May 20, 2012
The Nameberry 9: Names with potential, from Adeline to Castle to Winslet
The names in the news this week include some intriguing newbies that might just catch on. What do you think?
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May 16, 2012
New Baby Names: Debuts on the pop list, from Aleph to Zephyrus
Sifting through all the first-time names on the extended Social Security list, we’ve found a few gems, such as Plum, Rooney, Valencio and Eames.
May 14, 2012
Popular Baby Names: Sophia, Jacob new Number 1s!
The official announcement of 2011’s most popular names is here, with Sophia and Jacob claiming the top spots.
May 8, 2012
Popular Names: Your 2011 predictions, please!
In advance of Friday’s big baby name news, we’d love to know which names you think will be Number 1, in the Top 10, and zooming up the popularity ladder.
Apr 22, 2012
Short and Sweet Baby Names: The Nameberry 9
This week’s Nameberry 9 looks at the trend towards mini-names: Fia, Kai, Io–but how low are you willing to go?
Apr 16, 2012
Middle Names 2012: The New Connectors
There are a raft of new middle names we’re hearing a lot lately, whose best recommendation is that they simply sound good bridging the first name and the last.
Apr 15, 2012
Trendy Baby Names: And why not?
Trendy has become a pejorative term for some baby namers, but is there really any reason to reject a name you like just because it’s been picked by a celeb or is on the rise in popularity?
Mar 21, 2012
Baby Names: A New Wave of “A” Names
Love names that start with the letter A but want to move beyond the well-used list of favorites? Have we got a secret selection for you!
Feb 29, 2012
Girls’ Names in Limbo: When can Kay come out to play?
We’ve retrieved a lot of the best old names that were moldering in the attic. Is it time now to look at some stored away more recently, and bring back the Beverlys?
Feb 9, 2012
The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora
A chorus line of sweet but spunky vintage girls’ names that are now rehearsing for their return to the stage.
Jan 31, 2012
35 Names You’re Not Using (but maybe you should)
These names are stylish, attractive, distinctive, unusual….but a little bit quiet. And they make great substitutes for your favorite names.
Jan 25, 2012
Berry Question of the Week: Are my favorite names becoming too popular?
This mom picked a name for her daughter that she thought was unusual, only to start hearing it everywhere. Are her other favorites also destined for superstardom?
Jan 10, 2012
Baby Names 2012: Heard any new names lately?
We’re all about newness today. Tell us what new names you’ve heard and seen, we’ll tell you ours, plus we want your baby name questions for a brand new Nameberry feature!
Jan 4, 2012
Guess Beyonce’s Baby Name!
The most wildly anticipated celebrity baby name of the year will soon be revealed. Wacky, unique, unexpected, or unexpectedly sedate? Predictions, please.
Jan 4, 2012
Baby Names of 1912: Hester, Chester & Sylvester
There’s a Hundred-Year Rule in baby names, which Ava and Austin and Amelia have already obeyed by coming back into favor. Which will be the next century-old appellations to reemerge?
Dec 29, 2011
Top Unisex Names 2011
Unisex names are popular for both boys and girls. Here, the top 25 most-viewed unisex names on Nameberry this year. Plus, be sure to vote for #101 on our girls’ and boys’ popularity lists to win a signed book!
Dec 28, 2011
Top Boy Names 2011
There’s big behind-the-scenes news in Nameberry’s most popular names for boys in 2011. We have a new Number 1. Can you guess what it is? How about Number 101?
Dec 27, 2011
Top Girl Names 2011
What the list of Nameberry’s Top Girls’ Names for 2011 tells us is not what people were naming their baby girls last year but which names they’re going to choose for their daughters in the future.
Dec 22, 2011
Australian Baby Names: What’s up down under
How do Australian baby name trends match up with those in the US and the UK? As you'll see, there are interesting similarities and differences.
Dec 13, 2011
Vanishing Names: So long, Susan; Bye bye, Barbara
A collection of once-popular girls’ names are falling from favor fast. Are they headed for obscurity, or just a very long nap?
Dec 9, 2011
Celebrity Baby Names: The Best, The Worst, The Weirdest and The Wildest of 2011
Some stars this year mined new old-fashioned sources of inspiration, while others went wild with inventions of their own. Here, the Nameberry Awards for the best, the worst, the weirdest, and the wildest of them all.
Dec 8, 2011
Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again
A retro look at the names galloping back from some of the old TV western shows–from Jeb and Jed to Reese and Reno to Cash and Cooper.
Dec 6, 2011
Too trendy? Or just right….
What if you want to take an already-stylish and distinctive name and scooch it toward being….more distinctive? Here, some ideas for doing just that.
Dec 1, 2011
Baby Names Trends: Cassia, Caspian and Cash
New trendlet in town: Names beginning with the syllable Cas–from Caspian to Cassiopeia to Cash.
Nov 28, 2011
Nameberry Nine: Trendy with a twist
This week’s newsiest names have one thing in common–they’re all trend benders. Plus: One day ebook special! Details ahead.