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Oct 13, 2013
As in everything else, styles in baby names change too; this week in her Nameberry 9 newsiest names, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel points to possible trends represented by this week’s new entries.
Sep 26, 2013
Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names, shows us that the long-term UK trend for quirky vintage nickname names for boys like Freddie and Louie has the potential to make it on this side of the pond.
Aug 15, 2013
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
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 7, 2013
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 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
They’re smart, sleek and sophisticated. Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names sees a refreshing wave of short, brisk girls’ names as an antidote to the frilly Victorians.
Aug 4, 2013
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.
Aug 2, 2013
There are new book and movie names in town, set to take the place of Twilight’s megapopular Isabella and Jacob. Brooke Cussans of Baby Name Pondering surveys the fresh competition.
Jul 23, 2013
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 21, 2013
Could Miabella be the next Annabella? Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names sees a new wave of smoosh names sailing in. What do you think?
Jul 8, 2013
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?
Jun 5, 2013
Abby Sandel of appellationmountain.net spots a new trendlet: preppy boys’ names that end in ‘s’, as in Eames, Yates and Keats.
May 27, 2013
The French names popular in Paris these days have moved far beyond old-school choices like Jacqueline and Jacques. These new choices sound exotic to us and may just be ready for export.
May 15, 2013
Of the new names to enter the Top 1000 of 2012, here are the Nameberry Picks of the most likely to succeed–from Azalea to Zahra.
May 13, 2013
Just below the new Top 1000 are dozens of wonderful names, some on the brink of wider popularity along with classics sailing toward extinction. Are your favorite baby names — or your own name! — among them?
May 12, 2013
A Dad’s humorous hypothetical letter of apology to future bearers of the year’s most popular names, Sophia and Jacob.
May 10, 2013
Are Sophia and Jacob really the top baby names? Kelli Brady of NameFreak!’s analysis of spelling variations shows that for boys, there’s a different Number 1…AND 2.
May 9, 2013
The official list of Most Popular Names for 2012 has been announced, and the top baby names are….
May 7, 2013
Will Sophia hold onto her new crown? Will Jacob hang in at Number 1? Guess the correct order of the new U.S. Top 10 and win this gorgeous personalized necklace, a Nameberry exclusive.
May 5, 2013
Yes, a preponderance of girls’ names end in the vowel ‘A’, but there’s a new trend approaching for I-ending names as well.
Apr 24, 2013
So what names will replace Madison and Mia, Jacob and Jayden in the Top 10?
Apr 17, 2013
Why has Noah become the hot new biblical boys’ name?
Apr 2, 2013
Tell us which baby names are most popular, most cool, most representative of your corner of the world.
Mar 20, 2013
Dog name trends mirror baby name trends, more proof that dogs have become our children.