If dogs are the new babies, then baby names are the new dog names. 　　Proof that we think of our dogs as children: We give them names fit for human girls and boys.  All of the most popular names for dogs these days can also be used for people.  Or...

　　By Nick Turner 　　What are the best colleges in America? Well, you could consult rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and others. They’ll probably tell you the answer is Harvard or Princeton or some other predictable choice. 　　But in my view, no college is worth anything if people...

　　The Top 100 British names are official! (At last!) The #1 names in 2014 for England and Wales were Amelia and Oliver.Amelia managed to maintain its #1 spot for the fourth year running, and Oliver for the second year. 　　Overall, the Top 10 British names are pretty conservative, barely moving, especially for the...

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Are there baby names that you suggest to every expectant friend? Maybe they’re names that you can’t use for one reason or another. Or maybe they’re names you might consider for a future child – assuming your friends don’t follow your suggestions first. 　　In the Nameberry forums...

　　By Abby Sandel 　　The new top baby names for England and Wales came out recently. At first glance, American and British parents have a lot in common. We all love Jack and Emily, Isabella and James. 　　But the new UK Top 100 is packed with names that far more popular...

　　By Kelsey Andersen 　　Now that the 2014 baby name statistics are out for England and Wales, we can see what names are the most popular in these two British countries and we also can look at the names near the bottom of the popularity list and find quite a lot...

　　We spied this question in the forums and thought it was so good we’d ask the Nameberry community at large: 　　How popular is a name before it gets too popular for you? 　　Would you avoid the Top 10? The Top 100? The Top 1000? 　　Or maybe you’d happily choose the...

　　Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, let’s take a look at some Colonial names that were used in 1700s America and could be still considered fashionable today. Colonial names are chock full of history and laced with virtues and biblical associations. 　　You probably won’t see many boys named Comfort or girls named Modesty...

　　By Hannah Katsman 　　We recently posted a blog about modern Hebrew names used in Israel; now, on the eve of Hanukkah, we turn to our Israeli correspondent Hannah Katsman, for a little history of the holiday and eight traditional names—one for each day of the holiday– that are still popular,...

　　With city names like Brooklyn, Madison, and Charlotte getting popular, let’s expand to larger locations and consider the most popular names by state. So today, I’ll be looking at which United States’ names have made it into the 2014 Top 1000 baby names. Most of them go to the girls – only Dakota made it onto the...

　　It’s a good time of year to think about Scottish names. You might have welcomed the new year by singing Auld Lang Syne or be celebrating Burns Night on 25 January. Name nerds can also celebrate because Scotland has already released its provisional Top 100 for 2015 – we can...

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz with Esmeralda Rocha 　　We recently posted the list of names that our Berries were most interested in over the past year– headed by Ezra and Asher, Charlotte and Amelia—but what names did they actually choose at that crucial moment when the name had to be inscribed onto the...

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The list of Top 100 Swedish baby names has just been released and it provides an interesting smorgasbord of food for thought, with a blend of internationally used names, Swedish names we’re already familiar with and others that are new to us but definitely exportable. 　　GIRLS 　　Let’s look...