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Parents who are expecting in 2025 will no doubt be on the hunt for a suitable baby name, but it's not always easy to find the perfect one. It's good timing, then, that a new report from Nameberry has ...

This is definitely one way to ensure your kid stands out from the crowd! All parents long for a baby name that feels special yet also matches their sensibility and flows nicely with a middle and last ...

Stick to the classics or carve out a new name entirely? That is the question for 2025 parents to be in the era of influencer baby names. Oh, baby! How do you spell that? We’re babbling about baby ...

Can't decide on the perfect name for your newborn? This neat idea might be the fix. Truth: Coming up with baby names is loads of fun, but narrowing down your list can be challenging. The thing is, ...

Long, long ago—five years, to be precise—Jeff Owens accepted that his calls to the vet would tax his fortitude. When the person on the other end asks his name, Owens, a test scorer in Albuquerque, ...

Picking a baby name is a big decision. So some parents may be dismayed to find out that Gen Z has its own baby name list—ones they think sound like "old lady names." In a TikTok video, creator Kelley ...

Twenty years ago, two economists responded to a slew of help-wanted ads in Boston and Chicago newspapers using a set of fictitious names to test for racial bias in the job market. The watershed study ...