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Mar 8, 2011
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.
Feb 4, 2011
Is there a football game on this Sunday? Gee, we were more interested in the players’ names.
Jan 28, 2011
Baby name guidance from A, the most popular first initial for girls’ names, to Z, a letter that guarantees zip.
Jan 24, 2011
Nameberry news of the week, from here, there and everywhere, as reported by Abby Sandel.
Jan 21, 2011
Mary and James (not John) have been the most popular baby names over more than a century, but Donald and Ronald, Mildred and Martha are also in the Top 100.
Jan 18, 2011
Some of these retro nickname names haven’t been heard from for a century or more, but are they cute and peppy enough to bounce back?
Jan 17, 2011
The latest news in the world of baby names, brought to you each Monday by Abby Sandel.
Dec 22, 2010
How did Brooklyn get to be the third most popular name in Utah? Why is Wyatt tops in Wyoming. Wy?
Dec 17, 2010
Three middle names, an unexpected fondness for Nancy and Ralph, siblings named Badger — and that’s just the start of the new British baby naming trends.
Dec 8, 2010
From the pantheon of ancient Greek and Roman deity names, some surprisingly modern choices. Here, Nameberry’s top picks, from Clio to Orion.
Nov 8, 2010
The latest on what’s happening in French baby names, from Manon to Maxime.
Oct 25, 2010
Of the over 200 people who entered, one got it right! Welcome, Stella Zavala Damon, and congratulations, Stephanie Bailey!
Oct 21, 2010
The sudden reemergence of Buster and Buddy, Sonny and Junior.
Oct 12, 2010
Matt and Luciana Damon’s fourth daughter will be born any minute now. Will she have a Latinate name like her sisters Alexia, Isabella, and Gia? Or something more surprising? Guess the new baby’s name and win a full set of signed baby name books.
Oct 12, 2010
Yesterday we took a look at the girls’ names moving in and out of fashion and now we turn our attention to their brothers. And here we find a somewhat different picture. Overall, it confirms the fact that there is much greater consistency on the boys’ side of the fence, with a huge proportion of the […]
Oct 11, 2010
Zoe and Chloe were both hot in the 1880s–and other surprising facts about the history of popular girls’ names.
Oct 8, 2010
Ava and Aiden are not only more fashionable but may do better in school and might even live longer than Donald and Doris.
Oct 4, 2010
There’s a new Number One for boys, as nameberry tracks its most popular boys’ names for the first three-quarters of the year. Tristan and Atticus are moving up, Ryan and Mason heading down, and surprises abound.
Oct 1, 2010
Nameberry’s tally of our most popular names for 2010 so far reveal Charlotte still on top, Adelaide and Aurora moving up fast, and a large collection of surprising new names to watch.
Sep 9, 2010
Lots of the most fashionable girls’ names today — Maisie and Mercy, Clementine and Bryn — are still flying below the Top 1000 radar. Here are our picks of names that hit all the right style buttons but are given to only a handful of baby girls.
Aug 27, 2010
A look at the boy names widely used a hundred years ago but not so much anymore, from Dudley to Dock, Lafayette to, gulp, Lacy and Lavern. Yes, Lavern.
Aug 25, 2010
Dozens of names that were popular in 1910 have faded from sight. Will they be lost forever, or do some have a chance at a comeback?
Aug 20, 2010
You love your mother-in-law Darci, but there’s gotta be a way to honor her without naming your daughter Darci.