Baby Name Trends
What baby names are coming into style and what name trends do we predict for the months and years ahead? Baby name trends and predictions are Nameberry's specialty, and here's where you'll find all our news on the subject. For more research on name trends and data on name popularity, visit our Unique Names page or browse Nameberry's up-to-the-minute lists of popular girl names and popular boy names.
Tue May 27 2014
Girls’ Name Hazel: Will a new movie make her the next Jennifer?
In the 70s, “Love Story” shot the name Jennifer into the stratosphere; Nick Turner wonders if “The Fault in Our Stars” could do the same for the already ascending Hazel.
Thu May 22 2014
The Top Names of 2033: Girls edition–Charlotte Number 1
And now here’s the girls’ edition of Abby Sandel’s bold predictions for the Top 20 names of 2033, from Charlotte to Hadley.
Tue May 20 2014
Top Names of 2033: Boys edition
Abby Sandel goes out on a limb with a carefully reasoned forecast of the top names of 2033. Will Levi reach Number 1? Boys today, girls on Friday.
Fri May 09 2014
Top Baby Names 2013: Noah the New Number 1!
There’s a new Number 1 name for boys….and a new Number 2, as the boys take the fashion spotlight away from the girls for the very first time.
Thu May 08 2014
Taking Stock of Baby Names: A novel approach
Guest blogger and financial journalist Nick Turner applies his stock analyzing skills to baby naming–with some intriguing results.
Thu Apr 17 2014
Baby Name Trends: The n-ending boys’ names epidemic
Many popular boy names end with the letter n.
Sun Mar 30 2014
Sasha, Mars, and Wilburn: Strange names, or tomorrow’s Top 100?
This week, Abby Sandel considers the question of extreme unusual names–and how our perceptions of them might change over time. Any names that you once considered too weird to consider but seem perfectly acceptable now?
Thu Mar 20 2014
Choosing Baby Names: Sense vs sensibility
As a writer for LiveScience, Stephanie Pappas had read and analyzed all the name statistics and stories, but when it came to naming her own child…something else took over.
Thu Mar 13 2014
Modern Classic Baby Names: Cecilia, Calvin and Colin
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.
Sun Mar 09 2014
Bold B-Names and Beyond: Booker, Bowie, Bridget and Bijou
Some eye-catching baby names in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week, many of them starting with the letter B–Bridget, Booker, Bijou and Bowie.
Wed Feb 26 2014
The Next Baby Name Style Wave
There are the popular names like Sophia and Jacob. Then there are the stylish names: Adelaide and Atticus, Maisie and Silas. And then there is the style wave of names beyond that, which may sound avant garde, even outrageous, now, but which we predict will set the fashion of the future.
Mon Feb 24 2014
Baby Name Trendlet: Ev-starting names from Eve to Ever to Everest
Ev- names are everywhere, it seems, from classics Eve and Eva to contempos Everleigh and Everest. We’d call it a total trendlet.
Sun Feb 23 2014
Ava, Sid, and Bodhi: The New Reality of Baby Naming
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.
Tue Jan 21 2014
Invented Names Past and Present: From Vanessa to Iridessa
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.
Thu Jan 02 2014
Do The Next Big Names Appear In Pottery Barn Catalogs?
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.
Tue Dec 31 2013
Baby Names 2014: Which names do you think we’ll be hearing more of?
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.
Thu Dec 26 2013
British Name Trends 2013:The Bees, the Evs and the Teds
British Baby Name’s Eleanor Nickerson’s brilliant analysis of UK baby name trends over 2013–plus a dispelling of the George myths.
Tue Dec 24 2013
French Baby Names: Trends and Predictions 2014
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.
Wed Dec 18 2013
Top Unisex Names 2013
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.
Tue Dec 17 2013
Top 100 Boy Names of 2013
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.
Mon Dec 16 2013
Our Top 100 Girl Names of 2013
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.
Fri Dec 13 2013
The Most Notable Names of 2013
Here are the 12 names picked by Nameberry as the most noteworthy names of 2013–a pope and a prince, and CEOs and comedians and characters on TV.
Sun Dec 08 2013
Contagious: What makes a name catch on?
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.
Sun Dec 01 2013
Predicting 2014 Starbaby Names, Part 2
Tara Ryazansky is back with name predictions for another set of celebs expecting in 2014, and hoping you’ll matcher yours to hers.
Thu Nov 07 2013
Predicting Starbaby Names of 2014
Coming attractions of several of next year’s starbabies have been announced, and Tara Ryanzansky goes out on a limb predicting what their names might be. You’re hereby invited to join in and add your prognostications.