Baby Name Popularity News

Is your taste in baby names more British or American? We compare and contrast the recently released Top 100 baby names in each region to find out!

Looking outside the box (or the charts) for a name? These are the under-the-radar gems you should know about.

Say hello to the top baby names of 2019 — reigning champ Liam and newbie Olivia!

The most popular baby names of 2020 feature two new winners, Luna and Milo, and one name whose popularity is faltering since the pandemic.

For the first time in its 23-year history, the new official list of most popular baby names in the US won’t be delivered on time by the Social Security Administration. Instead of the usual Friday-before-Mother’s Day unveiling of last year’s most popular names, the SSA posted a message on its website reading: “Out of respect […]

The top baby names 2020 include two new choices at the top of the list, Luna for girls and Asher for boys.

Welcome to the world, Paloma Violet Sheherazade and Hippolyte Jean Simon! British broadsheet newspaper The Telegraph is famed for its wonderful, whimsical, oh-so-British baby name announcements.

To celebrate the start of 2020, we take a look at baby names that have been in 20th place in the charts over the years. It’s a position we don’t think about much: so often we focus on the names at number one, or in the Top Ten. But if you’re looking for something well-known […]

The National Records of Scotland (NRS) has just released its provisional baby name data for 2019! As usual, it’s a gloriously eclectic mix of fashionable British favorites and gorgeous Gaelic gems. What’s Hot With the Scots? Topping the Scottish charts for the fourth year running are contemporary classics Olivia and Jack, which have long been […]

Nameberry’s exclusive count of the baby names that peaked in 2018 reveals favorites, trends, and names that will keep getting more popular.

Nameberry’s top baby names of the past ten years feature Charlotte at Number 1 for girls and Asher ranking as the most popular name for boys.

The top baby names of 2019 on Nameberry feature Olivia and Milo at Number 1. Names making the biggest leaps up Nameberry’s 2019 popularity list are Frankie for baby girls and Acacius for baby boys.

The top baby names of the decade have been released by the Social Security Administration, with Emma leading the list for girls and Noah Number 1 for boys.

What’s hot in the Faroe Islands? Well… not much, if you’re talking about the weather! This autonomous Danish territory, located in the North Atlantic about halfway between Norway and Iceland, reaches a mean temperature of just 50°F during the summer months. But if it’s unique and unconventional baby names you’re interested in, the recently released […]

Nonbinary names, used nearly equally for baby boys and girls, seem especially appropriate in the Year of They.

VSCO girls dominated pop culture in 2019. They popularized natural beauty products, told us all to save the turtles, and somehow even propelled Crocs back into fashion. But unless you know Gen Z girls, you might not completely understand the concept of a VSCO girl. In fact, in Google’s report of their top searches on […]

Nameberry analyzes the names on the Top 1000 at the turn of this decade vs. ten years ago and identifies the trends of the 2010s.

Nameberry takes a first look at these Top Unique Names rising in popularity, which occupy a sweet spot for baby namers looking for new choices..

Japan's top baby names are here.

The top baby names of the 2010s include several classic names that still dominate the charts: Emma, Olivia, and Sophia for girls, along with Liam, Noah, and James for boys.

The top baby names 2020 feature new spins on old names, novel inventions, and names inspired by celebrities and pop culture.

This week’s news includes baby name trends, the fastest-rising names of the last five years, cute and clever nicknames for girls, and names you’ve never heard before from Scandinavia and South Africa.

This week’s news includes fun facts from the new top British baby name data, name inspiration from the football pitch to the pizza parlor, and an out-of-this-world naming challenge for the Teenberries out there…

Hot news! The latest British popularity figures are here! Olivia and Oliver are still #1, but there are also lots of surprises!

In the name news this week everything from top Swiss baby names to getting Grandma’s approval.