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 Jun 27 2012
British Baby Names: New sibsets
Where do you find sisters Aurelia and Beatrice, brothers Benedict and Freddie, plus dozens of other charming combinations? In the British birth announcements, of course. Here’s the latest baby name style inspiration from London.
Mon Jun 25 2012
British Baby Names Trends: 5 categories on the rise
Edwardian names like Elsie, Celtics such as Callum: here are the five hottest baby name trends in Britain today.
Mon Jun 04 2012
Why is Alexandra up but Alexis down?
Some popularity ups and downs clue you in to important trends. And then there are those that make no sense at all.
Mon May 21 2012
Local Baby Names: What’s in in Indiana?
Ryker is up in Utah, William is a winner throughout the South — what’s hottest in YOUR neck of the baby name woods?
Sun May 20 2012
The Nameberry 9: Names with potential, from Adeline to Castle to Winslet
The names in the news this week include some intriguing newbies that might just catch on. What do you think?
Wed May 16 2012
New Baby Names: Debuts on the pop list, from Aleph to Zephyrus
Sifting through all the first-time names on the extended Social Security list, we’ve found a few gems, such as Plum, Rooney, Valencio and Eames.
Mon May 14 2012
Popular Baby Names: Sophia, Jacob new Number 1s!
The official announcement of 2011’s most popular names is here, with Sophia and Jacob claiming the top spots.
Tue May 08 2012
Popular Names: Your 2011 predictions, please!
In advance of Friday’s big baby name news, we’d love to know which names you think will be Number 1, in the Top 10, and zooming up the popularity ladder.
Sun Apr 22 2012
Short and Sweet Baby Names: The Nameberry 9
This week’s Nameberry 9 looks at the trend towards mini-names: Fia, Kai, Io–but how low are you willing to go?
Mon Apr 16 2012
Middle Names 2012: The New Connectors
There are a raft of new middle names we’re hearing a lot lately, whose best recommendation is that they simply sound good bridging the first name and the last.
Sun Apr 15 2012
Trendy Baby Names: And why not?
Trendy has become a pejorative term for some baby namers, but is there really any reason to reject a name you like just because it’s been picked by a celeb or is on the rise in popularity?
Mon Apr 09 2012
Baby Names 2012: The Hottest New Choices
An analysis of 3 million views of our name pages shows which names are gaining the most new interest this year. Prime influences: The Hunger Games, musical stars, and boys’ names that take a cue from the girls.
Wed Mar 21 2012
Baby Names: A New Wave of “A” Names
Love names that start with the letter A but want to move beyond the well-used list of favorites? Have we got a secret selection for you!
Wed Feb 29 2012
Girls’ Names in Limbo: When can Kay come out to play?
We’ve retrieved a lot of the best old names that were moldering in the attic. Is it time now to look at some stored away more recently, and bring back the Beverlys?
Thu Feb 09 2012
The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora
A chorus line of sweet but spunky vintage girls’ names that are now rehearsing for their return to the stage.
Tue Jan 31 2012
35 Names You’re Not Using (but maybe you should)
These names are stylish, attractive, distinctive, unusual….but a little bit quiet. And they make great substitutes for your favorite names.
Wed Jan 25 2012
Berry Question of the Week: Are my favorite names becoming too popular?
This mom picked a name for her daughter that she thought was unusual, only to start hearing it everywhere. Are her other favorites also destined for superstardom?
Wed Jan 11 2012
New Baby Names: Our ten freshest
Yesterday you told us your newest baby names, now we tell you ours. Here, the ten newest names on Nameberry. Could one be right for you?
Tue Jan 10 2012
Baby Names 2012: Heard any new names lately?
We’re all about newness today. Tell us what new names you’ve heard and seen, we’ll tell you ours, plus we want your baby name questions for a brand new Nameberry feature!
Wed Jan 04 2012
Guess Beyonce’s Baby Name!
The most wildly anticipated celebrity baby name of the year will soon be revealed. Wacky, unique, unexpected, or unexpectedly sedate? Predictions, please.
Wed Jan 04 2012
Baby Names of 1912: Hester, Chester & Sylvester
There’s a Hundred-Year Rule in baby names, which Ava and Austin and Amelia have already obeyed by coming back into favor. Which will be the next century-old appellations to reemerge?
Thu Dec 29 2011
Top Unisex Names 2011
Unisex names are popular for both boys and girls. Here, the top 25 most-viewed unisex names on Nameberry this year. Plus, be sure to vote for #101 on our girls’ and boys’ popularity lists to win a signed book!
Wed Dec 28 2011
Top Boy Names 2011
There’s big behind-the-scenes news in Nameberry’s most popular names for boys in 2011. We have a new Number 1. Can you guess what it is? How about Number 101?
Tue Dec 27 2011
Top Girl Names 2011
What the list of Nameberry’s Top Girls’ Names for 2011 tells us is not what people were naming their baby girls last year but which names they’re going to choose for their daughters in the future.
Thu Dec 22 2011
Australian Baby Names: What’s up down under
How do Australian baby name trends match up with those in the US and the UK? As you'll see, there are interesting similarities and differences.