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.
Thu Oct 24 2013
Unpopular Names: Which ugly ducklings grow up to be swans?
Historically, the least popular names in the U.S. include Arabella and Miley, Jason and Sebastian down at the bottom of the barrel with Spurgeon and Icy. Which of today’s ugly ducklings will become tomorrow’s swans?
Wed Oct 16 2013
Unisex Names 2013: The top 20 (so far)
There’s a new Number 1 on our list of names that can be used for both girls and boys, and it’s one of the most appealing of the bunch. (And no, it’s not North, but we have news on that too.)
Tue Oct 15 2013
Top 100 Boys’ Names of 2013…so far
There’s a new star name on the boys’ most popular list for the first nine months of the year, thanks to Britain’s young prince. All about George’s turn in the spotlight along with the other hottest boys’ names.
Mon Oct 14 2013
Most Popular Girls’ Names of 2013….so far
With three-quarters of 2013 behind us — can you believe it? — we see Imogen widening her lead over Charlotte as the Number 1 girls’ name on Nameberry. Here’s what’s hottest among our 100 most -searched girls’ names. Guess Number 101 and win a fabulous prize!
Sun Oct 13 2013
Trendy Names in the News: Maceo, Azura, and Knox:
As in everything else, styles in baby names change too; this week in her Nameberry 9 newsiest names, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel points to possible trends represented by this week’s new entries.
Thu Sep 26 2013
Quirky Vintage Nicknames for Boys: Huey, Louie and Howie
Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names, shows us that the long-term UK trend for quirky vintage nickname names for boys like Freddie and Louie has the potential to make it on this side of the pond.
Thu Aug 15 2013
Owen? Max? Lucy? Will They Ever Make the Top 10?
Some names just have a Top 10 feel about them, says Upswing Baby Name’s Angela Mastrodonato, and yet they’ve never made it. Do they still have a chance or has their moment passed?
Wed Aug 14 2013
Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names
Have you loved an unusual name forever only to find, now that you’re finally in a position to use it, that it’s become the trendy favorite of the moment? Here are some fresher choices that might take its place.
Wed Aug 07 2013
1913 Baby Names: Does the hundred-year rule still rule?
Lovie and Dovie, Loyal and Royal were all on the popularity list of 1913. Those might not be so revivable, but there are many from a century ago that are.
Mon Aug 05 2013
Trendy Baby Names: The trendiest of all time
Trendy baby names have been around as long as America, and the trendiest provide a look into our history: What and who fascinated us for a moment, only to be dropped for the next hot topic or attractive figure.
Sun Aug 04 2013
Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair
They’re smart, sleek and sophisticated. Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names sees a refreshing wave of short, brisk girls’ names as an antidote to the frilly Victorians.
Sun Aug 04 2013
Artemis, Italy and Eve: Vowel Names
A is the most popular first initial for baby names, closely followed by E, with I and O up-and-coming. Abby Sandel surveys the most stylish vowel names in the news.
Fri Aug 02 2013
Are these the next ‘Twilight’ names?
There are new book and movie names in town, set to take the place of Twilight’s megapopular Isabella and Jacob. Brooke Cussans of Baby Name Pondering surveys the fresh competition.
Tue Jul 23 2013
Names on the Cusp
Kelli Brady of thenamefreak! takes a long hard look at the names she predicted would crack the Top 1000 in 2012, and shares how right or wrong she was. What names do you see making it onto the 2013 list?
Sun Jul 21 2013
Combo Names: When 1 plus 1 equals 1
Could Miabella be the next Annabella? Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names sees a new wave of smoosh names sailing in. What do you think?
Mon Jul 08 2013
Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far)
There’s a new old name at the top of Nameberry’s 2013 popularity chart for boy names, and some hot choices moving quickly up the ladder. What’s Number 1? And can you guess Number 101?
Wed Jun 05 2013
Preppy boys’ names ending with S: Ames, Keats, and Yates
Abby Sandel of appellationmountain.net spots a new trendlet: preppy boys’ names that end in ‘s’, as in Eames, Yates and Keats.
Mon May 27 2013
Springtime in Paris: A New Generation of French Names
The French names popular in Paris these days have moved far beyond old-school choices like Jacqueline and Jacques. These new choices sound exotic to us and may just be ready for export.
Wed May 15 2013
Baby Names 2012: The Best of the New
Of the new names to enter the Top 1000 of 2012, here are the Nameberry Picks of the most likely to succeed–from Azalea to Zahra.
Mon May 13 2013
Unusual Baby Names: Top choices under the radar
Just below the new Top 1000 are dozens of wonderful names, some on the brink of wider popularity along with classics sailing toward extinction. Are your favorite baby names — or your own name! — among them?
Sun May 12 2013
A Letter to Jacob and Sophia
A Dad’s humorous hypothetical letter of apology to future bearers of the year’s most popular names, Sophia and Jacob.
Fri May 10 2013
Playground Analysis: The REAL Top 50 Names
Are Sophia and Jacob really the top baby names? Kelli Brady of NameFreak!’s analysis of spelling variations shows that for boys, there’s a different Number 1…AND 2.
Thu May 09 2013
Popular Names 2012: The new top baby names!
The official list of Most Popular Names for 2012 has been announced, and the top baby names are….
Tue May 07 2013
Popular Names 2012: Guess the Top 10 and win!
Will Sophia hold onto her new crown? Will Jacob hang in at Number 1? Guess the correct order of the new U.S. Top 10 and win this gorgeous personalized necklace, a Nameberry exclusive.
Sun May 05 2013
Baby Names Trend: I-Ending Girl Names To Keep An Eye On
Yes, a preponderance of girls’ names end in the vowel ‘A’, but there’s a new trend approaching for I-ending names as well.