Baby Name Popularity News

All these girls’ names had their moments of glory; can they make their way onto the popularity ranks?

A berry participation Question of the Week, that should be a lot of fun!

By Linda Rosenkrantz There’s something so undeniably intriguing about reading the local birth announcements in real time as they’re published in various places.  We always relish our own monthly roundups, as well as our friend Eleanor Nickerson’s frequent feature on her British Baby Names site, which also encompasses some Irish and Scottish names.  But recently […]

Question of the Week: What names are you surprised aren’t more popular?

Celebs are ahead of the trend for nickname names–here’s what they picked for their girls.

The Brits are often in the vanguard of baby names–here’s a chance to get ahead of the curve!

Baby name news of the week from Denmark, France, the UK and the USA.

These baby names are fashionable in Poland right now.

10 popular names that still make great choices.

Esita continues her deep dive into the rarer names given to babies in 2017–this time focusing on place names.

Have you noticed how many trendy names have x, y or Z in the middle?

These are the top 100 names for girls and boys for the first half of 2018.

A report from France on the classic names that are making a comback there.

Plenty of great options for the parents seeking a one-syllable, well-liked boy’s name.

Nameberry faves are very different from the Social Security popularity list!

How did Liam get to be the #1 boys’ name in America?

So many girls’ names ending with ley and ly are on the rise! So move over Ashley, Everly has arrived.

Lots of big news in the baby name world this week–including British and Hollywood royalty.

Specifically Cornish names are in the Nameberry spotlight today, featuring some lovely and unusual choices!

What were the hottest nickname names in 2017? Here they are, from Ari to Zander.

Announcing the winners of the Most Popular Names of 2017 contest!

Names of pop culture icons, both real and fictional, have inspired some baby namers in 2017.

Our maps show the name popularity of girl and boy names in every state!

The best names that have returned to popularity after at least ten years–and sometimes much longer.

In her annual Playground Analysis, Kelli Bradie shows that Sophia and Jackson would be the real #1 names if all their various spellings were combined.