Baby Name News

What are this week’s newsiest names? They’re all on the blue team, they’re all mainstream, but they’re all somewhat off today’s radar–such as Dean.

Nameberry’s top boys’ names for 2012 so far include lots of unconventional choices, celebrity-inspired names, and softer sounds.

Our Top 100 names for girls so far this year reflects ahead-of-its-time style, celebrity influence, and a new Number 1 name not likely to be used for babies.

This week’s newsiest names, from Bettina to Wilhelmina, Summer to Sybella.

The latest batch of new babyberry names–and more fantastic than ever!

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made news yesterday not so much for having a baby boy but for appealing for help on Twitter to name him. Smart move? Or desperate measure?

Sometimes a name can have deep but subtle significance that’s known only to the bestower, as shown in this week’s nine newsiest names.

He wasn’t born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, but that’s the unusual name of Reese Witherspoon’s new little baby boy.

Family pressure over baby names is one of the biggest problems we hear from parents-to-be. What’s your experience, and how did you handle it?

Theodora and Thora, Tucker and Turner–suddenly it seems that many of the newsiest names have the beginning initial T.

Here we take a deep breath and bravely present a baby name heretic who offers plenty of arguments against some Nameberry norms. Ready to fight back? Or relieved that someone else said what you were thinking?

Is there a name you relish but are afraid to use? Or that doesn’t match up with your last name? Which name would you encourage your best friend to use…but wouldn’t use yourself?

What are the names that are being used right now in Galway and Glasgow, Dublin and Dundee?

Are there names that are off limits? Where should we be drawing the line? What do you think?

There’s been a progression of mega-popular names leading from Emily to Emma to Ella. What’s most likely to follow?

Would you, did you name your child after a hero or heroine? Who, and why? The hottest, most inspiring hero names today.

Do you tend to reject a name because of its popularity–be it current or foreseeable?

Female sleuths might be femmes fatales or retired schoolmarms, but one thing many of them share is a great first name.

Which names do you like best of all, for each letter of the alphabet? Tell us your 50+ favorites, and see how they compare.

If you think there aren’t many great names for boys–think again!

Sweet, solid, classic, current–Alice is a name that has everything.

Is it time to revive some half-century-old faves? How about Polly, Portia, Benedict or Booker?

When does a name cross the line from interesting to extreme to outrageous? Shooter? Race? Jerusalem? And how come Snooki picked the sanest name of the week?

We’re entering a new era for unisex names, one in which many parents are looking for names that transcend any connection to gender. The thinking and the names behind that ideal.

Where did your Berry name come from? How and why did you choose it, and what does it mean? We’d love to know!