Hot Names for July 🏖
A big scoop of summer inspiration
Happy Independence Day to everyone celebrating! (We celebrated by refreshing our list of names meaning freedom.)
The baby name connection — yep, there’s always one — is that we’re all becoming more independent namers. Year on year, the statistics show that the number of different baby names keeps growing, and the most popular names are given to an ever-smaller proportion of children.
And the future? Looks even more so. This prizewinning piece by teenager Sanai, written in response to an article by Nameberry’s Pam, celebrates authentic, diverse and independent names. I cannot wait to see what the next generation brings to the baby name table.
On the blog this week
Sneak preview for next week: our dramatic and delightful June Babyberry announcements, and the names no one (really, no one) is using.
Other fun stuff
Top Baby Names in Northern Ireland 2020: James and Grace lead the pack (again).
…and in Alberta. Noah and Olivia are top, but what you’ll really want to see is the full lists of every name given to girls and boys, from Aaira to Zorin.
Are these the trendiest British twin names? I can confirm I’ve met at least two sets of brothers with them.