Expert guides, trends, and data-driven analysis on baby and pet names.
Your baby won't be a baby for long. The name that's adorable at 3 needs to work at 33. We ran the data to find names that have proven they grow with their owners.
Italian names have a warmth and musicality that's almost impossible to resist. Luca is the #23 boy name in America. Leonardo hasn't felt more alive since the Renaissance. And Aria has crossed from opera house to top-30 girl name. La dolce vita, indeed.
Boy names that end in vowels have a certain ease to them — they flow off the tongue, they travel across cultures, and they feel both modern and timeless at once. The data shows they're surging.
Violet is now #15. Hazel hit #19. Willow, Ivy, Juniper, Sage — these names aren't just pretty. They're part of a cultural shift toward the natural, the handmade, and the quietly radical.
A name meaning grace or blessing is a gift within a gift. These names — from the timeless Grace to the Hebrew Asher to the Italian Giovanni — carry centuries of gratitude in their roots.
Colorado opened the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy holder this Saturday and the Cup favorite. Hockey-coded names like Cale and Nathan see Colorado-specific SSA growth that exceeds the national pattern. The state-level cuts are where the residue lives.
Every generation gets the names it deserves. Here's how American parents named their babies from the 1950s all the way through the 2020s.
When Kylie Jenner named her daughter Stormi in 2018, the name jumped from obscurity to rank #790. Celebrity baby names are natural experiments in naming influence — here's the data.
Greek names dominate the US top 100 — often without parents realizing it. Here's your guide to the best of them.
French names have a particular kind of magic: they sound effortlessly chic even in an American suburb. Charlotte is the #4 girls' name in the country. Margot is climbing fast. Beau, Remi, and Juliette are everywhere. Paris has never been so close to home.
Life is too short to spell your name on every Starbucks order. These names are crystal clear — phonetically transparent, instantly readable, impossible to misspell.