Baby Name Trends

Christine Bolden of Muskegon, Mich., had called her brother Vance Terrell on the last day of February to tell him she had picked out baby names for her twin boys she was pregnant with, choosing to call them Nicholas and Alexander, Michigan news site mlive.com reported.  

Peaches Geldof and her fiance Thomas Cohen have welcomed their first child together. Peaches gave birth to their son Astala last week, later telling Twitter followers over the weekend, "Yes, its true- I'M A Mummy!!!!". Peaches, the daughter of Bob Geldof ...  

The hottest new baby names of 2012 are here, and they're way different from last year's trendiest names. Think Hunger Games instead of Twilight, and of course, think of the ridiculously, ridiculously famous couple who gave birth earlier this year, making ...  

Move over Aidan and Olivia, hello Rue and Emmett?A new report suggests the most popular baby names this year will move away from traditional favourites and take their cues from pop culture. The website Nameberry analyzed nearly three million page views of ...  

Baby names 2012 are already proving themselves to be very different from last year's choices, with "The Hunger Games" taking over from "Twilight" as the primary cultural influence on names, the hottest boys' names taking a cue from the girls, and musical ...  

Today's twin names of the day are: Disney and Vire. (This is a part of the weekly look at name pairing for twins or siblings to build on the hundreds of Baby Name of the Day articles I've written (read them all HERE.) Disney could make for a cute little ...  

BOISE • Most Idahoans are turning to tried and true names for their newborns; a select few are opting for more distinctive monikers derived from worldwide leaders and ancient conquerors. The state bureau of vital records reveals Olivia and William were ...  

The list of this year’s most popular names for girls and boys as compiled by names.family education.com/nametracker confirms this. In the top 10 for girls are Madison, Chloe, Olivia and, yes, Emily. The most popular names for boys are Ethan, Jayden ...  

It was in the late '80s that this reporter earned the moniker "Spandex Pants Girl" for her devotion to the trend. But unfortunately ... some characteristics of fashion cycles. By studying baby names and dog breeds, their model assumes that people copy ...  

3.Thanks to NAFTA, Mexico has improved its selection of baby names. During a 2010 visit to Mexico City, Friedman reported that, despite attempts by anti-NAFTA Mexicans to thwart progress by remaining poor, a promising trend had been detected by economist ...  

Betty and Donald are the baby names that have fallen farthest in popularity since the time of the 1940 census, according to a new study. Both ranked among the 10 most popular US baby names in 1940, finds the study conducted by family history website ...  

Baby names in 2012 promise revolutionary new directions in the continuing and escalating search for meaning coupled with originality. That can be a hard bill to fill when it comes to baby names, pushing parents in 2012 to look to some fresh sources and ...  

even if it is one of the hottest craft trends in the country. Nor am I going to name any of my future children Blue or Zuma. It has been a week in pop culture, from crafts to the Social Security Administration’s list of most popular baby names for 2011.  

They say when parents found out their kids' names were among the top 10 most popular they were most were almost apologetic. Some of the parents felt like they had somehow done a disservice to their child. The researchers also say parents didn't want their ...  

In a list conducted by McCrindle Research, William topped the list once again for boys while Lily was the most-loved name for girls. Others that were popular included Jack and Ethan for boys and Ruby and Chloe for girls. Toowoomba mother Skye Eaton said ...  

To find out more head over to the App Store. Baby Names! for Android users allows the easy browsing of thousands of names while watching popularity trends, and once you have found a name you like users can find out about the name meaning. Favourite names ...  

Name ... long after baby is born. Many of the tips that you learn in event planning courses will serve more than one purpose, e.g., increasing the feeling of community at an event and serving as a reminder of the event afterwards. These trends are just ...  

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The names chosen by the celebrities for their children become the trend for the crowd to follow. As long as the parent is a celebrity, it follows suit for the baby as well. "Celebrity parents have a huge influence on baby name trends. As long as the names ...  

Naming your baby can be stressful. Pressure to name children after family members, considering future bullying in school and not knowing what will suit your unborn baby makes choosing a name hard – how do you know Harry will suit him when you don’t yet ...  

Six or seven years ago, before I retired from the newspaper racket, I wrote a feature piece on baby-naming trends in America ... the most popular boys’ names were, in order: James, Robert, John, William, Richard, David, Charles, Thomas, Michael and ...  

Expectant parents, back away from the baby-name books. Okay, a peek or two probably won't hurt you. But if you're planning on trashing "15,000 Baby Names" (Meadowbrook Press, 1997) for the even-lengthier "The Baby Name Countdown: 140,000 Popular and ...  

WASHINGTON - May 14, 2012 (WPVI) -- Sophia is the new most popular baby name for girls, while Jacob is the top name for boys for the 13th straight year in a new list of popular baby names heavily influenced by religion and reality TV. Isabella, which had ...  

