Baby Name Trends
What baby names are coming into style and what name trends do we predict for the months and years ahead? Baby name trends and predictions are Nameberry's specialty, and here's where you'll find all our news on the subject. For more research on name trends and data on name popularity, visit our Unique Names page or browse Nameberry's up-to-the-minute lists of popular girl names and popular boy names.
Wed Oct 19 2011
W-Names: Where’s Waldo?
A windfall of W-names seems to be wafting though the air–both oldies like Weston and Winifred, and nouveaus like West and Wren.
Tue Oct 04 2011
Baby Name Spike: People vs pet names
Spike, the new arrival at Mike Myers’ house, is a bouncing baby boy. But what about other celebrity darlings–like Buster and Bear, Ella, Harley and Holden? Which ones say woof and which ones say mama? It’s getting harder and harder to tell.
Wed Sep 28 2011
Celebrity Baby Names: The hottest and the nottest
Celebrity babies can have even more influence on name trends and popularity than their famous parents. Here, why Harlow’s hot, Huckleberry’s not, and which celebrity baby names are catching on with the rest of us.
Fri Sep 23 2011
French Names: What’s chic now?
Au revoir, Danielle and Pierre, and bonjour to a new group of French names chic in Paris and ready for their debut here. How many do you know?
Tue Sep 13 2011
BOYS’ NAMES 2011: The Underground Popularity List
Which boys’ names are attracting a quiet but dramatic rise in interest right now? These sleepers could be the most popular boys’ names of the future.
Thu Sep 08 2011
GIRLS’ NAMES 2011: The Secret Popularity List
There’s the official popularity list: ho-hum. Then there’s the Nameberry popularity list. And now there’s the secret Nameberry popularity list.
Fri Aug 26 2011
Baby Name Trends: Ha Ha names are nothing to laugh at!
Trend alert: Boyish girls’ names starting with the syllable ‘Ha’ have been popping up all over the place, as in Harper, Harley and Harlow.
Mon Aug 15 2011
Stylish Names: What’s Their Secret?
All these names share a special secret sauce, an elusive quality that draws millions of parents to them each year. Don’t worry, we’re going to tell you what it is. But it’s anything but obvious.
Fri Aug 05 2011
TOP NAMES 2011: Nameberry’s Most Popular
Want to know which baby names are going to be popular in the years ahead? For an accurate predictor of future trends, survey this list of the 200+ names attracting the most searches on Nameberry in the first half of 2011.
Fri Jul 29 2011
Hottest Baby Name Trends: a century ago
Jackson and Jasper, Mason and Milo all sound like the latest thing in boys’ names…well it turns out that they were also hot a hundred years ago. But so were Liddie and Ludie. Here’s the full report.
Tue Jul 26 2011
The Hottest Baby Names of 2011
Here’s our surprising list of the hottest names of 2011 (so far), driven by unexpected celebrities, rediscovered classics, and the year’s most compelling events.
Mon Jul 25 2011
Baby Name News: This week’s most notable names, from Ami to Zia
Which names were most noteworthy this past week? Abby Sandel scours the headlines and invades the celebrisphere to find the Top 9.
Mon Jul 11 2011
Baby Name Trends: Top Names of 2030?
Many of today’s top names were at the bottom of the list in 1990. So using that principle, we scour the bottom of the current popularity list to predict the most popular names of tomorrow. Yes, your grandchildren will be named Leona and Lennox.
Thu Jun 23 2011
Baby Name Trends: Gender Benders
Gender bending is a hot topic in the media, among parents, and with baby names. Names that push conventional gender boundaries are among the fastest-rising for both sexes.
Tue Jun 07 2011
Name Trends: Say yes to ‘S’
For the first time in a century, names ending in the letter S are back in style. No, not the return of Lois or Phyllis or Doris, but how about Lillias and Damaris and Anais?
Wed May 11 2011
Popular Names 2010: Interesting or ho-hum?
We’ve had almost a week to absorb and process the new popularity standings…so what are your conclusions?
Tue May 10 2011
Modern Hero Names: Monroe Is Just The Beginning
When Mariah Carey named her newborn daughter Monroe, after Marilyn, she jumped on a trend that’s been building over the past few years, with outrageous choices from Jeter to Landry, Winslet to Palin.
Thu May 05 2011
Isabella and Jacob Still #1
Flash news! Isabella and Jacob held onto their spots at the top of the popularity list, according to 2010 statistics just released by the Social Security Administration. Sophia jumps up to Number 2, and Elvis has left the building.
Wed May 04 2011
Most Popular Names Predictions?
In a matter of days, we’ll have the official lists of the top names of 2010. What do you think they will be? Big changes? Or will Isabella and Jacob remain in first place?
Tue Apr 12 2011
Baby Names 2012: Trend Predictions?
This week Nameberry asks you to look into the future and tell us what trends you see coming around the bend.
Wed Mar 23 2011
70s Names Ready for Revival? Baby Brandon, anyone?
Zachary? Jeremy? Joshua? Heather? Amanda? Dana? Nice enough names, but are they more suited to a 30-year-old than a baby?
Fri Mar 18 2011
Israeli Baby Names
What’s happening in Haifa? An on-the-scene guest blogger reports on baby name trends in Israel today.
Fri Mar 11 2011
William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks
What would be the best name for the future prince? Can William and Kate go beyond James and John, Arthur and Albert and George?
Tue Mar 08 2011
Think You’ve Found A Top Secret Baby Name? Think Again
We peeked behind the curtain at the nameberry statistics and were astonished to discover these obscure names making giant strides up our private popularity list. Here, the 50 top secret names that a lot of people are whispering about.
Fri Feb 04 2011
Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV
Is there a football game on this Sunday? Gee, we were more interested in the players’ names.