Westend61/Westend61/Getty Images In the U.S., we’re allowed to name our kids pretty much anything we want — for better and, if we’re being honest, usually for worse. But in many countries, that’s simply not the case. Some countries declare that “embarrassing names” are outright illegal, and others put out lists of vetoed names each year....
rawfile redux/The Image Bank/Getty Images It’s well-known at this point — we’re all gobbling up romantasy novels, or at least, quite a few of us millennial women are. Culture has a major influence on baby names (think about how Harry Potter drove up Luna’s popularity, or the way Game of Thrones made Arya a more...
Anastasiia Krivenok/Moment/Getty Images You’ve probably read the top 10 most popular names given to new babies in the U.S. last year. But unless you’re a real baby name nerd, you may not have scrolled through the entirety of the Social Security Administration’s massive report on the 1,000 most popular names for boys and girls in...
Cavan Images/Cavan/Getty Images Grace, Mercy, Charity — there are so many beautiful virtue names in the world, and they truly are timeless. However, in the Social Security Administration’s report about the top 1,000 most popular baby names of 2024, we spotted an interesting shift. We’re calling them the new virtue names: monikers calling out qualities...