Baby Name Popularity News

There are classic classics and then there are modern classics, which also can be divided into two different categories– an interesting distinction, as explained by Angela Mastrodonato.

Think you have to choose between names that are classic and those that are unusual? Here are more than 100 girls’ names that give you both.

NameFreak!’s Kelli Brady applies her awesome analytic skills to the popularity of the varieties of girls’ name starting with the letter ‘S’.

Ev- names are everywhere, it seems, from classics Eve and Eva to contempos Everleigh and Everest. We’d call it a total trendlet.

Bodhi, Machs, Sid, Fianna–this installment of Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names of the week provides a perfect illustration of the immense variety found in today’s baby name landscape.

Looking for baby names that are neither too popular nor too unusual? We surveyed names that rank in the middle of the U.S. Top 1000 to find the best choices for both girls and boys.

It may not rank high on the popularity list, but we all have names that we seem to hear everywhere, way too often, in our personal worlds. What’s yours?

Naming her first child was a snap. Naming the second was a bit more challenging. But as guest blogger Tara Wood discovered, naming six kids can be a nightmare..

Australian baby name blogger Anna Otto has collected a great group of names popular around the world but not ranked in English-speaking countries, in her new ebook designed to help parents find names that are both unusual and normal. Here, she offers a curated selection of some of the best.

Some names that sound like they’ve been around forever were actually the inventions of authors for their literary works; Angela Mastrodonato provides plenty of examples, from Clea to Vanessa, as well as some recent ones that might become established choices in the future.

Abby Sandel takes a fresh look at the eternal fitting in/standing out divide as she analyzes this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names.

We’ve all assumed that Disney Princess names have had a powerful influence on baby names–but Abby Sandel puts that theory to the test, with surprising results.

Some hero names from novels and real life can take decades or even centuries to become overnight successes as baby names. Why?

There’s long been talk about the Pottery Barn catalog names being trend-predictors. Now Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names gives a brilliant analysis of why this may or may not be so.

Happy New Year! It’s time to look ahead to baby names 2014. We’d love to hear your predictions for which names will be cool, hot, and oh-so-very 2014.

British Baby Name’s Eleanor Nickerson’s brilliant analysis of UK baby name trends over 2013–plus a dispelling of the George myths.

Our French correspondent, Stéphanie Rapoport, presents her annual predictions of popular names for the next year. AT the top of her list:: the not-especially-Gallic Emma and Nathan.

We’re starting to get reports of the top names of 2013 from around the world. Lots of love for Jack, Sophie and Grace.

Our most popular unisex names of the year feature a famous newcomer, choices that lean both toward the girls’ and the boys’ side, and one highly unusual trend.

There’s a new top baby boy name on Nameberry for 2013. What’s up, what’s down, and what’s ahead for boys’ names, with our Top 100 of the year.

Our girls’ popularity list for 2013 features names with literary connections, hot names that start with the letter E, and a brand new Number One.

How have names starting with ‘O’ fared over the years? Kelli Brady does the math and comes up with some interesting stats.

Wharton School Professor Jonah Berger has written a bestselling book analyzing why certain things catch on, and for Nameberry he now turns his attention to how this applies to baby names. Could be the weather.

We’ve got a great new feature on Nameberry, which suggests other names you might like based on the ratings of your fellow berries. Nominate your favorite name set for a chance to win one of our gorgeous botanical prints.

Why name a baby Jacob if you only want to call him Jake? An increasing number of parents are asking just that, and putting nickname names on the birth certificate for their sons.