Baby Name Trends

The top lockdown baby names share the qualities of simplicity, global consciousness, and heroic strength.

What are the best baby names for 2020? Here is Nameberry’s take on the 100 names that should be on every parent’s list right now.

The top baby names 2020 include two new choices at the top of the list, Luna for girls and Asher for boys.

The coronavirus pandemic is changing how parents think about baby names. Expectant parents across the globe are on the hunt for names with significant meanings in remembrance of this historic time.

We take a closer look at the most popular names on Nameberry right now, to pick out the baby names and trends we’re watching for 2020 and beyond.

High fashion baby names: inspired by Fashion Week, these are the top trends to look out for if you want to be stylishly ahead-of-the-curve (or not!)

These days parents are more willing to embrace a name that may pose a pronunciation challenge, and society, in turn, is more willing to learn how to pronounce them. We’ve got Saoirse and Eilish down pat, so what’s next?

Names once considered off-limits, like Lucifer, are on the rise. Why do parents use them– and would you?

Our January birth announcements are the perfect way to set the baby name scene for the decade ahead. Fresh nature names and cool Scandi picks on the rise!

Nameberry’s exclusive count of the baby names that peaked in 2018 reveals favorites, trends, and names that will keep getting more popular.

The top baby names of 2019 on Nameberry feature Olivia and Milo at Number 1. Names making the biggest leaps up Nameberry’s 2019 popularity list are Frankie for baby girls and Acacius for baby boys.

Another year, another batch of utterly brilliant Babyberry names! So far this year, 175 new arrivals have been announced by our international community of friends and followers: 105 girls and 70 boys. The beautiful baby names our Berries choose never fail to delight us, but this year’s picks have been especially impressive — not just […]

These are the 100 baby names for girls and boys most likely to define the next decade.

Seasonal baby names: would you consider using one? Each year, the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales releases a month-by-month breakdown of the Top 10 baby names for boys and girls. The boys’ side is more or less constant, and so is the girls’… for eleven months of the year, at least. But […]

Nameberry analyzes the names on the Top 1000 at the turn of this decade vs. ten years ago and identifies the trends of the 2010s.

From (Baby) Yoda to Yara, a look at the pop culture-inspired names that have gone from zero to hero faster than you can say Khaleesi.

The top baby names of the 2010s include several classic names that still dominate the charts: Emma, Olivia, and Sophia for girls, along with Liam, Noah, and James for boys.

Giving babies surnames that don’t belong to either parent is growinbg trend, with mashup surnames and invented names on the increase.

The top baby names 2020 feature new spins on old names, novel inventions, and names inspired by celebrities and pop culture.

This week’s name news includes baby name trends, some stunning “sweet spot” starbaby names, the thorny issue of baby name theft, and a celebration of unique baby names of all shapes, sizes and sources.

Sophie’s latest starbaby predictions include her choices for such A-listers as Anne Hathaway and Natalie Imbruglia.

Gem names are a hot category in baby names right now, with many of them shooting up the popularity charts. They’ve even been embraced for boys—Onyx was one of the fastest-rising boys’ names in 2018. Current favorites like Jade and Ruby have plateaued, while former hits Crystal, Amber, and Diamond have plummeted. The new generation […]

This week’s news includes name ideas from books and technology, babies named after hospitals, and baby name trends in Ireland and the Isle of Man.

The royal Archie leads the nickname names heading up the popularity ladder.

Some stellar starbabies are on the way–read Sophie’s predictions of their names, and add your own ideas and hunches.