularity figures are here! Olivia and Oliver are still #1, but there are also lots of surprises!

In the name news this week everything from top Swiss baby names to getting Grandma’s approval.

An extraordinary number of names meaning red or red-haired–from Ruby to Rory to Flynn–are trending right now!

This week's name news includes new popularity lists from several other countries, alternative ways to pick a baby name, and the ups and downs of sharing your name with someone famous.

Popular baby names midway through 2019 include Isla and Archie at Number 1. Unique names such as Posie for girls and Cassian for boys also make the 2019 list of top names. International names including Axel and Aarav rank on Nameberry’s Top 100

What are the hottest place names for babies right now? Heating up are Holland for girls and HArlem for boys.

Here are the hottest word names of the year.

Some fabulous names are given to only a small number of babies–here is our pick of the best!

Not every state had Emma and Liam as #1. Let’s look at the variations!

Baby name news this week includes popular and unpopular names, teachers’ dilemmas, Psalm West–and much more.

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

Some great new names made it onto the list this year for both girls and boys.

Kelli Brady’s highly anticipated annual analysis of the real baby name popularity of 2018–aka her Playground Analysis.

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