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May 22, 2017

12 Awesome Arabic Names

With the approach of Ramadan, John Kelly takes a look at Arabic names that have found international approval, from Aaliyah to Jamal to Layla.

May 21, 2017

Best Unusual Boy Names: Cassian, Macsen, and Wolf

Crushed that Fox, Gus, and Shepherd made the Top 1,000 baby names list? Nameberry looks at the best unusual boy names, finding possibilities that fall far outside of the current most popular choices.

May 17, 2017

The Hottest Trends in Baby Names Today

Nameberry’s original analysis of the Social Security data of 2016 versus 2006 identifies the names that have exploded in use over the past ten years and reveals the major baby name trends of the decade.

May 14, 2017

The Newest Baby Names on the List: Contest Winners!

Nameberry’s contest for guessing the new popular names on the Social Security list brought many good guesses and two big winners. Royalty for girls and Fox for boys came in strongest as first-time names on the list.

May 14, 2017

Twin Babies Fight Over Pacifier

Well, I guess you’ve got to give them credit for being resourceful and trying to solve their own problems. However, I’m hoping that ten seconds after this video ended, an adult in the household walked ten feet to the dresser and got a second pacifier. It will save them several hundred thousand dollars in therapy […]

May 13, 2017

“OMG! A Baseball!”

It’s June, so let’s celebrate dads–even dads like this one, who got so excited by a baseball that he seems to momentarily have forgotten that he has a child in tow. To be fair, lots of dads get excited when a home run ball is hit over a fence and they are close enough to […]

May 13, 2017

“Whoa, is that me??”

“Whoa, is that me??” That seems to be what this baby is saying after seeing herself on camera, seemingly for the first time. However, as one astute commenter noted on Reddit, when the baby puts the phone down, one can see that the picture on the phone is of a baby with glasses. In other […]

May 13, 2017

Baby Pope Meets Real Pope

Want to meet the Pope? Here’s one way: dress up as Mini-Pope. That’s apparently what the parents of this baby were thinking. In any event, it seems to have had the desired outcome. One can see the Pope’s initial reaction as he throws his head back in laughter, as a member of his security team […]

May 11, 2017

Popular Baby Names 2016

The most popular baby names of 2016 have been announced, and the list contains some major surprises.

May 10, 2017

Baby Names News of the Week

As we eagerly await the new Top 1000 popularity list, Clare Bristow debuts her Baby Names News of the Week blog.

May 8, 2017

Literary Names from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

The Handmaid’s Tale–a distinguished novel and much talked-about TV series–offers a range of mostly classic baby name possibilities–from Lydia and Luke to Cora and June.