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.
Wed Apr 24 2013
Popular Baby Names: The next top names
So what names will replace Madison and Mia, Jacob and Jayden in the Top 10?
Wed Apr 17 2013
Biblical Baby Names: Why Noah now?
Why has Noah become the hot new biblical boys’ name?
Tue Apr 02 2013
Hyperlocal Baby Names: What’s hot where you live?
Tell us which baby names are most popular, most cool, most representative of your corner of the world.
Wed Mar 20 2013
Dog Names: What’s cool, what’s smart, what’s hot, what’s not
Dog name trends mirror baby name trends, more proof that dogs have become our children.
Mon Feb 25 2013
Baby Names: Once so hot, now so not
Gladys and Gary, Kevin and Kimberly are among the names that dominated their decades only to fall from fashion grace. What names were hot but now are not — and will any rise again?
Wed Feb 20 2013
Baby Names Trend: The Jennifer Juggernaut
In the seventies and early eighties, there were nearly a million baby Jennifers born in the US. What made Jennifer one of the biggest hit baby names ever?
Sun Feb 17 2013
Girl Baby Names: The newsiest names, from Talulah to Lula to Rue
There’s an interesting mix in the Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week, from the demure classic Alice to the bepop-inspired Lula.
Thu Feb 07 2013
Baby Names Trend: Camilla, Willa, Priscilla–the new killer ‘illa’ names
A new trend in the making: Camilla and Willa and other illa-ending names following in the path of the Ellas ands Bellas and Isabellas.
Mon Jan 21 2013
British Baby Names: Two Middle Names
The British practice of giving babies two (or more) middle names may be posh and snobby, but it's also a trend that name lovers all over the world are eager to embrace.
Sun Jan 06 2013
2013 Baby Names: Predictions from the Nameberry 9
What will Kim and Kanye name their baby? Plus other pressing baby name questions and predictions for 2013 in this week’s Nameberry 9.
Wed Dec 26 2012
French Baby Names: What’s next in Nice
Looking ahead to the name trends and choices of 2013–oldies like Emma and Chloe and fresh-to-us names like Mael and Louna.
Tue Dec 18 2012
Top Boy Names 2012
There’s a new Number 1 boys’ name this year on Nameberry. Here, our Top 100 for 2012, plus insights into what’s moving up and moving down, what’s hot and what’s hottest.
Tue Dec 18 2012
Top Girls’ Names of 2012
The most popular girls’ names on Nameberry this year have been counted, and we’ve got a new Number 1. Here’s what’s up, what’s down, what’s new, and what’s tops for 2012.
Tue Dec 11 2012
British Baby Names 2013: The next big things
British name expert Eleanor Nickerson looks into her crystal ball to predict the next big things on UK birth certificates. Will Eliza be the next Olivia?
Mon Nov 26 2012
The Nameberry 9: Newer oldies and bolder boys
This week’s Nameberry 9 includes some sweet girl revivals like Pearl and Miranda, and some bold boy choices like Rocky and Phaedra (!?).
Mon Nov 19 2012
The Nameberry 9:This week’s newsiest names are right smack on trend
Most of this week’s newsiest names confirm Nameberry’s trend predictions…but how about Hephzibah??
Thu Nov 08 2012
Old School Nicknames
These new old nicknames can give a fresh spin to a classic name, distinguish your little girl from her namesake grandma, or set your Henry apart from the other five in his class.
Thu Oct 11 2012
Boys’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100
Nameberry’s top boys’ names for 2012 so far include lots of unconventional choices, celebrity-inspired names, and softer sounds.
Tue Oct 09 2012
Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100
Our Top 100 names for girls so far this year reflects ahead-of-its-time style, celebrity influence, and a new Number 1 name not likely to be used for babies.
Sun Sep 23 2012
9 Terrific Baby Names Starting with T
Theodora and Thora, Tucker and Turner–suddenly it seems that many of the newsiest names have the beginning initial T.
Wed Sep 19 2012
Confessions of a Name Heretic–or, in defense of Jayden
Here we take a deep breath and bravely present a baby name heretic who offers plenty of arguments against some Nameberry norms. Ready to fight back? Or relieved that someone else said what you were thinking?
Wed Sep 12 2012
Looking Beyond Emma and Ella: Who’s next?
There’s been a progression of mega-popular names leading from Emily to Emma to Ella. What’s most likely to follow?
Mon Aug 13 2012
Oh Noooooo! Which names do you hate to see getting popular?
Did you moan when the lovely Sophia hit Number 1 or Juniper vaulted into the Top 1000? Tell us which favorite names’ success you dread and fear.
Wed Aug 08 2012
Names with Oomph: That trendy oo sound
Ooh! An extraordinary number of the trendiest names right now share the sound of the long u –from Luca to Luna to Juniper.
Tue Jul 17 2012
Welcome Back!: Names back on the Top 1000
After an absence of just a year or more than a century, these names have climbed back onto the Top 1000. Is this the first step in a long march to the top?