By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Can a boys’ name be popular, given to hundreds or even thousands of babies, and still maintain its edge? After looking at the top half of the Social Security list, we say the answer is a definite yes.   Of course terms like cool and classic are difficult...

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Happy Leap Day! There are more than 10,000 babies born every day in the United States, and around 360,000 born worldwide. If you’re celebrating the birth of a child today, he’ll grow up with the rarest of birthdays. 　　It would be tempting to name your new leapling...

　　Becky writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our third baby. We have a son, Jackson Owen, and daughter, Scarlett Olivia, and will have our final child this spring, another boy. 　　My husband loves Barrett, I just don’t. It sounds odd to me, and as my children point out rhymes...

　　By Tiana Putric 　　Some describe extreme athletes as careless, reckless, and dangerous because their passion-driven sports expose them to unimaginable risks; others characterize them as being born with a ‘daredevil gene’. Here are six extreme athletes with bold names, from Loïc Jean–Albert to Rush Sturges, whose extraordinary in-air, on-cliff, in-water, and...

　　Ever feel like all of the best baby names for boys are already taken? 　　It isn’t so. There are hundreds of great boy names that have yet to enter the US Top 1000. 　　The smallest stars of Fuller House, Netflix’s latest nostalgia-rich series, are a great example. Twins Dashiell and...

　　Tania writes: 　　We are expecting our third child this June and are super excited – although I am tired of calling him my little Ninja! 　　It’s a boy. 　　My name is Titania. I was named for the character from Shakespeare, though I go by Tania. Our last name sounds like...

　　By Kara, The Art of Naming 　　When it comes to earthy boy names, some of the coolest ones are related to rock and stone. There are some names that mean rock such as the Scottish surname Carrick from the Gaelic Carraig. 　　The name Peter means “stone” and so do all of its variants...

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Some parents want their babies to be beautiful, some put an upbeat disposition first, while others wish most for an intelligent child. 　　If you’re interested names that mean intelligence and wisdom, here are a range of choices for boys. (Of course there are wonderful choices in...

　　Lauren writes: 　　I’ve got a little naming dilemma. A favorite family name, and one that goes well with my daughter’s name, is used in the new Star Wars movie … for one of the bad guys. 　　The spelling is different (thankfully), but can I name my baby something pronounced Kylo...

　　In this global culture, many of the same boys’ names are popular in both Europe and the US: Noah, Jacob, and William, for instance. But there are other names that seem to flourish there while going largely ignored here. Not every European name can make it in America, but here...

　　By Abby Sandel 　　The Jolie-Pitts started it. 　　Angelina Jolie adopted a seven-month-old baby from Cambodia in 2002 and named him Maddox. Three of her children with Brad Pitt now have X-ending names: Maddox, Pax, and Knox. 　　Last month, the Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh and wife Adrienne welcomed twins Lennox and...

　　By Josh Murray 　　Spring is here, and along with it comes the arrival of the Major League Baseball season. All thirty clubs have left spring training behind in Arizona and Florida, and now the regular season has begun. While the big names associated with large contracts garner the most attention,...

　　For years, conventional wisdom dictated that boys were named after their fathers and grandfathers. But today, boys are just as likely to be named after the important women in their lives. 　　Along with that shift comes a willingness to think differently about boys’ names. We’ve noted the rise of boy-girl...