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 Oct 12 2010
New Nameberry Contest! Guess the Matt Damon Baby Name
Matt and Luciana Damon’s fourth daughter will be born any minute now. Will she have a Latinate name like her sisters Alexia, Isabella, and Gia? Or something more surprising? Guess the new baby’s name and win a full set of signed baby name books.
Tue Oct 12 2010
Boys’ Names Ins and Outs
Yesterday we took a look at the girls’ names moving in and out of fashion and now we turn our attention to their brothers. And here we find a somewhat different picture. Overall, it confirms the fact that there is much greater consistency on the boys’ side of the fence, with a huge proportion of the […]
Mon Oct 11 2010
Popular Girls Names: Their ups and downs
Zoe and Chloe were both hot in the 1880s–and other surprising facts about the history of popular girls’ names.
Fri Oct 08 2010
Why Names Starting with A Rank #1
Ava and Aiden are not only more fashionable but may do better in school and might even live longer than Donald and Doris.
Tue Oct 05 2010
Celebrity Baby Names: Normal Names Rule
Turns out that those weird starbaby names are the exceptions rather than the rule.
Mon Oct 04 2010
Boys’ Names 2010: Most Popular So Far
There’s a new Number One for boys, as nameberry tracks its most popular boys’ names for the first three-quarters of the year. Tristan and Atticus are moving up, Ryan and Mason heading down, and surprises abound.
Fri Oct 01 2010
Girls’ Names 2010: Most Popular So Far
Nameberry’s tally of our most popular names for 2010 so far reveal Charlotte still on top, Adelaide and Aurora moving up fast, and a large collection of surprising new names to watch.
Thu Sep 09 2010
Unusual Names for Girls: Below the Top 1000
Lots of the most fashionable girls’ names today — Maisie and Mercy, Clementine and Bryn — are still flying below the Top 1000 radar. Here are our picks of names that hit all the right style buttons but are given to only a handful of baby girls.
Thu Sep 09 2010
Brits Take Bets on Baby Names
In the UK, bookies lay odds on celebrity baby names, including the Prime Minister’s.
Fri Aug 27 2010
Vintage Boy Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name
A look at the boy names widely used a hundred years ago but not so much anymore, from Dudley to Dock, Lafayette to, gulp, Lacy and Lavern. Yes, Lavern.
Wed Aug 25 2010
Vintage Girl Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name
Dozens of names that were popular in 1910 have faded from sight. Will they be lost forever, or do some have a chance at a comeback?
Fri Aug 20 2010
How To Update Old Nickname Names
You love your mother-in-law Darci, but there’s gotta be a way to honor her without naming your daughter Darci.
Thu Aug 05 2010
Unusual Girls’ Names: A Guide to the Very Coolest
Here are the best and coolest unusual girl names.
Mon Jul 26 2010
Popular Baby Names: Be careful what you wish for
A cautionary tale for those wishing they had a more popular name
Fri Jul 23 2010
The Fastest-Rising Names in the UK
Which baby names are British parents searching most often? From Florence to Frankie to Jenson, the list is very different from Nameberry's own.
Wed Jul 21 2010
Question of the Week: What will be the #1 names in ten years?
Will names like Emma and Ethan still reign, or will we move all the way to Seraphina and Sam?
Fri Jul 09 2010
Baby Names 2010: Top 100 For Boys
What’s next in baby names? These are the Top 100 most-searched boys’ names on nameberry for the first half of 2010.
Wed Jul 07 2010
Baby Names 2010: Top 100 Girls’ Names
What girls’ names are leading the way for 2010? Here are the Top 100 most-searched on nameberry so far this year.
Wed Jun 30 2010
Question of the Week: Is a nickname enough of a name?
Would you name your baby boy Bob?
Tue Jun 29 2010
Utah Baby Names: What’s So Funny?
Inside a naming culture people love to hate, or at least love to laugh at.
Tue Jun 15 2010
Question of the Week: Are girls namenapping too many boys’ names?
Would you name your daughter Dexter?
Sun Jun 13 2010
Gossip Girl (and Boy) Names
From Seymour to Blair to Ainsley, names with a veneer of class. Wait a minute: Seymour?
Tue Jun 08 2010
Unique New York Baby Names!
Got a crazy New York baby naming story? A newspaper reporter (and nameberry) wants to know.