By Abby Sandel 　　Earlier this month, we shared our list of the Best Baby Names Right Now. We declared them the right mix of authentic and creativie, perfect for 2016, and wearable into the 22nd century, too. 　　It was so much fun to hear your reactions. Perhaps the most controversial...

　　By Kate at Sancta Nomina (Katherine Morna Towne) 　　We can all think of people we’d be proud to have our children named after (beloved grandmothers, influential mentors) and those who turn us off of certain names (students you taught, your quirky next-door-neighbor), but today I want to focus on well-known...

　　Celebrities have the power to turn unusual or outmoded baby names into contemporary hits. Many of the baby names in the Top 100 have Hollywood roots, from Ava to Violet, Jayden to Wyatt, and once-bizarre names from Hazel to Huckleberry have come to seem normal after celebrities chose them. Which...

　　By Eleanor Nickerson 　　This March saw the official statistics for Scottish baby names released for 2015. Once again, Emily and Jack were the number one choices – Emily for the second year running, and Jack for the eighth – and overall very little change to the top 10 names. 　　The largest...

　　By Kelli Brady, Name Freak! 　　You must be aware of the 2015 SSA top baby name list by now, but are you a bit confused by the #1 names? Maybe you hear a lot more “Jackson!” than “Noah!” yelled at the playground? Well, by combining the different spellings of each name,...

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Not every celebrity name catches on – Apple and Suri remain rare, as do Saint and North. But from today’s Top Ten to the newest names on the rise, it is clear that the picks of celebrity parents have boosted some of our favorites. 　　With the new...

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Our British cousins have long been nuts for nickname names, and now we’re seeing in the latest Social Security stats the increased use of vintage nicknames on their own in the US as well. No jumps for UK faves Alfie and Archie yet, but here are some...

　　By Abby Sandel 　　The new US Top 1000 list is out, and while it’s easy to focus on the trendy and the novel – Saylor is up for girls, Baylor for boys, and Oakley for both! – plenty of classic baby names are also making a comeback. 　　Last year we...

　　By Dantae 　　As I did last year last year, I’ve now compiled a list of the best – in my opinion – names given to just five babies last year. I tried to keep to only conventionally spelled names or properly spelled variations, such as Agathe and Olivine. 　　Girls: 　　Agathe...

　　With the release of the 2015 name data, I can now release an analysis on the new top baby names! Here are the interesting finds! 　　NEW GIRLS: Aurora, Clara, Cora, Hazel, Quinn, and Reagan.NEW BOYS: Elias, Ezra, Mateo, Sawyer, and Theodore. 　　Aurora is brand new to the Top 100 and...

　　If you name your baby something traditional like Maya or Maximilian, you’re probably a Democrat, while a new-fangled choice such as Brylee or Braylen might peg you as a Republican. 　　Blue State parents may be more apt to vote liberal than their Red State counterparts, but their taste in baby...

　　By Clare Bristow 　　Noel Streatfeild has enchanted generations of young readers. She’s best known as the author of Ballet Shoes, a tale of three sisters finding their talents on and off stage. 　　Many of her stories follow a similar theme. The heroines and heroes discover their vocation for dancing, acting,...

　　We are particularly pleased to reprint this article by the distinguished name scholar, Cleveland Evans; it originally appeared on Omaha.com. 　　By Cleveland Evans 　　The weather bureau says summer starts June 1 — and temperatures in Omaha this June show they have a point. Astronomers say summer started when the sun reached...