Expert guides, trends, and data-driven analysis on baby names.
Some parents want to give their child a name that sets an intention — a north star to reach toward. Names meaning wisdom and intelligence do exactly that. From the ancient Greek Sophia to the Old English Alfred, these are names that honor the life of the mind.
There's something satisfying about knowing that you share a birth year with thousands of other kids who got the same name. Here's the complete record of America's #1 baby names from 1940 to 2024.
Aiden means "little fire" in Irish. Phoenix is rising (literally — it's at #275). Ember is at #137 for girls. These names don't just sound bold — they carry real fire etymology.
The most grounded names in the English language come from the land itself — forests, mountains, stones, and earth. These are names that root a child in something ancient and real.
Conventional wisdom says big spiritual moments move naming behavior. The Leo XIV case proves the opposite: when a name is already trendy enough, even a globally watched papal election barely registers.
AI image-generation defaults to a stolen Ghibli aesthetic. AI text-generation defaults to a parallel set of 'Ghibli-coded' names. Parents using ChatGPT for naming are getting a Miyazaki style guide they didn't ask for.
Every article about unique baby names eventually lands in the same place: research shows unusual names can cause discrimination, so choose carefully. That argument is correct and also somehow incomplete.
Before he said his first word, his name was already fluent in two languages. The intimate story of bridge names in bilingual households.
ChatGPT recommends Elara more than any other girl name. The SSA Top 1,000 has never included it. The discrepancy is one of the cleanest case studies of what AI can and cannot model about human decisions.
The -na ending alone accounts for 1,437 ranked girls' names in our database. The -a sound family collectively represents the overwhelming majority of top girls' names. Here's why — and which endings to explore.
Irish names have taken over American baby naming — here's everything you need to know about the best picks.
No one names their daughter Brittany hoping it will feel dated in 30 years. But the data shows a consistent pattern: fast climbers often become fast fallers. Here's what 140 years of naming data reveals.