Americans get baby names from a lot of places -- religion, relatives and popular culture, said Laura Wattenberg, creator of the website, babynamewizard.com. She likened baby naming trends to "a fossil record of our culture." "It shows what we're ...  

The website, titled England & Wales Baby Names, found the number of different names ... Staffs who created the website, said more “unusual names” affected the trends. “I think of the names with the biggest absolute rises and falls as the seismic ...  

Evan, Elizabeth, Rachel, Abigail and John all have something in common. They were born this spring at Fletcher Allen hospital in Burlington, Vt. Around the same time, a group of babies named Paislee, Liberty, Rykan and Scottlynn were all born in ...  

... of Aiden and similar-sounding boys' names appears to have more staying power than past male-name trends. More than a third of American baby boys now get names that end in N, making boys' names ending in N as common as girls' names ending in A.  

An official list of the nation's top 10 baby names for 2011 is out from the Social Security Administration, and the following names did not make the cut: Bear Blu, Moroccan and Zuzu. Those celebrity-offspring names likely will remain one-of-a ...  

There was a time when I did a lot of writing about antiques and collectibles, in the course of which I amassed five or six tall bookcases fully stocked with volumes on everything from Mickey Mouse memorabilia to model trains to Meissen porcelain.  

This may be the South, but Hollywood and the U.K. still hold sway in Georgia, according to the Social Security Administration. The state's top baby names for 2011 show a holdout from a long-gone sitcom and signs of a British invasion. Georgia ...  

WASHINGTON -- Reality TV is giving birth to some of the most popular baby names. No, not Snooki. But Mason, as in Kourtney Kardashian's son, jumped 10 spots to become the second-most-popular name for newborn boys in 2011. The more traditional ...  

Your favorite restaurant is probably on Facebook, just like everything else. And you may write praise or criticisms on its page, but some people just don't get it. Allow us to introduce "Old People Writing on a Restaurant's Facebook Page," a ...  

WASHINGTON — Reality TV is giving birth to some of the most popular baby names. No, not Snooki. But Mason, as in Kourtney Kardashian's son, jumped 10 spots to become the second most popular name for newborn boys in 2011. The more traditional ...  

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Most Idahoans are turning to tried and true names for their newborns; a select few are opting for more distinctive monikers derived from worldwide leaders and ancient conquerors. The state bureau of vital records reveals ...  

On the ninth site of Social Security, popular baby names. Learn about popular baby names and trends based on child Social Security card applications over the years at www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/babynames. On the 10th site of Social Security ...  

Kourtney Kardashian is keeping a list of baby names on her mobile phone. The 32-year-old reality star - who is expecting a baby girl with partner Scott Disick in July - is relying on modern technology to keep track of her ever-changing choices.  

Who knew? The Social Security Administration keeps track of the most popular baby names for every year back to 1880, see some examples above. HT: Josh Barro Update: Here’s a website that allows you to track the popularity of baby names over ...  

Brianne is having a baby in October, and Nicea and Gretchen gave her some advice on must-haves for baby. Also, the new baby name trends... do you agree with these? http://www.parents.com/baby-names/getting-started/hottest-baby-name-trends-2012/  

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sophia is the new most popular baby name for girls, while Jacob is the top name for boys for the 13th straight year in a new list of popular baby names in the U.S. heavily influenced by religion and reality TV. Isabella ...  

Kindergartens across Utah will soon be filled with children named Olivia and Sophia, Mason and William, as parents continue to draw from perennial favorites, according to the state’s top baby names for 2011, released Friday by the Social ...  

If you’ve ever wondered what the Social Security Administration does besides issue numbers to newborns and new citizens, one may be surprised that they are inundated with the responsibility of keeping all types of data on American citizens.  

With the entire country caught up in “Hunger Games” mania, it’s no surprise parents are starting to name their babies after characters in Suzanne Collins’ wildly popular book, which was recently made into a film that has been dominating ...  

Baby names that start with the letter "A" have been on the rise for several years now -- with choices such as Ava and Aiden high on the popularity list, Asher and Adelaide rising fast, and names such as Abel and Aurora poised to take off.  

This year’s list of the Hottest Baby Names evidently proved that even if we don’t get dragged into the hype, “The Hunger Games” books and newly-released movie have made an incredible influence on today’s pop culture. On the other hand ...  

The reality TV star — who’s expecting her second child, a baby girl, with partner Scott Disick, is keeping a list of baby names on her mobile phone. “We always have our little list that I keep in my phone,” she said. “I have my little ...  

Baby names that start with the letter A have been on the rise for several years now - with choices such as Ava and Aiden high on the popularity list, Asher and Adelaide rising fast, and names such as Abel and Aurora poised to take off.