Questions of the Week

We use name news stories as a jumping off point for surveys of our readers, asking their opinions on the latest statistics and name events around the world.

When Should You Share Your Baby’s Name?
Thu Nov 02 2023

When Should You Share Your Baby’s Name?

At what point did you reveal your baby's name?
What's the Weirdest Thing You've Ever Named?
Mon Mar 27 2023

What's the Weirdest Thing You've Ever Named?

We asked the Berries — what's the weirdest thing you've named? Their answers may surprise you!
What Is Your Favorite Day Name?
Thu Nov 12 2020

What Is Your Favorite Day Name?

Day names are trending following Rupert Grint’s cute announcement of daughter Wednesday’s name. See our full list, and tell us which day name YOU love best!
Has the Pandemic Changed Your Choice of Baby Names?
Thu Oct 29 2020

Has the Pandemic Changed Your Choice of Baby Names?

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting how we think about baby names. Answer our survey and let us know how it’s impacting your choices.
Question of the Week: What’s Your Middle Name?
Tue May 26 2020

Question of the Week: What’s Your Middle Name?

Question of the Week is back, and today we’re asking: what’s your middle name? Do you have a mega-popular middle such as Elizabeth or Michael, or something unique to you?
How Many New Word Names Can YOU Create?
Tue Feb 25 2020

How Many New Word Names Can YOU Create?

Calling all inventive namers! We’ve got a challenge for you. What are the coolest new word names YOU can come up with? The best will feature in a new list!
Baby Name Question of the Week: Your biggest about-face?
Sun Nov 10 2019

Baby Name Question of the Week: Your biggest about-face?

Our Question of the Week: What names have you completely reversed your opinion of?
Favorite Baby Names: A to Z
Mon Oct 28 2019

Favorite Baby Names: A to Z

What are your favorite names for every letter of the alphabet?
Fantasy Baby Names: For Your Own Starbaby
Sun Aug 04 2019

Fantasy Baby Names: For Your Own Starbaby

This new Question of the Week asks what outrageous name would you give your fantasy starbaby.
Literary Baby Names: Your Hidden Gems?
Tue Jul 23 2019

Literary Baby Names: Your Hidden Gems?

Our Question of the Week: What are your favorite lesser-known names you’ve found in books?
Baby Name Backstories: What’s yours?
Tue Jul 16 2019

Baby Name Backstories: What’s yours?

Tell us the story behind your baby name choice!
Sibling Names: Your picture-perfect pairs?
Sun Jul 07 2019

Sibling Names: Your picture-perfect pairs?

Asking you your perfect sibling names is NAmeberry’s Question of the Week.
What’s Your Personal Top 10?
Mon Feb 25 2019

What’s Your Personal Top 10?

There’s the Social Security Top 1-, and the Nameberry Top 10, now we want to hear your own personal Top 10.
Your Most Surprising Future Top Baby Names?
Mon Feb 11 2019

Your Most Surprising Future Top Baby Names?

What unlikely baby name do you have a hunch will shoot up the charts?
What Uncommon Names Do You Hear a Lot?
Sun Jan 27 2019

What Uncommon Names Do You Hear a Lot?

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?
How Important to You is a Name’s Distinctiveness?
Tue Jan 15 2019

How Important to You is a Name’s Distinctiveness?

Our question of the week is about the elements that go into what makes a name truly distinctive–and how important that is to you.
What Was Your First Name Love?
Mon Dec 10 2018

What Was Your First Name Love?

Do you remember the name that ignited your love for names?
What’s Your Naming Style?
Sun Nov 25 2018

What’s Your Naming Style?

How would you define your own naming style?
Our 10th Anniversary: Bravo for the Berries!
Mon Oct 15 2018

Our 10th Anniversary: Bravo for the Berries!

Our tenth-anniversary thank you to the Berries who contribute so much includes ten of our favorite user-created lists, forum topics and guest blogs.
Would You Give Your Child a Name You Wouldn’t Want for Yourself?
Thu Oct 04 2018

Would You Give Your Child a Name You Wouldn’t Want for Yourself?

Some wide-ranging questions about how much is a name about you and how much about your child.
Thu Sep 13 2018

Let’s Put Together Our Own Top 100!

A berry participation Question of the Week, that should be a lot of fun!
What names are you shocked to find so low on the list?
Thu Sep 06 2018

What names are you shocked to find so low on the list?

Question of the Week: What names are you surprised aren’t more popular?
Sibsets in Synch: What’s your take?
Mon Aug 27 2018

Sibsets in Synch: What’s your take?

How harmonious do sibsets have to be?
Mon Jul 30 2018

Other People’s Name Opinions: Do you care?

How much do other people’s opinion of a name matter to you?
What are your favorite gender-neutral names?
Sun Jul 15 2018

What are your favorite gender-neutral names?

What names do you like equally for boys and girls?